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Organizational Entities
Provost
and Vice President for
Academic Affairs
(P-VPAA)
The Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs
is the official
spokesperson
for the University on matters pertaining to radiation
protection.
The P-VPAA appoints Radiation Safety Committee members.
Radiation
Safety
Committee (RSC)
The RSC is
the governing
body for all
aspects of radiation protection within the University, including
affiliated
research, clinical, instructional and service units using radiation
sources in facilities owned or controlled by the University.
The
RSC will ensure that all possession, use and disposition of radiation
sources
by University personnel complies with pertinent federal and state
regulations
and with the specific conditions of licenses issued to the University,
and that all concomitant radiation exposures are maintained
as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
The RSC is empowered and directed to promulgate policies, rules and
procedures
for the safe use of ionizing radiation. The RSC reports to
the
P-VPAA. The
RSC has many faculty with expertise in radiation
protection.
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Radiation
Safety
Officer (RSO)
The RSO is
the
individual appointed by
the P-VPAA and approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to
administer
the radiation protection program and to provide technical guidance to
the
RSC and to radiation users. The RSO is authorized and
directed to
promulgate and enforce such procedures as are necessary to assure
compliance
with applicable federal and state regulations and to ensure the
accurate
interpretation and effective implementation of the policies and rules
established
by the RSC. The RSO is responsible for receipts, uses,
transfers
and disposal of radioactive materials. Additionally, the RSO is
responsible for investigating deviations from approved radiation safety
policy such as spills,
losses,
thefts, variations
from approved radiation safety practice, and implementing corrective
actions
as necessary. The RSO receives direction from the RSC with
regard
to policy. The RSO provides technical advice to the RSC, radiation
users
and the administration. The
current RSO is
Dr. Richard Brey. |
Technical
Safety
Office (TSO)
The TSO
is the organizational
entity that provides administrative and technical services in
support
of the radiation protection program. The Director of the
Technical
Safety Office, who is normally the RSO, reports to the P-VPAA.
Responsible
Users
A
"responsible user"
is an individual authorized by the Radiation Safety Committee to
acquire
(via the TSO) and use specific radiation sources and to supervise such
use by others. Responsible
users are typically the faculty in charge of the research project.
Radiation
Users
A "radiation
user" is any individual whose official duties or authorized
activities
include handling, operating, or working in the presence of, any type of
radiation source, whether or not such use is confined to a restricted
area.
"Badged
personnel"
are individuals who may receive more than one tenth (10%) of the
occupational
radiation dose limit in any calendar quarter. This category
includes
those personnel who rarely receive more than 100 mrem in any calendar
quarter,
but who work with radiation sources that could produce such a
dose under certain conditions. The radiation exposures
received by these individuals are
individually
monitored.
"Potentially
exposed"
personnel are individuals who have a need to enter Restricted Areas as
part of their job description or have a potential of exposure to a
radiation
source but do not normally work in the presence of a radiation field. This
category includes custodial, receiving, and security personnel.
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