Radiation Safety Handbook
Radiation Safety Handbook: Section One, pages 1-56
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Radiation Safety Handbook
Introduction
Application for Use of Radioactive Materials
Use of Radioactive Materials (General)
- Procurement of Radioactive Materials By Individual Purchase
- Procurement of Radioactive Materials by Blanket Purchase Orders
- Purchase by Purchasing “P” Cards
- Requirement for Ordering Radioactive Materials
- Gifts and Loans of Radioactive Materials
- Transfers of Radioactive Materials
- Requirement for Caution Signs and Labels
- Handling and Processing Techniques
- Storage of Radioactive Materials
- Radioactive Waste Disposal
- Maximum Permissible Exposure Limits/External - Internal Monitoring
Use of Radioactive Materials (Research and Instructional Programs)
Use of Radioactive Materials (Biological and Chemical)
Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator
Responsibilities
- Background
- General Responsibilities of Radiation Safety Committee
- General Responsibilities of TALC (Accelerator Supervisors)
- General Responsibilities of Radiation Safety Officer
- General Responsibilities of Accelerator Operator
- Standard Operating Procedures for Accelerator Personnel
- Visitor Policy and Orientation of Personnel
Description of Accelerator Areas; Radiation Fixed Monitoring System; Audible, Visual Warning Devices; Shut-Down Control Panel Test; and Shut-Down and/or Accumulation Count Reset
Portable Radiation Monitors
Personnel Monitors
Permissible Exposure Limits, Area Surveys and Radiation Signs
Storage and Use of Radioactive Material
Release of Radioactive Material to Sanitary Sewer System
Use of Radiation Machines
Emergency Proceduresioactive Material Spills
- Contamination of the Laboratory
- Personnel Decontamination Procedure
- Contaminated Wounds
- Ingestion of Radioactive Materials
- Inhalation of Radioactive Materials
- Decontamination of Tools, Equipment and Areas
- Emergency Procedure/User Emergency Telephone Numbers/Campus Safety Emergency Numbers
- Laboratory Decommissioning
Radiation Safety Services
- Procurement of Radioactive Materials and Radiation Machines
- Request New Lab Space and Transfers of Radioactive Materials/Transfers of Employees from AU to AU
- Personnel Monitoring
- Surveys and Wipe Test
- Decontamination
- Leak Test of Sealed Sources
- Survey Instrument Calibration
- Radiation Machine Surveys
- Radioactive Waste Disposal
- Radiation Safety Lectures
- Consultant Service
Required Forms to be Completed by the Applicant or Authorized User, or Services to be Requested
Application for Permission to Obtain and Use Radioactive IsotopesRelease of Decayed (non-radioactive) Solid Waste to Ordinary Refuse Form
Radioactive Waste Disposal Request
Radiation Exposure History Form
Film Badge/Bioassay (addition or deletion) Request Form
Individuals Who Have Occasion To Enter a Restricted Area (Laboratory)
License Renewal
Radiation Safety Orientation Request
Radiation Safety Orientation for Pregnancy
Transfer Forms
Use, Transfer, Waste Log and Survey Record for Radioactive Materials (RAM)
Faculty and Parental Responsibility for Minors Under the Age of 18 in Ohio University Laboratories
Radiation Safety Handbook Appendix
Appendix 1: Copy of Ohio University Broad Scope License
Appendix 4: Common Radionuclides, Energies and Half-Lifes
Appendix 6: Glossary
Appendix 7: Facility Selection Criteria
Appendix 10: Accelerator Schematic
Appendix 11
Appendix 12
Appendix 13
Appendix 14: Laboratory Decommissioning
Appendix 15: Radioactive Waste Disposal
Appendix 16: Ohio Administrative Code – Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Regulations
- ODH: 3701-39, 3701:1-38, 3701:1-40, 3701:1-50, 3701:-1-52, 3701:1-54, 3701: 1-66
- NRC: 10 CFR Parts 19, 20, 30, 31, 71
- DOT: 49 CFR Parts 171-178
Appendix 17
Appendix 18
Appendix 19: Duties of Radiation Safety Office
Appendix 20: Transfer Forms
Appendix 21
Appendix 22: Radiation Exposure History Form
Appendix 23
Appendix 25: Release of Decayed (non-radioactive) Solid Waste to Ordinary Refuse form and Instructions
Appendix 28: Faculty and Parental Responsibility for Minors Under the Age of 18 in Ohio University Laboratories
Appendix 29
Appendix 30: Safety Evaluation of Proposed Uses/Users
Appendix 31: Radiation Safety Committee Members

