Date of Senate Approval 05/08/03

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

FWDC 18:      Proposal to establish the Radiation Safety Committee as a Standing Committee

The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) manages UNCA's radiation-emitting materials and radiation-producing equipment, such as the Mössbauer spectrometers, X-ray fluorescence spectrometers, biological radiation sources, and the powder X-ray diffractometer.

Membership:

Natural Sciences lab manager, who is also a member of the Energy and Safety Committee.

All UNCA faculty/staff who direct, oversee, or manage radiation-emitting materials and radiation-producing equipment

One member is designated the Radiation Safety Officer by the RSC, who is responsible for interfacing with the North Carolina Division of Radiation Safety.

Membership is mandatory and permanent.

Recommendations to: UNCA Energy and Safety Committee

Reports to: VCAA

Rationale:
UNCA must have a coordinated effort to responsibly manage radiation-emitting materials and radiation-producing equipment on campus, for the safety of the UNCA community and to follow North Carolina law. The RSC existed for many years informally to manage radiation producing equipment and radiation substances and was formalized by VCAA Jim Pitts in 1999 (memo attached).

Airat Khasanov (Mössbauer spectrometers)

Bill Miller (X-ray diffractometer); Chairman and Radiation Safety Officer

Steve Patch (portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer)

Herb Pomfrey (Science labs manager and member of Energy & Safety Committee)

Kathy Whatley (Mössbauer spectrometers)