UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Radiation Safety Short Course Introduction

1. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDARadiation Safety Short CourseIntroduction Environmental Health and Safety Radiation Control and Radiological Services

2. Overview • Course focuses on Basic Radiation Safety • Required for all individuals working with radioactive materials • Environmental Health and Safety mission: • Provide a safe and healthy environment for all • Minimize injury to faculty, staff, students, and visitors • Prevent damage to university property

3. EH&S as a whole • EH&S is divided into six departments: • 1) Facility and Fire Safety • Pest Control and Fire Equipment Service Units • 2) Radiation Control and Radiological Services • University-wide radiation protection • 3) Occupational and Research Safety • Monitors biological and chemical research activities, clinic safety, and accident prevention programs

4. EH&S • 4) Diving Science and Safety • Supports scientific diving for the University of Florida • 5) Hazardous Materials Management • Coordinates the disposal of radioactive/chemical waste at on- and off-campus locations • 6) Industrial Hygiene • Responsible for asbestos removal, indoor air quality and other industrial hygiene problems

5. The Short Course • What you will notlearn in this course: • No hands on training! • What you willlearn in this course: • Techniques for safe handling of radioactive materials • Radiation detection instrumentation and safety equipment • Guidelines and regulations

6. Course Outline • Introduction of Personnel and Responsibilities • Radiation Control, Radiation Control Officer, Principal Investigator, Special Committees • Fundamental Radiation Concepts • Radiation Sources, Units & Measurements, Radioisotope Characteristics, Sample Calculations • Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation • How radiation affects living tissues

7. Course Outline • Radiation Protection • Exposure Limits & Reduction Principles, Warning Signs and Labels, Personnel Dosimetry and Bioassay Program Requirements, Procedure for Opening Radioisotope • Radiation Detectors and Survey Instrumentation • Theory of Operation and Laboratory Applications, Portable Survey Meters, Liquid Scintillation Counters

8. Course Outline • Radioisotope Laboratory Techniques (Part 1) • Contamination Control and Decontamination, Video on Decontamination of Laboratory, Emergency Actions • Radioisotope Laboratory Techniques (Part 2) • Laboratory Survey Program • Radioactive Waste • Proper Handling, Reduction, Control and Packaging

9. Introduction of Personnel and Individual Responsibilities • Organization of Radiation Control • President of University • Vice President for Business Affairs • Director of Environmental Health and Safety • Radiation Control Committee • Radiation Safety Officer • Health Physicist

10. Radiation Control and Radiological Services Department

11. Radiation Safety Officer • Don Munroe • Supervises all aspects of radiation measurement and protection activities • Personnel monitoring • Maintenance of exposure records • Survey methods • Waste disposal • Radiation safety practices • Consult new authorized users • Serves as ex officio member of all radiation safety committees at the departmental, college, experiment station, and university levels

12. Principal Investigator (PI) • Responsibilities Include: • Enforce safety rules and regulations as set forth by this manual • Train employees on the safe handling of radioactive materials • Inform Radiation Control of personnel changes • Maintain inventory records and perform weekly contamination surveys • Ensure safe and secure storage of radioactive materials and sources in the laboratory

13. Principal Investigator (PI) • Procurement and Receipt of Radioactive Materials: • May obtain radioactive materials after their proposal has been approved by submitting an order to Rad. Control • All radioactive materials must be received, processed, and inspected by the Radiation Control Department prior to delivery to the lab • The key to a good radiation safety program is demonstrating your control!

14. Special Committees • Radiation Control Committee (RCC) • Human Use of Radioisotopes and Radiation Committee (HURRC)

15. Regulatory Agencies • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) • Code of Federal Regulations - 10CFR20

16. 10CFR20

17. Regulatory Agencies • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) • Code of Federal Regulations - 10CFR20 • Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control • Control of Radiation Hazard Regulations - 64E-5

18. Chapter 64E-5

19. Regulatory Agencies • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) • Code of Federal Regulations - 10CFR20 • Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control • Control of Radiation Hazard Regulations - 64E-5 • University of Florida EH&S, RC&RS • Radiation Control Guide • *Note: The University of Florida exposure limits are more conservative than the State or Federal Regulations.

20. Radiation Control Guide

21. Special Forms • and Paperwork

22. Proposal to use Radioactive Material

23. Proposal to use Radioactive Material

24. Statement of Training (RC-1 Form)

25. Personnel Monitoring Devices

26. Occupational Exposure History

27. Receipt Log

28. Utilization Form

29. Quarterly Inventory Log

30. List of Laboratory Personnel

31. Contamination Survey

32. Waste Pick-Up Form

33. Transfer Form (On Campus)

34. DOH – Notice to Employees

35. Emergency Procedures

36. Safety Rules

37. Questions • ? • ? • ? • ? • ?