2011 Radiation User Refresher Radiation Source Refresher Class 2011 UCSC Conrad Sherman x RSO/Health Physicist Marcus Balanky x ARSO/ Health Physicist Vern Ares x Assistant Health Physicist Environmental Health & Safety Radiation Safety

2011 Radiation User Refresher Annual Refresher Training is Required Option 1 –Challenge the test Option 2 – review this presentation, radiation safety manual, rpm fundamentals workbook (ucsc radiation)ucsc radiation Option 3 –request a class then Pass the Test Test is on e-commons Please complete within 30 days of your last test date (if you don’t know it, then look on e-commons, in your PI’s radiation safety folder/training is a report showing training for all users within your lab group. Location of EHS/Radiation published materials

2011 Radiation User Refresher Radiation Safety Functions

2011 Radiation User Refresher You Have the Right to Report Radiation Safety Concerns and Violations Report concerns or suspected radiation safety violations to your supervisor. If it is not adequately corrected, notify the RSO RSO Conrad Sherman, or EH&S Director Brent Cooley or Chair, Radiation Safety Committee George Brown, or EH&S Web Form

2011 Radiation User Refresher Survey Meter Use You should know how to use the survey meter. Remember that you must perform a preoperational check each time you use the meter. Battery Background Calibration Check source If you’re uncertain about how to perform the preoperational check or to do a survey, review the process with your lab manager or ask EHS.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Dosimeters are required Are likely to receive >10% of an occupational dose limit. Enter a high radiation area. Routinely work with >5 mCi quantities of I-125. Routinely work with >1 mCi quantities of P-32. As per your RUA

2011 Radiation User Refresher Dosimeters A whole body dosimeter is worn on the to torso in a location where it is likely to receive the highest exposure. Ring dosimeters are worn underneath disposable gloves. Wear ring so chip faces source.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Examples of Compliance Issues Eating/drinking/smoking/storing food in RAM areas. Inventory and survey records that do not reflect actual radioactive materials on hand and/or in use. Failure to secure RAM and/or rad waste from unauthorized use or removal. Improper radioactive waste storage.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Required Actions on Identification of Issue Document Issue - RS or Lab Take Corrective action - lab Evaluation of cause - RH (PI) Sanctions for serious, willful violations - RSC

2011 Radiation User Refresher Consistently fill out records Survey Logs, use log, etc. Are your records easy to find? Be sure sources are appropriately labeled. Remove unnecessary labeling. Is training for all lab personnel up-to-date? Pay attention to security matters. Is your lab locked when no one is there?

2011 Radiation User Refresher RAM shipment Verify you received the correct RAM, chemical form, and activity. Wear PPE to open RAM shipment. Immediately include received material into your lab’s RAM inventory and record activity in units of millicuries. Assume that the inner surfaces of the package (source vial and packaging material) may be contaminated and handle accordingly until proven otherwise by survey. Before discarding the packing material from the shipment. Obliterate all radiation warning labels before discarding as normal trash.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Practice ALARA The less TIME spent near RAM, the less dose received. The more DISTANCE between you and RAM, the less exposure received. Doubling the distance from RAM reduces exposure by ~1/4. Use tongs or other remote- handling tools to reduce exposure to fingers and hands. For SHIELDING BETA emitters use Plexiglass. For SHIELDING X- or gamma ray use Lead –one size doesn’t shield all. –Contact the Radiation Safety Office to determine the proper thickness and types of shielding material to use.

2011 Radiation User Refresher (s)WIPES and Smears They are used to determine if removable contamination is present from any type of radioactive material when counted. Use disc or paper towel for large area if a GM is used to check survey media

2011 Radiation User Refresher Remember to Document Your Surveys! Surveys must be done at a frequency to ensure that exposure to RAM is kept ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable). Keep your survey records in a form that the can audit. blank survey record forms.

2011 Radiation User Refresher User Responsibilities Keep RAM use authorization current. Complete radiation safety training. Maintain up-to-date inventory records. Perform and document RAM surveys frequently to control contamination and keep exposure ALARA. Follow required radiation safety and radioactive waste handling and disposal policies.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Security Secure RAM from unauthorized removal. Immediately report missing RAM

2011 Radiation User Refresher Wear your Lab Coat

2011 Radiation User Refresher Regulations Comply with all pertinent regulations of the Campus Radiation Safety Manual. –A copy of the RSM is to be maintained by the RH. –All personnel listed in the permit are required to read and be knowledgeable regarding provisions of the RSM.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Required Postings Sign on Door Notice to Employee Emergency Numbers Work Area Marked

2011 Radiation User Refresher Lab Conditions Frequently Identified by Inspector Evidence Food/Drink Dosimeter(s) Worn Meter Available Meter Check-Okay Evident RAM Security

2011 Radiation User Refresher Surveys and Waste Disposal A suitable survey instrument must be maintained in the lab. Periodic wipe tests are to be made per RUA. Known radioactive waste shall be collected and packaged for waste disposal.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Radioactive Material Transfers Radioactive materials may not be acquired for trans-shipment. No radioactive materials are to be transferred between authorized users without the prior approval of the Radiation Safety Office.

2011 Radiation User Refresher Avoid Ingesting Radioactive Material NO –Eating –Drinking –Smoking –Applying Cosmetics –Mouth Pipetting

2011 Radiation User Refresher Documenting Surveys Contamination surveys must be documented Record the following: –date performed –area(s) surveyed (a map helps!) –results –identity of surveyor –instrument used –action taken if contamination is found

2011 Radiation User Refresher Personal Contamination Notify the RSO immediately of any case of personal contamination. Uninjured persons should remove contaminated clothing and wash or use emergency shower or eyewash as needed. Do not delay. If an injured person is contaminated, do not delay medical attention.

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2011 Radiation User Refresher Test To receive credit for this online training course, you must complete the exam and receive a score of 80% or greater. You may take test up to 3 times Some questions have multiple correct answers You can review answers at end of each test Each test is a new set of questions randomized from test bank If you do not pass, we will go over failed questions with you

2011 Radiation User Refresher Test Completion Online e-commons RADSAFE EXAMS PAPER PRINT A COPY OF TEST, Send to ehs trailer

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2011 Radiation User Refresher We’re there for you. Environmental Health & Safety x –Conrad Sherman x –RSO/Health Physicist –Marcus Balanky x –ARSO/ Health Physicist –Vern Ares x –Assistant Health Physicist Environmental Health & Safety Radiation Safety (831) Web site