Radiation Safety Training

Radiation safety training is generally held once a month, unless otherwise requested. The orientation takes approximately 4 hours to complete from the presentation to the final test. For more information regarding the next available session, please contact either of the following:

Alan Watts
Radiation Safety Officer
179 University Service Center
(740) 593-4176
wattsa@ohio.edu

Ricardo Gaytan
Radiation Safety Technician
180 University Service Center
(740) 597-2950 (Office)
(740) 593-1661 (Lab)
gaytan@ohio.edu

Additional Information:

• Who needs radiation safety training? [PDF]
  • Users [PDF]
  • Visitors [PDF]
• Outline of Topics Covered in Radiation Safety Training [PDF]
• Index of Radiation Safety Training Handouts
  • Understanding Radiation [PDF]
  • Risk Factors [PDF]
  • Film Badge/Bioassay Request Form [PDF]
  • Laboratory Rules for Radioactive Material Users [PDF]
  • Sanitary Sewer Release Criteria [PDF]
  • Spill Notification Action Limits [PDF]
  • Decontamination Procedures [PDF]
  • Personnel Decontamination [PDF]
  • Radiation Exposure History Form [PDF]
  • Personal Radiation Dose [PDF]
  • Common Radionuclides, Energies and Half-Lifes [PDF]
  • Radiation Properties Packet [PDF]*

*Original source from Princeton University's Initial Radiation Safety Training Guide