Health Physics is responsible for:
- Implementing the HPAC’s radiation protection program.
- Supervising the University’s common radioisotope laboratories and storage facilities.
- Providing such services as may be required for radiation protection and compliance with government regulations.
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These services include but are not restricted to the following:
Registration and instruction of workers
Prescribing medical examinations upon the advice of the Medical Consultant to the HPAC
Provision of external monitoring devices
Radioisotope laboratory inspections, radiation surveys, and area monitoring
Radioactive waste collection and disposal
Calibration and short-term loan of radiation protection instruments
Environmental monitoring
Leak testing of sealed radioactive sources
Maintenance of records of radioactive sources and materials received by authorized projects
Maintenance of radiation protection records
