Re: Question for University RSOs

["Scott B. Webb, RSO" <swebb@lamar.colostate.edu>]

The State has asked us to establish a memoradum of understanding (MOU) 
between all non-University agencies using ionizing radiation here. The 
MOU should specify which party will be responsible for various radiation 
safety services, equipment, etc.. It should also state who will be 
responsible for paying for cleanup, decommissioning, etc. in the case of 
an accident or abandonment of the facility. We also require all 
non-University agencies to submit radiation use safety plans and have 
them approved by the Radiation Safety Committee. (This is when the MOU 
requirement may be invoked.) All radiation source purchases and waste 
are handled through the Radiation Control Office.
	BUT there may be a problem. After investigating many existing 
lease agreements between non-University tenants for University owned 
land and/or facilities, it was discovered that very weak MOUs had 
already been established that provided the Committee and the RSO with 
very little leverage for the control of sources and waste. To establish 
another, meaningful, radiation MOU; the lease contract would have to be 
renegotiated. Since most of ours are for 99 years on very favorable 
terms for the leasee, it will never be done. Good luck to you.
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Scott B. Webb, RSO          Environmental Health Serv
Colorado State University   Fort Collins, CO 80523-6021
swebb@lamar.colostate.edu   970-491-4835 F:970-491-4804
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