Loaner Radiation Survey Meters

Find out how to borrow a radiation survey meter while yours is being calibrated, repaired, or shipped.

If you are a UCSD researcher, Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) will lend you a radiation survey meter when:

• The EH&S Services Lab is calibrating your meter
• You send your meter out for repair
• You're waiting for delivery of a new meter

The loaner meter is the Ludlum model 3 meter with the following available probes:

• 44-3 scintillation probe for low-energy gamma detection
• 44-9 Geiger-Mueller probe for alpha, beta, or gamma contamination

Loaner meters are free but are subject to overdue charges:

• An overdue charge of $60 per month will apply beginning one month after you have been notified that your regular meter is available for pickup.
• Overdue charges will not apply if you have ordered a new meter that takes longer than 1 month to arrive.

To obtain a loaner meter:

• Call the EH&S Services Lab, (858) 534-6418, to be sure a meter is available. Meters are loaned on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Pick up the meter at the EH&S Services Lab, 301B University Center, at the corner of Gilman Drive and Myers Drive.
• Bring the following information with you:
  • Principal investigator's name
  • RUA number
  • Index number for your regular meter

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• Cleaning Up Minor Contamination
• Contamination Survey Overview
• Exposure Monitoring
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• Health Physicist Contacts
• Loaner Survey Meters
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• Radioisotope Package Delivery Service
• Registering Radiation Producing Machines
• Radioisotope Use Authorization
• Security
• Transferring Radioactive Materials
• Radiation Exposure Risk Statements