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Quick links
- "No Radioactive Material Use Report" form
- Radioactive Material Order Request" form
- Radiation Dosimeters and Radioactive Waste Disposal Prices for FY10 (pdf)
- Environmental Safety Facility - for chemical concerns at UVM
- Understanding your Annual Radiation Exposure Report
- Policy for minors working in a radiation lab (pdf)
Related links
- Perkin Elmer -radiochemicals
- MP (formerly ICN) - radiochemcials
- Ludlum Measurements, Inc. - portable radiation detectors
- NRC -Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- EPA - Radiation Protection
- FDA - Center for X-ray Device and Radiological Health
- Health Physics Society - "Ask The Experts"
- Radiation Answers - Learn more about radiation
PREGNANCY AND RADIATION USE
The first trimester is known to be the most radiosensitive time for a fetus, thus, it is beneficial, but not required, to meet with the RSO as soon as possible to review safety practices and monitoring options.
- It is up to the pregnant radiation worker to decide whether or
not she will formally declare her pregnancy to the RSO.
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She may choose to declare her pregnancy to the RSO. The Director of the
RSO will meet with the pregnant worker to review radiation safety
procedures, the risk to the fetus, and NRC
Regulatory Guide 8.13 (pdf).
- She may choose to not declare her
pregnancy to the RSO. In this case, only the radiation limits for adult
radiation workers will be in effect, not the limit for the fetus.
Undeclared pregnant women are protected under the regulations for adult radiation workers.
- She may choose to not declare her
pregnancy to the RSO. In this case, only the radiation limits for adult
radiation workers will be in effect, not the limit for the fetus.
- All female radiation workers will be given a copy of the NRC Regulatory Guide 8.13 (pdf) as part of the process of becoming a certified radiation handler.
Last modified November 29 2010 10:29 AM