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)

UC San Diego uses radioactive materials under a Broad Scope Radioactive Material License issued by the State of California. This manual represents the radiation safety program for all locations on that license, including the campus, Medical Center, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This manual is incorporated by reference into UCSD’s license. All principal investigators and radioactive material users are required to comply with all of its provisions, as well as the conditions of the Radioisotope Use Authorization (RUA).

• UCSD's Radiation Safety Manual: (PDF) (Word file)

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

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

• Calibration or Repair of Radiation Survey Meters
• Loaner Radiation Survey Meters
• How to Get a Decontamination Clearance for Equipment or Facilities
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Registering Radiation-Producing Machines

• Research employees
• Medical Center employees

• Waste Generator Number (WGN) Overview
• Online Waste Tag Program (OTP)
• How to:
  • Store and Dispose of Radioactive Waste
  • Use UCSD Hazardous Waste Tags

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

UCSD Radiation Safety Manual (RSM)

• (PDF) (Word file)

Resources

• UCSD Laboratory Safety Manual
• My Research Safety Web portal
• Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation (PDF)
• Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure (PDF)
• Additional Resources for Radiation Safety

Read about My Research Safety, a Web portal for centralized access to your Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) audits, inventory, and authorizations.

• Link to My Research Safety at myresearchsafety.ucsd.edu.

• About Radiation Exposure Risk Statements
• Examples of Radiation Exposure Risk Statements
• Go to the UCSD Radiation Risk Calculator on My Research Safety

• 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
• Safety Training for Lab and Research Employees
• Laboratory Safety Videos

UCSD Radiation Safety Committees

• Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) - The RSC meets every third month, commencing March 2013.
• Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC)
• Human Exposure Review Committee (HERC)
• Medical Center Radiation Safety Committee (MCRSC)

• PPM 516-22, Radiation Safety
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapter 20
• California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Chapter 5, Subchapter 4 (PDF)
• UCSD Radiation Safety Manual (RSM)
  • (PDF) (Word file)

• Radiation Safety Officer: Corey Singleton , CHP
  E-mail: csingleton@ucsd.edu
  Phone: (858) 822-4045
  Cell: (858) 583-3268
  Fax:(858) 822-7763
• Alternate Radiation Safety Officer: Scott Langford, MS
  E-mail: slangford@ucsd.edu
  Phone: (858) 534-1066
  Cell: (858) 583-3281
  Fax:(858) 822-7763
• Health Physicist Contacts:
  • HPs by building assignment
• EH&S Radiation Safety division
  • Contact information for all Radiation Safety personnel
• EH&S Services Lab
  Location: University Center 301-B
  Phone: (858) 534-6418
  Fax: (858) 822-5524
  Mail Code: 0035
• 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