  {"id":13,"date":"2016-07-03T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testehso\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:32:08","slug":"radiation-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/radiation-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiation Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Hawai&#8217;i <b>Radiation Safety Program<\/b> was established to ensure the safe use of radioisotopes and radiation producing machines at its facilities and in accordance with Federal and State requirements. Radioactive materials are licensed at Âé¶¹´«Ã½by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and radiation producing machines are licensed at Âé¶¹´«Ã½by the Hawai&#8217;i Department of Health (DOH).<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Hawai\u2019i, the Laser Safety Program is organized and managed in the Radiation Safety Program. More information about the Laser Safety Program can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/uh-laser-safety-program\/\">Laser Safety Program page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To get started working with or around radioactive materials follow the instructions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GyKgFeNMMPUiVLVRKxqndeO2rto2B4bTZhiqbFOaVkE\/edit?usp=sharing\">EGL-1, Radiation Safety Program &#8211; Onboarding and Maintaining Compliance Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Radiation Safety Program Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide workers with basic fundamental training on the hazards of working with radioactive materials.<\/li>\n<li>Provide and maintain the Environmental Health &amp; Safety Assistant (EHSA) web-based software platform to manage radioisotopes.<\/li>\n<li>Provide calibration of Geiger-Mueller detectors used for contamination surveys.<\/li>\n<li>Provide radiation dosimetry when required by the regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Maintains records in the EHSA on training, inspections, and surveys as required by NRC.<\/li>\n<li>Provides leak testing for all sealed sources.<\/li>\n<li>Provides radioactive waste disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><b>Reminders:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New radiation workers are required to follow the onboarding process prior to working with radioactive materials.<\/li>\n<li>Please remember to update your information in the EHSA web-based software platform.<\/li>\n<li>Please remember to secure your radioactive material after delivery and after use.<\/li>\n<li>Contact radsafe@hawaii.edu if you have any questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/radiation-training\/\">Radiation Safety Training<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/radiation-safety-reference-materials\/\">Reference Materials<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/radiation-safety-links\/\">Links to Related Sites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Hawai&#8217;i Radiation Safety Program was established to ensure the safe use of radioisotopes and radiation &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/ehso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}