Measure the intensity and identify the types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.

“Measure the intensity and identify the types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.” is a supplemental task performed by Nuclear Technicians. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#12 most important). About 38% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Follow nuclear equipment operational policies and procedures that ensure environmental safety. · importance 4.8
• Conduct surveillance testing to determine safety of nuclear equipment. · importance 4.8
• Monitor nuclear reactor equipment performance to identify operational inefficiencies, hazards, or needs for maintenance or repair. · importance 4.7
• Test plant equipment to ensure it is operating properly. · importance 4.6
• Apply safety tags to equipment needing maintenance. · importance 4.6
• Follow policies and procedures for radiation workers to ensure personnel safety. · importance 4.6
• Monitor instruments, gauges, or recording devices under direction of nuclear experimenters. · importance 4.6
• Modify, devise, or maintain nuclear equipment used in operations. · importance 4.4
• Perform testing, maintenance, repair, or upgrading of accelerator systems. · importance 4.3
• Warn maintenance workers of radiation hazards and direct workers to vacate hazardous areas. · importance 4.1
• Calculate equipment operating factors, such as radiation times, dosages, temperatures, gamma intensities, or pressures, using standard formulas and conversion tables. · importance 4.0
• Communicate with accelerator maintenance personnel to ensure readiness of support systems, such as vacuum, water cooling, or radio frequency power sources. · importance 3.9
• Identify and implement appropriate decontamination procedures, based on equipment and the size, nature, and type of contamination. · importance 3.8
• Decontaminate objects by cleaning them using soap or solvents or by abrading using brushes, buffing machines, or sandblasting machines. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Nuclear Technicians page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-22320,
  title  = {Measure the intensity and identify the types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-22320}
}