RE: UNH Announces System to Track Radioactive Materials

[alstonchris@netscape.net]

Sounds like the kind of software I practically begged Landauer to develop, when they were doing the R&D for *their* "Radpro".



Cheers

cja



>David,

>

>As you know, our RSO is responsible for ordering, receiving and distributing

>all radioactive materials on campus. The actual data entry involved with

>each order can be accomplished in less than one minute. We believe that the

>RSO is the best person to input this data because he is ultimately

>responsible for the safe use and possession of the materials, as spelled out

>in our broad-scope license. Once the data is entered, the automatic decay

>calculations can be set to either the current date, or another date in the

>past (for example, we have sealed sources whose start date is in the 1940s,

>and all decay is calculated from that point in time). Periodic inventories

>submitted by the users help reconcile what researchers believe they have to

>our records. Also, sink disposals and waste pick-up data entered by our

>office will decrement the users' possession, and add to what is available to

>order, as detailed in individual permits.  

>

>We have included a field that identifies each isotope as either being an

>unsealed or sealed source. Sealed sources are designated as either exempt or

>non-exempt. We have put exempt sealed sources (such as those in GC's) into

>our inventory for the purpose of tracking, but these items do not count

>against established possession limits. And by establishing a start date for

>these sources, we know when they have decayed to background levels.

>

>The pricing of our software compared to what is commercially available is

>probably the hardest question to answer. UNHCEMS includes so many features

>that the program itself is hard to compare to others. It is a chemical

>inventory tracking system, an emergency response system, a radioactive

>tracking system, a regulatory compliance system (ASTs, SAA inspection

>reports, etc.), and several other user friendly modules. Also, UNH Research

>Computing is going to spend a lot of resources this summer to make UNHCEMS

>more readily available to a greater variety of institutions. 

>

>I hope this helps. If people have more questions about the features, they

>can contact me at ken.brown@unh.edu or Phil at philip.collins@unh.edu. 

>

>Ken

>

>CEMS website: www.cems-info.sr.unh.edu





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