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Cruise Preparation | Application for use of radioactive material

1. Name of Applicant (Name, title and department of individual who will use or directly supervise  use of radioactive material).

 

2. Location at which radioactive material will be used. (Building and room number (s)).

 

3. Previous license number. (Duke, State, or AEC).

 

4. Radioactive material. (Elements and mass numbers)

 

5. Activity to be possessed. (Maximum activity to be possessed for each radionuclide listed in
Item 4).

 

6.  A description of the purposes for which radioactive material will be used. (Include
experimental design; identification of types of labeled compounds; approximate activity per
experiment; specify laboratory animals, if appropriate. If material is for "human use",
complete Supplement A).

 

7. TRAINING IN RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY PRACTICES OF INDIVIDUAL NAMED IN ITEM #l

Type of Training Where Trained Duration of Training On the Job
(Enter YES
or NO)
Formal Course
(Enter YES or NO)
A. Principles & practices of radiological health safety A1. A2. A3. A4.
B. Radioactivity measurement standardization & monitoring techniques & instruments B1. B2. B3. B4.
C. Experience with radioisotopes. Actual use of radioisotopes in the types and quantities for which application is being made, or equivalent experience C1. C2. C3. C4.

PHYSICAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION

 

8. Radiation Detection Instruments (Use separate sheet if necessary)

Type of instruments (include make & model number of each)
Manufacturer's Model Radiation detected Sensitivity Range (mr/hr) Window Thickness (mg/cm2)
A. Monitoring & Surveying  instruments 
 
A1. A2. A3. A4.
B. Counting instruments 
 
B1. B2. B3. B4.

9. Methods, frequency and standards used in calibrating instruments listed in item 8.

 

10. Film badges, dosimeters and other personal monitoring devices; including bioassay procedures

 

11. Facilities and equipment. (Laboratory facilities, remote handling equipment, storage containers, shielding, fume hoods, etc.)

 

12. Radiation protection program. (Describe control measures from receipt to disposal of radioactive material, including survey and waste disposal procedures.)

 

Signature of individual named in Item 1.

______________________________                                  ______________ (signature)                                                                                      (date)


Duke/University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium
Duke University Marine Laboratory
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.
Beaufort, NC 28516-9721
Phone: (252) 504-7579     Fax: (252) 504-7651


 

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