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Last Updated: March 1, 2010
Useful Telephone Numbers & Website Addresses
University Laboratory Safety Committee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction
1.1 RADIATION SAFETY IN CANADA
1.2 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF MANUAL
2 Organisation of Radiation Safety
2.1 ORGANOGRAM
2.2 RADIATION SAFETY POLICIES
2.2.1 Compliance Enforcement Policy
2.2.2 Radiation Safety "3 Strikes" Enforcement Policy
2.2.3 Radioisotope Laboratory Decommissioning Policy
2.2.4 Radiation Safety Training Policy
2.2.5 McGill Radioisotope Purchasing Policy
2.2.6 Pregnancy & Breast-Feeding Policy
2.3 UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SAFETY COMMITTEE - MEMBERSHIP
2.4 RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER
2.4.1 Duties of the RSO with respect to the Institution
2.4.2 Duties of the RSO with respect to the University Laboratory Safety Committee
2.4.3 Departmental Radiation Safety Officer (DRSO)
2.5 PERMIT HOLDERS
2.6 CLASSIFICATION OF RADIATION WORKERS
2.6.1 Radiation User Definition
2.6.2 Radiation User Responsibilities
2.6.3 Nuclear Energy Worker
2.7 STUDENTS
2.8 OTHER PERSONNEL
2.9 ACCESS TO LABORATORIES AND WORKSHOPS
2.10 AFTER-HOURS WORK
2.11 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY
3 Radiation Dose Limit
3.1 RATIONALE AND LEGAL BASIS OF DOSE-EQUIVALENT LIMITS
3.2 DOSE LIMITS FOR OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED PERSONS
3.3 THE ALARA PRINCIPLE
3.4 DOSE LIMITS FOR INTERNAL SOURCES
3.5 PREGNANT RADIATION USERS AND NUCLEAR ENERGY WORKERS
3.6 NON-RADIATION WORKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
3.7 ACTION LEVELS
3.8 SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIATION AND NON-RADIATION WORKERS
4 Licensing Authorisation
4.1 CNSC LICENCES
4.2 INTERNAL PERMITS
4.3 IRRADIATION OF HUMAN VOLUNTEERS IN RESEARCH
4.4 ACQUISITION AND DELIVERY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
4.5 RADIATION TRACKING SYSTEM
5 Monitoring
5.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
5.2 AREA AND TECHNIQUE MONITORING
5.3 PERSONNEL MONITORING
5.3.1 Thermoluminescent Dosimeters (TLDs)
5.3.2 TLD-Good Practices
5.3.3 TLD-Limitations
5.3.4 TLD-Extremity Monitors
5.3.5 Neutron Monitors
5.4 MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
5.5 MONITORING INTAKE OF RADIOISOTOPES
5.5.1 Annual Limit on Intake
5.6 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE
5.7 TESTS OF CONTAMINATION (wipe test)
5.8 DECONTAMINATION
5.9 DECOMMISSIONING RADIOISOTOPE AREAS
6 Use of Unsealed Radioisotopes in Teaching and Research
6.1 GENERAL
6.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF RADIONUCLIDES
6.3 RADIOISOTOPE LABORATORIES
6.3.1 Classification of Laboratories
6.3.2 Requirements for Radioisotope Laboratory Facilities
6.4POSTING
6.5 POSTING OF RADIATION WARNING SIGNS
6.6 INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
6.7 STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
6.8 LABORATORY HANDLING OF UNSEALED RADIOISOTOPES
7 Use of Sealed Sources
7.1 TYPES OF SEALED SOURCES
7.2 INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS
7.3 STORAGE AND HANDLING OF SEALED SOURCES
7.4 IRRADIATORS CONTAINING HIGH-ACTIVITY SOURCES
8 Use of Unsealed Sources
8.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
8.2 REGULATIONS GOVERNING WASTE DISPOSAL
8.2.1 Exemption Quantity
8.3 DISPOSAL PROCEDURES
8.3.1 Local Disposal
8.3.2 External Disposal
8.3.3 Dose Rate at Surface of Waste Container
8.3.4 Decay of Radioactive Waste
9 Types and Characteristics of Radiation-Emitting Devices
9.1 BASIC PRINCIPLES
9.2 X-RAY MACHINES
9.3 IMAGING PROCEDURES
9.4 RADIATION SURVEY OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT
9.5 OTHER RADIATION-EMITTING DEVICES
9.6 INTERNAL PERMIT FOR RADIATION-EMITTING DEVICES
10 Animal Work Involving Radiation
10.1 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING RADIONUCLIDES
10.2 EXPERIMENTS INVOLVING IRRADIATORS
11 Use of Radiation Sources in Teaching: Special Requirements
11.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
11.2 DEMONSTRATIONS INVOLVING RADIATION SOURCES
12 Accident and Emergency Procedures
12.1 GENERAL
12.2 EXTERNAL EXPOSURE (NOT INVOLVING CONTAMINATION)
12.3 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
12.3.1 Minor Accidents
12.3.2 Major Accidents
12.3.3 Personnel Decontamination Procedures
12.4 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING RADIOACTIVE DUSTS, FUMES OR GASES
12.5 FIRES IN THE PROXIMITY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
12.6 FATAL RADIATION DOSE
13 Receiving Radioactive Packages
14 Laboratory work area and personal protective equipment
14.1 Laboratory work area
14.2 Personal protective equipment
APPENDICES
Useful Telephone Numbers & Website Addresses
Emergency Assistance - Downtown Campus
For emergencies requiring external assistance (such as ambulance, fire department or police) call 911
For emergencies requiring assistance from McGill personnel (such as hazardous waste spills, major floods, etc.) call 3000
Emergency Assistance - Macdonald Campus
For all types of emergencies, call 7777
| For inquiries regarding hazardous waste disposal | |
|---|---|
| Waste Management Program |
Phone: 5066 Fax: 4633 |
| For inquiries regarding radiation safety | |
| Radiation Safety Officer | Phone: 2245 Fax: 8047 |
| Environmental Health & Safety - radiation section | Phone: 4563 Fax: 8047 |
| Other useful telephone numbers: | |
| McGill Purchasing Office | 6048 |
| Fire Prevention Officer | 3473 |
| Facilities Management | 4555 |
| Animal Resource Centre | 3510 |
| Quebec Poison Control Centre | 1-800-463-5060 |
| Downtown Campus Security Services | 4556/4557 |
| Macdonald Campus Security Services | 7770 |