Policy and Guidance

These publications can be downloaded or copies ordered. To order publications proceed to the bottom of the list, click the order button and state which publications you require. Status verification may be required before your request is fulfilled. If you cannot find what you are looking for, then please contact us on 01223 333301 or via email at safety@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Leaflets

• HSD146R Leak Testing of Sealed Sources
• HSD158R Model Local Rules: Laboratory Work involving Radioactive Substances
• HSD159R Decommissioning of Laboratories used for Work with Unsealed Radioactive Sources
• HSD160R Tritium Wipe Tests
• HSD166R Preparing for an Environment Agency Inspection
• HSD167R Transport - Wipe Tests and Monitoring
• HSD189R Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
• HSD191R Incineration of Waste at Addenbrooke's Hospital
• HSD196R Radiation Work at Other Premises and Fieldwork
• HSD198R A List of References Used in Radiation Protection
• HSD217R Initial assessments for exposure to naturally occurring radon in basement areas

Policies and Codes of Practice

• HSD007R Management of Work with Ionising Radiations
• HSD010R Working Safely with Unsealed Radioactive Sources
• HSD017R Working Safely with Radiation Generators
• HSD025R Transport and Movement of Radioactive Materials
• HSD035R Best Available Techniques for Radioactive Waste Disposal - a BAT Policy and Guidance for UoC Departments
• HSD054R Laboratory standards for areas where radioactive substances are used or stored ...
• HSD066R Working Safely with Sealed Radioactive Sources

HSE publications

A list of HSE publications about radiation may be found on the HSE website.

Other publications

• A Practical Approach to the use of Radiation in Molecular Biology, Gillian Scott-Wood
  
  H&H Scientific Consultants Ltd, Leeds, UK
• AURPO Guidance Notes on Working with Ionising Radiations in Research and Teaching
  
  Copy available from the Health and Safety Division
• Guidance notes for the safe use of ionising radiations in veterinary practice, Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999, Published by the British Veterinary Association
• Living with Radiation, National Radiological Protection Board
  
  NRPB, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 ORQ
• Medical and Dental Guidance Notes: A good practice guide on all aspects of ionising radiation protection in the clinical environment, IPEM
  
  Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, Fairmount House, 230 Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1ES
• Radiation Protection: Handbook for Laboratory Workers, KJ Connor and IS McLintock
  
  H&H Scientific Consultants Ltd, Leeds, UK
• Radioisotopes in Biology 2nd edition. Edited by Robert J Slater
  
  Oxford University Press
• The Management of Radioactive Waste in Laboratories, IS McLintock
  
  H&H Scientific Consultants Ltd, Leeds, UK
• Transport of Radioactive Materials by Road
• Work with Ionising Radiation, Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999, Approved Code of Practice and Guidance
  HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA; tel: 01787 881165