Radioactive Material Safety Training Information

Pick up, call (231-5364) or email to smileydc@vt.edu for a copy of the training booklet for radioactive material safety at the Radiation Safety Office, Room 103A, Health and Safety Building on Tech Center Drive . The Radiation Safety Training Manual also contains the Radioactive Material Safety Program document. We ask that you return the booklet when the test is taken.

All individuals must view three videos in addition to studying the training material. You should allow approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes total viewing time for the three videos.

The titles are:

The Key to Contamination Control - Play Video

The Key to Contamination Monitoring/Contamination Detection - Play Video

The key to Decontamination Procedures - Play Video

To play these videos you need to have Real Player installed in your computer. Click on this link to download Real Player.

Once the videos have been viewed and the training material has been studied, a 2-hour lecture and test must be attended at the Radiation Safety Office. The test is a 33 question multiple-choice test. Calculators are not required. A score of 70% must be achieved to pass. It is not necessary to register for a test time. Lectures/tests are offered:

FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 2 PM

THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 10 AM

The successful completion of the radiation safety training does not automatically authorize you to use radioactive material. You must be added to an approved local authorization by an amendment submitted by a principal authorized user of a laboratory, or in the case of new faculty members, by the submission of an application to use radioactive material.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any accommodations, please contact Doug Smiley at 540-231-5364 or smileydc@vt.edu at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled test.