Managing radiation safety

• Information for new PIs
• Research Safety Authorizations for Principal Investigators
• Resources for New Principal Investigators
• Radioisotope Use Authorization (RUA)
• RUA Overview
• How to Open, Amend, Renew, and Deactivate a Radioisotope Use Authorization (RUA)
• Dosimetry
• Radiation Exposure Monitoring Overview
• How to Add or Cancel Radiation Dosimetry Badges
• Radiation Badge and Ring User Guidelines
• Declared Pregnancy and Fetal Monitoring for Radiation Workers
• Equipment
• Registering Radiation-Producing Machines
• Calibration or Repair of Radiation Survey Meters
• Loaner Radiation Survey Meters
• How to Get a Decontamination Clearance for Equipment or Facilities
• Facilities
• Close or Relocate a UCSD Laboratory
• Laboratory Clean Areas
• Minors in UCSD Laboratories
• Forms
• Researchers: Radiation Safety Forms
• Medical Center Employees: Radiation Safety Forms
• Radiation Safety Training

Radioactive materials

• Security
• Security of Radioactive Materials
• Procurement
• Buying Radioactive Materials
• Picking Up Radioactive Materials Orders
• Radioisotope Package Delivery Service
• Shipping or transfer
• How to Transfer Radioactive Materials
• Radiation contamination surveys
• Overview
• How to Perform a Radiation Survey
• Waste management
• Waste Generator Number (WGN) Overview
• How to Store and Dispose of Radioactive Waste
• How to Use Chemical and Radioactive Hazardous Waste Tags
• How to Request a Hazardous Waste Collection
• Emergency preparedness and response
• How to Clean Up Minor Radioactive Contamination
• Large Spills
• Eye Wash and Emergency Shower Guidelines
• What to Do if a Work-Related Injury, Illness, or Exposure Occurs

Resources

• Radiation Safety Manual (Word file) (PDF)
• Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation (PDF)
• Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure (PDF)
• California Campus Radiation Safety Officer's Convention, October 2007 Presentations
• Additional Resources for Radiation Safety
• STORE: Get Ready for the Inspector
• Related main menus
• Biosafety
• Chemical Safety
• Hazardous Waste
• Laser Safety Program
• Laboratory Safety
• Vivarium Safety

Contacts

• Health Physicist (HP) Contacts
• Radiation Safety Officer, (858) 822-2494
• EH&S Services Lab, University Center 301-B
• Mail Code: 0035
• Phone: (858) 534-6418
• Fax: (858) 822-5524
• Hazardous Materials Spill
• Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 534-3660 weekdays, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Campus Police: (858) 534-4357 evenings and weekends
• UCSD Committees
• Radiation Safety and Surveillance Committee
• Radioactive Drug Research Committee
• Human Exposure Review Committee (HERC)