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Preface

In every facility where hazardous materials are utilized, it is necessary to maintain a policy document which establishes specific methods and procedures to develop and maintain safety and compliance. Safety is the practice of a set of rules, guidelines and procedures which protect workers, facilities, the general public and the environment. Compliance is the maintenance of procedures, practices, documents and records which demonstrate that federal, state and local laws and regulations are not compromised. It is a necessary challenge for all administrators, safety committee members, faculty, staff, students and workers to maintain safety and compliance. In laboratory and research facilities, the challenge is accentuated with the myriad of procedures and materials utilized, and the continuous change and evolution of these conditions.

This document will serve as a guide to meeting this challenge by defining the structure, policy, procedures, responsibility and regulatory stance set forth by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the State of Michigan, the Michigan State University NRC license, the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC), and the Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety (ORCBS). However, it is important that all principal investigators and workers remember that the burden of daily compliance and safe practices is their own, and that they are the most critical link in the maintenance of these goals.

The Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety gives many thanks to the University of Michigan Radiation Safety Service team for providing information for the Radioisotope Fact Sheets, to Larry Chapin, Department of Animal Science for the Iodination Emergency Procedures, to Reginald Ronningen, Cyclotron Physicist and RSC member for the many hours of review, discussion and assistance with this document; to the Radiation Safety Committee for their valuable input and review, and finally, to the Radiation Safety staff at the ORCBS, who did the lion's share of the work.

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