Radiation Safety

University of Toronto Protection Authoritrady (UTRPA) – RPS

The University of Toronto Radiation Protection Authority (UTRPA)

UTRPA Member List and Contact Information

U of T Radiation Safety Procedures and Policies Manual

Contact Radiation Protection Services Team

Permits

The complete text and requirements of the University of Toronto Radiation Protection Program are found in the U of T Radiation Policies and Procedures Manual, a copy of which is provided to each Radiation Permit Holder.

Included here are some of the major requirements and procedures which apply to the use of radioisotopes at the University

Radioactive Materials and Devices

  1. Obtaining a Permit: Permit Application Form and Guidelines Radiation
  2. Changing a Permit – send an e-mail to the RPS
  3. Cancelling a Permit – send an e-mail to the RPS

Irradiator Access

  1. Obtaining a Permit: Irradiator Permit Form and Guidelines
  2. Obtaining Irradiator Access

Industrial Radiography

(Includes x-ray scanning, industrial radiography, etc.)

  1. Industrial Radiography Safety Program
  2. Industrial Radiography Permit Application
  3. Industrial Radiography Exposure Calculator

Forms

  1. Contamination Survey (PDF)
  2. Designation of Nuclear Energy Workers (NEW)
  3. Laboratory Work Specific Training (PDF)
  4. Purchase Request Form (PDF)
  5. Dosimeter Application Form (PDF)
  6. Transfer of Radioactive Material Off-Campus Form (PDF)

Procedures

  1. Maintenance and Repairs of Fume Hood Exhaust System
  2. Purchasing Radioactive Material
  3. Radiation Emergency Procedures
  4. Radioactive Waste Disposal

Radiation Safety Training

If you know exactly which course(s) you are required to complete:

Please go to My EHS Training webpage, read the information on it and Log-in (bottom of the page) to register for the course

If you are not sure of the course(s) you are required to complete:

Please visit the EHS training matrix webpage to find the courses offered by the Radiation Protection Service (and other EHS courses)

Laboratory Personnel Training Matrix

Click the appropriate check box/boxes for the hazard/s connected to your research work (radiation, lasers, X-ray, etc.). If more checkboxes appear, click the one/ones that better describe your research work. Once you are done, you can choose to download the table as a pdf (“Download a PDF” button below the table) or directly register for the course/s (“Log into My EHS Training” button at the end of the webpage).

A more in-depth presentation of the radiation safety theory can be found in the Radiation Safety Training Manual.

EH&S Database Tutorials

  1. Receiving Radioactive Material (PPTX)
  2. Entering Data in Your Inventory Records (PPTX)
  3. Contamination Survey (PPTX)

Decommissioning

  1. Laboratory Decommissioning 
    1. Decommissioning a Radioisotope Laboratory
  1. Equipment Decommissioning/Decontamination
    1. Equipment Decontamination Procedure
    2. Procedure for Equipment Radiation Monitoring
    3. Equipment Radiation Monitoring Contamination Criteria

Calculations

Disclamer: These calculating programs are intended to help you in your work. In no case should their use substitute the knowledge of the regulations and/or conditions under which their application is correct.

  1. EQ, ALI, Basic, Intermediate and High level labs limits per container and accident notification
  2. Decay calculator
  3. Conversion of cpm to Bq/cm2
  4. Dose calculations for spills and skin contaminations
  5. Dose calculations for ingestion and inhalation
  6. Gamma radiation shielding calculations
  7. Packaging and Transport of Radioactive Substances
  8. Exposure in Industrial Radiography

Useful Radiation Links

  1. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  2. EHS web database (ELMER) 
  3. Understanding Radiation (CNSC fact sheet) (PDF)
  4. Benefits of Medical Radiation Exposures (PDF)
  5. Canadian Radiation Protection Association
  6. National Dose Registry- Health Canada 
  7. Radiation shielding
  8. Understanding Radiation in Your Life, Your World  
  9. Radiation Dose Calculator 
  10. Radiation Dose Chart 
  11. Radiation Safety Training Requirements