Radiation
Overview
The details of the Radiation Safety Program at UTS are closely monitored by the Radiation Safety Officer. If you intend to work with radiaoactive materials or apparatus then contact either the Biosafety Committee or the UTS Radiation Safety Officer.
Guidelines
Licences - Individuals using radiation apparatus or radioactive substances must first possess a radiation licence.
Registration - Prescribed radiation apparatus, sealed source devices and premises where a radioactive substance not contained in a sealed source device is kept or used must be registered with the EPA.
Radiation signage must be conspicuously displayed in the immediate vicinity of the apparatus or substance. A PDF document (105 Kb) is available for printing and laminating on yellow paper.
Contact
For more information, contact Safety & Wellbeing on extension 1063. For information on unsealed sources, contact Bill Booth, Radiation Safety Officer on extension 4107.
Resources
- Australian Standard AS 2211:2004 Safety of Laser Products
- Australian Standard AS 2243.4:1998 Safety in Laboratories - Ionizing Radiation
- Australian Standard AS 2243.5:2004 Safety in Laboratories - Non-ionizing radiation - Electromagnetic, sound and ultrasound
- NSW Radiation Control Act 1990
- NSW Radiation Control Regulation 2003
- EPA Radiation Control
- Environment Protection Agency
- Department of Environment & Climate Change (NSW)
- Australasian Radiation Protection Society
- Radioactive Waste Management
- Australian Department of Education, Science and Training
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Magnetic Resonance Safety Site
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Radiation Safety Training and Reference Manual
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Periodic table for all known isotopes with information on each isotope
- Lund University, Sweden
- Berkeley Laboratory's Periodic Table of the Isotopes