Radiation Safety

Radiation Safety oversees and facilitates the use of radiation sources in research and instruction; helping to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

Waste Disposal

The Office of Environment, Health & Safety maintains a Hazardous Waste Program (HWP) to develop hazard waste disposal procedures, provide orientation to campus personnel, monitor departmental hazardous waste operations, receive departmental waste and dispose of the waste, and evaluate all hazardous waste disposal activities.

Radioactive Liquid Waste Disposal Procedures

Radioactive Materials SOP Template

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Radioactive materials SOP template (RD-62A)

Radiation Producing Machines SOP Template

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Radiation Producing Machines SOP template RD-62B

Electron Microscope SOP Template

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

RD-62-C-SEM-SOP-Template

Radiation Safety Training

To get approved to work on a Radiation Use Authorization (RUA), complete the steps below depending on the type of RUA you will be working on. Upon completion, inform your RUA Holder or Lab Contact and ask that they request you be added to the RUA. If you are unable to access the UC Learning Center using the links below, please submit a help request to EH&S

Individuals without CalNet IDs (e.g. LBNL, guests, industry users) will need to ...

Training

The EH&S training team creates, delivers, and tracks health, safety, and environmental training for all faculty, staff, and students.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Labs

A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of instructions for performing experiments or processes that involve hazards (chemical, physical, biological, radiation). SOPs are lab-specific and include documentation of the people who have received training for that procedure.

New students and employees working in your lab should be provided with hands-on training for hazardous materials and operations that are covered by the SOPs for your lab.

SOPs by Hazard Type Chemicals & General Lab Safety

Written SOPs are required for all hazardous operations/activities. A library of...

Radiation Survey Meters

Radiation survey meters are a great tool to locate contamination in the lab. The proper selection of a meter is important. The following outlines appropriate survey probes and procurement information. All of these probes can be attached to an appropriate ratemeter such as a Ludlum 3, Bicron Surveyor, and Radeye GX. NOTE: Please contact Radiation Safety before you purchase a new instrument so that we can confirm that we will be able to calibrate your equipment (or you may be required to send it back to the manufacturer for calibration)....

Radiation Safety Manual (PDF)

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2017

This is a PDF version of the Radiation Safety Manual