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Radionuclide Safety Training Course
Contact: Jim Wiggins, jpw4@psu.edu814-865-6391
Penn State’s Radiation Safety Policy and the University Isotopes Committee require all uses of radioactive material, and supervisors of radioactive material laboratories, to complete this training prior to beginning work with radioactive material. The goal is to provide you with the information you need to work safely with radioactive material. Training consists of:
- An on line Radionuclide Safety Training course. At the end of the Web information, you will find the link to allow you to register for one of the regularly scheduled Radionuclide Safety Orientation and Quiz classes. If none of the available classes works with your schedule, please contact Dr. Wiggins to schedule an additional class.
- An in class lecture, normally with hands on training in the use of radiation detection equipment. These classes, and the exam, are normally held at the Academic Projects Building (APB). A digital map to the APB can be found at Radiation Protection Office in the Academic Projects Building.
- An exam given at the completion of the classroom training.
- Specific training provided by the laboratory supervisor or some other senior lab member. There is no specific time frame for this, since it is given by the laboratory supervisor or senior research staff in the laboratory.
- Once training is completed, your dosimetry needs may be assessed. If you and your supervisor think your radiation exposure needs to be monitored, download Application for Dosimeter, carefully read the instructions, complete it and mail it to 228 Academic Projects Building. The form must be completed by the prospective dosimeter user and countersigned by the supervisor.
If you do not feel that the Web information and the instructions and demonstrations given during these steps in the training give you sufficient background to begin working with radioactive materials, additional training is available.
Additional training will be provided in your laboratory by EHS for those who work with more than the normal amount of radioactive material, for example more than 5 mCi of phosphorus-32, or more than 1 mCi of iodine-125, or with high energy gamma emitters.
Please note that this course does NOT fulfill the requirements for use of x-ray machines or other radiation producing equipment. This course will NOT grant you an AUTHORIZATION to use radioactive materials as a SUPERVISOR, although it is a requirement for supervisor authorization. Instructions on obtaining the UIC Authorization to Use Radioactive Material are available.
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