Radiation Safety

• Research Safety Authorizations for Principal Investigators
• Resources for New Principal Investigators

• RUA Overview
• How to Open, Amend, Renew, and Deactivate a Radioisotope Use Authorization (RUA)

• How to Clean Up Minor Radioactive Contamination
• Large Spills
• Eye Wash and Emergency Shower Guidelines
• What to Do if a Work-Related Injury, Illness, or Exposure Occurs

• Waste Generator Number (WGN) Overview
• How to Store and Dispose of Radioactive Waste
• How to Use Chemical and Radioactive Hazardous Waste Tags
• How to Request a Hazardous Waste Collection

Dosimetry

• Radiation Exposure Monitoring Overview
• How to Add, Cancel, or Replace Radiation Dosimetry Badges
• Radiation Badge and Ring User Guidelines
• Declared Pregnancy and Fetal Monitoring for Radiation Workers
  • Preventing Reproductive Hazards

Equipment

• Registering Radiation-Producing Machines
• Calibration or Repair of Radiation Survey Meters
• Loaner Radiation Survey Meters

• How to Get a Decontamination Clearance for Equipment or Facilities

Facilities

• Close or Relocate a UCSD Laboratory
• Laboratory Clean Areas

• Minors in UCSD Laboratories

Forms

• Researchers: Radiation Safety Forms

• Medical Center Employees: Radiation Safety Forms

Radiation Exposure Risk Statements

• Risk Statement Requirements

• UCSD Radiation Risk Calculator

Resources

• Radiation Safety Manual (Word file) (PDF)
• Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation (PDF)
• Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure (PDF)
• California Campus Radiation Safety Officer's Convention, October 2007 Presentations
• Additional Resources for Radiation Safety
• STORE: Get Ready for the Inspector

Go to My Research Safety, a Web portal for centralized views of your Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) audits, inventory, and authorizations.

Note: To access all of the applications on My Research Safety you must be entered in EH&S' database.

• Use the PI Information form to be entered into the EH&S database or to report information changes.

• Security
  • Security of Radioactive Materials
• Procurement
  • Buying Radioactive Materials
  • Picking Up Radioactive Materials Orders
  • Radioisotope Package Delivery Service
• Shipping or transfer
  • How to Transfer Radioactive Materials
• Radiation contamination surveys
  • Overview
  • How to Perform a Radiation Survey
• Radionuclide Data Sheets

• Radiation Safety Training
• General Lab Safety and Chemical Training

• Health Physicist (HP) Contacts
• Radiation Safety Officer, (858) 822-4045 or 822-2494
• EH&S Services Lab, University Center 301-B
  • Mail Code: 0035
  • Phone: (858) 534-6418
  • Fax: (858) 822-5524
• Hazardous Materials Spill
  • Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 534-3660 weekdays, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Campus Police: (858) 534-4357 evenings and weekends

UCSD committees & meeting dates

• Radiation Safety and Surveillance Committee 2nd Tuesday of every other month (starting January)
  • RSSC Meeting Schedule (PDF)
• Radioactive Drug Research Committee 1st Thursday of every month
• Human Exposure Review Committee (HERC) 1st Thursday of every month
• Medical Center Radiation Safety Committee (MCRSC): 3rd Wednesday of each quarter