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Chapter Thirteen - User
Policies & Training
Use of Hazardous Materials
As a prerequisite for work at
CHESS it must be established whether or not hazardous materials are
involved. If such materials are to be brought to CHESS,
certain information must be provided and internal procedures
followed before actual beam-time is granted.
These procedures involve two
parts;
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Those that must be completed
well in advance of arrival at CHESS and
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those to be carried out when
the hazardous material actually arrives at CHESS.
Upon submission of a User's
proposal, any hazardous or potentially hazardous, explosive, toxic,
radioactive materials, or radiation producing sources, must be
declared and submitted in writing.
The following information is
required for each material.
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Name of material (one form for
each material)
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Description of substance
(powder, liquid, solution, etc.)
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Amount (several pounds,
several micrograms)
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Means of containment (sealed
in glass capillaries, flasks, encapsulated)
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Toxicity routes (ingestion,
subcutaneous, absorption, inhalation)
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Procedures in case of
emergency (clean-up, evacuation, emergency first-aid)
Especially useful to us are
the safety precautions in User's institution requires or suggests in
the proper handling of the material and what actions should be taken
in the event of an emergency.
Proposals will NOT be
processed if they do not have the appropriate
Hazardous Materials,
Non-Hazardous
Materials,
Viral
Materials, or
Heavy Atom Compounds Materials declaration forms attached.
These forms are also provided in the CHESS
proposal package,
or can be obtained from the
User Administrator.
Users may also consult the
Safety
Committee Chairman with additional questions.
Users may not bring hazardous
materials into the building before meeting with a member of the
CHESS Safety Committee. When the User checks in, the operator
on duty will put them in contact with a CHESS Safety Committee
member. In certain instances (such as with gas cylinders) a
preliminary inspection will be required before entry of the material
into the building is allowed.
Last Update:
2006-09-21
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