Radiation Safety Committee
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Minutes
Radiation Safety Committee
Meeting September, 2015
The September 2015 meeting of the RSC was conducted via email, with reports and summaries
delivered on 9/22/15 by Daniel Harlan (Secretary). Votes for the approval of minutes and EC
Report were requested by 9/28/15.
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Minutes of the June 30th RSC Meeting (vote requested by 9/28/15)
Minutes of the Executive Committee of the RSC (vote requested by 9/28/15)
ALARA report for 2nd quarter 2015
Approval of Minutes
Minutes of the June 2015 meeting were approved by email vote, with Russ Turner and Tom
Wolpert abstaining.
Review of Authorizations and Amendments - Summary by Dan Harlan:
Amendments consist of 1 room change, and 1 increase of possession limits for U-235 to
accommodate transfer of samples from USC. Note: U-235 is a “special nuclear material” (SNM)
and thus requires reporting the transfer to the US NRC, and verifying OSU does not exceed our
allowable inventory of SNM, both tasks were completed.
Initial Approvals includes two shipboard uses, one ECD and one x-ray authorization to
accommodate short-term use of a handheld x-ray device for x-ray fluorescence studies.
Note: the shipboard use includes authorizing work onboard the U of Delaware research vessel
R/V Sharp. This work is conducted by an OSU researcher, UD requires isotope users onboard
the Sharp to provide their licensing authority. The study locations are in international waters off
the New England coast. License reciprocity was obtained from NRC for this work.
The other shipboard work is continuation of research performed by UCSD researchers this
summer onboard OSU’s ship R/V Oceanus. By agreement with UCSD Radiation Safety, this
work is conducted under the UCSD California Radioactive Materials License. This agreement is
a new process for OSU which facilitated transfer of material and authorization in California
waters. The agreement was approved by the OSU RSC Chair, RSO and UCSD RSO.
The EC Minutes were approved by email vote.
ALARA Report 2nd Qtr. 2015 - Dan Harlan
Summary: no significant changes quarter-to-quarter over the last year. The doses of note in the
last quarter were individuals in the Radiation Center with recorded exposures over 1% of the
occupational dose limit, the highest dose was at 2.5% of the annual dose limit.
Auditor Appointment
Maret Traber will perform the 4th Quarter Waste Program Audit
Tabled until the 4th Qtr. RSC Meeting (Dec. 2015):
3rd quarter RSC Audit report (M. Freitag, Audit and Inspections Program audit)
3rd quarter RSO self-audit report
RSC semi-annual report
signed by
Action Items Updates
Daniel Digitally
Daniel Harlan
Harlan
Date: 2015.12.07
15:02:45 -08'00'
Daniel Harlan
Secretary
Distribution:
RSC members (Tom Wolpert, Maret Traber, Scott Menn, Michael Freitag, Angel White,
Susanne Stieger-Vanegas, Dan Kermoyan, Russ Turner, Theresa Filtz)
D. Blake, Asst. VP Human Resources, Facilities, Risk Management, Public Safety/OSP
G. Ford, Vice President for Finance and Administration
P. Hughes, Chief Risk Officer
C. Sagers, Vice President for Research