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Minor Radiation Spill
- Isolate the spill and guard against re-entry.
- Alert others in the area that the spill has occurred.
- Assemble all potentially contaminated persons and monitor them before allowing them to leave the area. Carefully monitor person's shoes.
- During working hours, call the Radiation Protection Program at 2-3477. After hours or on weekends, call the Campus Police at 100.
- Remove significantly contaminated clothing and begin decontamination of any exposed skin. Continue to wash exposed skin until all contamination is removed or no further reduction in contamination levels is achieved.
- Remain available at the spill site until contacted by RPP.
Major Radiation Spill/Injured Person
- Attend to contaminated persons and remove them from the spill area/exposure.
- Provide necessary first aid to injured persons.
- Call the campus police at 100 and report the location of the laboratory and the extent of the injuries.
- Assemble potentially contaminated personnel in one location of the laboratory and carefully monitor contamination levels. Carefully monitor person's shoes.
- Remove significantly contaminated clothing and begin decontamination of any exposed skin.
- Continue to wash exposed skin until all contamination is removed or no further reduction in contamination levels is achieved.
- Isolate the spill area and guard against re-entry.
- During working hours, call the Radiation Protection Program at 2-3477.
Remain available at the spill site until contacted by RPP. RPP will supervise and assist in the spill clean-up and decontamination.
Notes
- Spreading of radioactivity beyond the spill area can easily occur by the movement of personnel through the affected area. This will greatly increase decontamination time and effort. Isolation of the spill area and the control of laboratory personnel is very important.
- Monitoring personnel for contamination is also very important in reducing the spread of radioactivity and minimizing total dose to affected individuals.
- Small localized spills with no spread of contamination may be cleaned by lab personnel responsible for the spill. The clean-up of larger spills with spread of radioactivity needs to be supervised by RPP. All spills must be reported to allow RPP the opportunity to independently monitor the area.
- For a release of powered, volatile, or gases activity, immediately evacuate lab personnel, assemble outside the laboratory, and stay in this location to prevent any spread contamination. Isolate the room and prevent entry.
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