| Radiation Safety Checklist for Inspection |
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North Atlantic Area - Radiation Safety
Laboratory Inspection Report
| Date: | Authorized User: | Building & Room: | Surveyor: | |||
| Radionuclides Used & Maximum Activity On-hand: 3H 14C 35S 45Ca 32P 125I 109Cd 51Cr 131I 65Zn 54Mn 22Na 55Fe 59Fe | ||||||
Compliance | Compliance Item & Comments | Compliance | Compliance Item & Comments | |||
POSTING & LABELING: | RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT: | |||||
1) | Use & storage room/areas | 30) | Sewer disposal prohibited | |||
2) | Source vials & storage area | 31) | "Mixed" wastes properly identified | |||
3) | Contaminated equipment | 32) | Adequate waste storage location | |||
4) | Waste containers | 33) | Wastes properly segregated | |||
5) | Form NRC-3 | 34) | Waste containers not overfilled | |||
6) | 35) | Secondary containment for liquids | ||||
PERSONNEL PROTECTION: | 36) | Containers properly labeled | ||||
7) | Use of gloves | 37) | ||||
8) | Use of lab coats | SECURITY OF LICENSED MATERIALS: | ||||
9) | Use of shielding, if required | 38) | Stock vials secured | |||
10) | Eating, drinking, food/utensil storage prohibited | 39) | Waste storage areas secured | |||
11) | Mouth pipetting prohibited | 40) | ||||
12) | LABORATORY: | |||||
PERSONNEL MONITORING: | 41) | Material use areas approved | ||||
13) | Whole body badges | 42) | Plastic-backed absorbent paper utilized | |||
14) | Ring badges & fetal monitors | 43) | Fume hood adequate airflow | |||
15) | Proper badge use & storage | 44) | Airflow checked quarterly | |||
16) | 45) | |||||
TRAINING: | RECORDS: | |||||
17) | Personnel trained & approved by USDA ARS | 46) | Copy of approval to use radioisotopes | |||
18) | Training up to date | 47) | Receipt & inventory records | |||
19) | Laboratory orientation provided | 48) | Disposal records | |||
20) | 49) | Decay-in-storage records | ||||
SURVEYS: | 50) | Survey records | ||||
21) | Adequate survey frequency | 51) | Leak test records | |||
22) | Appropriate instrumentation utilized | 52) | ||||
23) | Proper interpretation & reporting of results | BIOASSAYS: | ||||
24) | Survey meter available & operational | 53) | Radioiodinations, frequency/activity: | |||
25) | Meter info: | 54) | Thyroid bioassays performed, by: | |||
26) | Meter calibration current, date: | 55) | Tritium - urine bioassay performed, by; | |||
27) | Meter equipped with operational check source | 56) | Bioassay instruments calibrated | |||
28) | Surveys performed after each use | 57) | Effluent monitoring | |||
29) | 58) | |||||
