Tagged: Radiation Safety

  • Replacement Thermometers

    Partial Immersion Thermometers 

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    Blue Spirit Thermometer 

  • Mercury Elimination Program

    Mercury is a naturally occurring element that has often been used in laboratories, instruments, industrial and commercial equipment, and household items. Mercury can be released into the atmosphere by power plants through the combustion of coal. Mercury is toxic in all chemical forms. Once mercury is released into the environment, it can be transformed into methyl mercury, which allows it to bioaccumulate in the body.

    Health Issues

  • Personnel Monitoring Program

    Details of our dosimetry badge program.

  • Annual renewals of Approved Supervisor Permits to Use Radioactive Material

    Permits must be renewed annually

    Once a faculty member or equivalent (Approved Supervisor) has submitted a RS-1 and has received final approval to use radioactive material from the University Radiation Safety Committee and Radiation Safety, the continued use of radioactive material will be allowed only if the Approved Supervisor completes and returns the required paper work sent out annually by the Radiation Safety Section of EHS.

  • EHS Assist Instructions

    EHS Assist Instructions (PDF)

  • Radionuclide Risk Categories, Security and Required Training

    Radionuclide Risk Categories

    1. No Significant Risk

      1. Areas where only generally licensed materials or naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are used including small button check sources, Ni-63 electron capture detectors and compounds of uranium and thorium.

    2. Low Risk

  • University Radiation Safety Committee

    The University Radiation Safety Committee (URSC) is mandated by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), and is comprised of faculty and staff from The Ohio State University. The URSC oversees the Radiation Safety Program and acts as a liaison between faculty/staff/management and the Radiation Safety Section (RSS) of Environmental Health and Safety. The URSC is responsible for the control and direction of the Radiation Safety Program.

  • Increased Controls Program

    The University possesses certain materials of concerns. 

    In order to gain unescorted access to these materials, individuals must subject themselves to an extensive background check. Individuals must notify the University Radiation Safety Officer to initiate the process. 

    The process is a multi-step process:

  • Laboratory Compliance Officer

    Each building on campus is assigned a Laboratory Compliance Officer for all radiation and research safety related issues, including laboratory inspections.

  • Radiation Safety Laboratory Inspection Program

    The Radiation Safety Section of Environmental Health and Safety performs semi-annual performance-based inspections of all Type B, C and storage-only laboratories posted for the use of radioactive materials. Type A laboratories are inspected monthly.