Major Emergency
Requiring Assistance or Minor Emergency
Requesting Assistance
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Call the Radiation Safety office
at 825-5689 (M-F: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.)
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Call the UCLA Police Dispatcher
at 911 (off-work hours).
The police have a call down list
and will contact the on-call EHS/Radiation
Safety personnel. Indicate this is
a radiation emergency, then provide
your name, a call back number, and
the location of the emergency. |
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If
a person is injured, manage the injury first!
If steps can be taken to minimize the radiation
problem at the same time, it will simplify
the clean-up.
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Immediate
Spill Actions
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Stop the spill:
Take actions to prevent the further
spread of radioactive contamination.
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Warn others:
Report the spill to the numbers listed
above. Note contaminated and/or injured
personnel. Call Campus 911 for medical
emergencies. Treatment of life-threatening
injuries is a priority over spill
actions. Document all spill actions. |
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Isolate the spill area:
Use physical boundaries if possible.
Verify contamination boundaries by
scanning with the appropriate radiation
detection instrument. Note that tritium
(H-3) cannot be detected using portable
instrumentation (a liquid scintillation
counter must be used). |
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Minimize your exposure:
Don necessary protective clothing. Avoid
contact with the skin. Utilize time,
distance, and shielding. Avoid ingestion
and inhalation of radioactivity. |
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A radiation
emergency may be any of the following:
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