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                        UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SYSTEM POLICY
                        SAFETY

                        POLICY NO: SA0300SUBJECT:  IONIZING RADIATION SAFETY 
                        EFFECTIVE: 03/15/1986REVISION (1):02/01/2004

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                              OBJECTIVE:


                  To establish standards for the generation, use, storage, 
                  transport, or disposal of ionizing radioactive materials and 
                  equipment, and to provide for the appointment of a radiation 
                  safety officer at each applicable university location.

                              POLICY:


                    The University of Tennessee system and its locations which 
                    generate, store, use, transport or dispose of ionizing 
                    radioactive materials, shall do so in accordance with 
                    federal, state and local regulations governing the use of 
                    these sources. A radiation safety officer and a radiation 
                    safety committee shall be appointed for each location as 
                    appropriate for the licensed or registered use of these 
                    materials.


                    The appointed radiation safety officer shall have those 
                    duties and responsibilities for the safe handling, 
                    licensing, registration and disposal of ionizing radiation 
                    sources as may be required under the location's license(s) 
                    or registration(s). Such sources shall include, but are not 
                    limited to: radioactive materials, x-ray machines, sealed 
                    sources, and particle accelerators. The radiation safety 
                    officer and the campus safety officer shall assume those 
                    duties and responsibilities as may be necessary to ensure 
                    the safe use of those facilities containing these ionizing 
                    radiation sources. 
                        FOR MORE INFORMATION: 
                         Connie Baskette  (865) 974-4341  cbaskett@tennessee.edu







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