Appendix 1 - Duties of the university radiation protection adviser
The scope of advice which the URPA may be called upon to give includes the following:
- Identification of 'Controlled' and 'Supervised' areas;
- Designation of any person as a 'Classified Person';
- Control of access to 'Controlled Areas';
- Investigation of excessive doses of radiation;
- Contingency arrangements;
- Hazard survey reports;
- Selection criteria for Departmental Radiation Protection Supervisors and the technical aspects of their work;
- Preparation of 'Local Rules';
- Prior examination of plans for new equipment, installations and processes or modifications which may have a radiation safety implication;
- Prior examination and review of operational procedures, or modifications, having a safety implication;
- Acceptance of new installations, processes and equipment, or modifications, having a radiation safety implication;
- Provision and maintenance of safety features;
- Provision, testing and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE);
- Provision and maintenance of monitoring equipment;
- Establishing monitoring procedures;
- Leakage testing;
- Interpretation and significance of radiation exposures;
- Ratification of new projects;
- Investigation of notifiable incidents;
- Training in radiation safety;
- Methods of complying with the requirements of the relevant statutory provisions and codes;
- Process applications for and amendments to the necessary certificates for the storage, use and disposal of radioactive materials;
- Such other aspects of radiation safety as the University Court considers necessary or as the URPA advises to be so.