RE: Radioactive Material Distribution

["Jim F. Herrold" <Herrold@uwyo.edu>]

Bob:

At UW all radioactive materials purchase requests are approved by the
RSO, ordered by our office and shipped to us.  We check them in, monitor
them for DOT purposes and deliver them to the labs ourselves. Our
delivery people also pick up the rad waste, so they know the lab
personnel. No ID system is required. We pay the chemical company with a
single purchase order and bill the departments for product cost plus
shipping. We don't charge any overhead. In the same way, we also bill
departments for the actual disposal costs of the waste we pick up.


Jim F. Herrold
Radiation Safety Officer
University of Wyoming
Environmental Health & Safety
303 Merica Hall
Laramie, WY 82071

herrold@uwyo.edu
(307) 766-3277


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>From: 	Robert Casparius[SMTP:recasp0@uky.edu]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, May 05, 1998 8:09 AM
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	Radioactive Material Distribution
>
>Here is another question for Radiation Safety Officers at reseach
>institutions. How do you ensure that individuals who pick up radioactive
>material packages from the Radiation Safety Office are authorized? That is,
>how do you know they should receive the material for the Authorized User
>listed on the package? Do you have a list, ID badge, special password?
>
>Thanx,
>Bob
>
>Robert Casparius, RSO
>Radiation Safety Office
>University of Kentucky
>102 Dimock Animal Pathology Blding
>Lexington, KY 40506-0076
>recasp0@pop.uky.edu
>http://www.uky.edu/FiscalAffairs/Environmental/radiation/welcome.html
>Phone: (606) 323-6777
>Fax: (606) 323-4752
>