2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Health Effects and Protection Exercise
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yoshihisa Matsumoto
- Class Format
- Exercise/Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- NCL.B501
- Number of credits
- 011
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Learn the effects of radiation on human health, radiation measurement and risk communication through lectures, experiments and exercises.
Course description and aims
Understand the mechanisms of the radiation health effects and its relationship with radiation dose. Based on this knowledge, acquire an ability to communicate with public on low dose radiation risk.
Keywords
Radiation health effects, Risk communication
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures, experiments and exercises take place in Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology for 8 days (For FY2022, February 22 to March 3, 2023) with students from other universities and institutes. Note this class will be provided in Japanese.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | This class will be provided in Japanese entirely. | This class will be provided in Japanese entirely. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Handed in the first class (Japanese)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Text in Japanese.
Evaluation methods and criteria
This class will be provided in Japanese entirely.
Related courses
- NCL.B401 ： Radiation Biology and Medicine
- NCL.U605 ： Risk Communication I
- NCL.U606 ： Risk Communication II
Prerequisites
Participation and completion of "Life Science Course for Radiological Protection" held at Human Resources Development Centr, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology on February 25-March 6, 2025.