Appendix 7 - The duties of laboratory radiation protection supervisors (LRPS)
The duties of a LRPS are as follows:
- To provide advice to the Head of the School/Unit via the DRPS on radiological safety within their specified area or laboratory;
- To liase with each project supervisor who works within the specified area or laboratory under the LRPS's responsibility to ensure that work is carried out in compliance with the Local Rules;
- To maintain safe working conditions by ensuring that good radiological safety practices are being followed;
- To maintain a record of the stocks of sealed sources and unsealed radioactive materials held in the specific area/laboratory;
- To inform the URPA, via the DRPS, of any plan to transport radioactive substances out-with the University;
- To advise the URPA, via the DRPS, of any equipment entering the laboratory area which may produce ionising radiations either directly or adventitiously;
- To notify the URPA, via the DRPS, of any modification to equipment which may have a radiation safety implication;
- To inform the URPA, via the DRPS, of any intention to bring a sealed source into the laboratory area;
- To carry out regular radiation and contamination monitoring;
- The LRPS should perform all reporting duties through the DRPS.