Radiation Safety DepartmentRecords 1989

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Radiation Safety DepartmentRecords 1989

The Radiation Safety Department Recordsconsist of the Radiation Safety Manual issued in April 1989 by OregonState University. The Radiation Safety Department implements the writtendirectives of the Radiation Safety Committee and provides services toresearchers, laboratories and facilities using radioactive materials,ionizing radiation production equipment, and lasers.

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Oregon State University. Radiation Center.

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Nuclear research and education began at OSU soon after World War II. In the 1950s, the first classes in nuclear physics and radiochemistry were taught, and in 1955 a cyclotron was constructed. A graduate program in nuclear engineering was established in 1959. In the early 1960s, a committee recommended that a research lab be established to house nuclear and radiation facilities. Funding was secured in the fall of 1962, and construction began in early 1964. The labs were occupied in August 1964 a...

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Oregon State University. Radiation Safety Dept.

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The Radiation Safety Department is a unit of Environmental Health and Safety at Oregon State University (OSU) and is charged with enforcement of all written directives of the OSU Radiation Safety Committee. Radiation Safety provides a variety of services to the OSU research community, including inspections and surveys, radioactive materials and equipment authorizations, inventories of radiation sources, radioactive waste collection and disposal, equipment calibration and repair, and training. ...