Radiation Safety Training

• Radiation Safety 40 Hour (new employee)
• Radiation Safety Annual Refresher
• Radiation Training for Ancillary Personnel (only required initially)
  

Radiation Safety 40 Hour (new employee)

The PI/Supervisor will need to complete the online format or the downloaded format of the Radiation Safety Checklist, Supervisor’s Information and Completion Form (note: send hard copy or email completed form to Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) when training is complete)

Trainee: The following training does not have to be taken in five consecutive days. Discuss the timetable with the PI/Supervisor you will be working with. If you have questions at any time throughout the training period and afterwards bring them to the attention of your PI/Supervisor or the RSO.

Day 1

• Radiation Safety Training - Parts 1-8 (MS PowerPoint)
  1. Introduction to Radiation
  2. What is Radiation
  3. OSU-CHS Radiation Safety Program
  4. Biological Effect of Ionizing Radiation
  5. Regulations and Standards
  6. Exposure Control and Personnel Monitoring
  7. Radioactive Waste Handling, Storage and Disposal
  8. General Rules for Using Radioactive Material
• Female Employees required: Print or download and read Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure (PDF)
• For isotope(s) being used, study information provided by PI/Supervisor
• Observe and receive on-the-job training for laboratory radiological activities from PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate
• Study CHS Laboratory Emergency Response Procedures, sections 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7

Day 2

• Study OSU-CHS Radiation Safety Manual Become familiar with the Radiation Safety Forms in Appendix B or click Forms
• Standard: Title 252. Department of Environmental Quality; Chapter 410. Radiation Management note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• Standard: NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 19--Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers: Inspections and Investigations, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• Standard: NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 20--Standards for Protection Against Radiation, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Guides (pdf), note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents, this guide is very useful as it summarizes all the regulatory standards for working with radioactive material in the academic/research laboratories
• Observe and receive on-the-job training for laboratory radiological activities from PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate

Day 3-4

• Watch media presentation Safety in the Research Laboratory-Radionuclide Hazards (12 min.) produced by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Observe and receive on-the-job training for laboratory radiological activities from PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate
• Radiation Safety 40 hour Training Quiz based on any of the information studied thus far including power point presentation

Day 5

• Observation by Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) and PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate of dry run of radiological procedure using non-radiological materials, note: make arrangements with RSO at least one week prior
• Observation by Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) and PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate of actual run of radiological procedure, note: make arrangements with RSO at least one week prior

Radiation Safety (annual refresher)

PI/Supervisor may need to complete the Radiation Safety form online or print the Radiation Safety Checklist, Supervisor’s Information and Completion form (note: send copy to RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) when training is complete.) It is only necessary to complete the checklist if any of the issues or responsibilities contained on the checklist have changed in the trainees job assignment since the last training.

Trainee: If you have questions at any time throughout the training period and afterwards bring them to the attention of your PI/Supervisor or the RSO.

• Radiation Safety Training - Parts 2-8
  2. What is Radiation
  3. OSU-CHS Radiation Safety Program
  4. Biological Effect of Ionizing Radiation
  5. Regulations and Standards
  6. Exposure Control and Personnel Monitoring
  7. Radioactive Waste Handling, Storage and Disposal
  8. General Rules for Using Radioactive Material
• Instructions Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure
• For isotope(s) being used, study information provided by PI/Supervisor
• Observe and receive on-the-job training for laboratory radiological activities/procedures/isotopes etc. that have changed since the last training attended from PI/Supervisor or other person that they designate
• Study OSU-CHS Radiation Safety Manual Become familiar with the Radiation Safety Forms in Appendix B or click Forms
• Standard: Title 252. OK Department of Environmental Quality, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• Standard: NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 19--Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers: Inspections and Investigations, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• Standard: NRC Regulations 10 CFR Part 20--Standards for Protection Against Radiation, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents
• NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Guide, NUREG-1556, Vol. 7, note: all should know where to find and familiarize yourself with contents, this guide is very useful as it summarizes all the regulatory standards for working with radioactive material in the academic/research laboratories
• Study CHS Laboratory Emergency Response Procedures, sections 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7

Radiation Safety Training Quiz based on any of the information studied thus far including power point presentation

Radiation Training for Ancillary Personnel (only required initially)

This training is for those whose duties may require them to work in the vicinity of radioactive material (whether escorted or not).

• Download Radiation Training for Ancillary Personnel PDF