Description
Review, evaluate, and control occupational and public exposures to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation by designing and implementing radiation safety programs and controls. Conduct inspections, monitoring, and incident investigations to keep doses ALARA and ensure compliance with NRC/Agreement State, DOE, FDA, OSHA, and other regulations. May serve in public or private settings and enforce adherence to radiation protection requirements.
- • Suspend radiological work that poses undue exposure or contamination risk.
- • Recommend shielding, time and distance controls, interlocks, and procedures to reduce dose.
- • Investigate radiation incidents, spills, alarms, or abnormal exposures and determine corrective actions.
- • Assess containment and ventilation systems for control of airborne radioactivity.
- • Develop and maintain radiation protection programs, including surveys, monitoring, ALARA reviews, and contamination control.
- • Inspect sources, devices, and work areas to ensure compliance with radiation safety regulations and standards.
- • Collaborate with health physicists, engineers, and medical staff to implement protective controls.
- • Deliver radiation safety training and demonstrate use of dosimetry, survey meters, and PPE.
- • Provide radiation safety onboarding for new workers and develop training materials.
- • Perform smear and air sampling, and collect bioassay or environmental samples to assess contamination and dose.
- • Respond to radiation safety complaints and inspect facilities for regulatory compliance.
- • Coordinate posting, labeling, and hazard communication for radiation areas and materials.
- • Maintain and update radiological emergency response plans and drill procedures.
- • Manage personnel dosimetry and bioassay programs; track and report occupational doses.
- • Verify availability and calibration of survey instruments, alarms, and spill response supplies.
- • Conduct radiological audits and surveys at laboratories, medical, industrial, or field sites.
- • Perform sealed source leak tests and arrange sample analysis with accredited laboratories.
- • Maintain inventories of radioactive materials and sealed sources and track receipt, use, and disposal.
- • Perform instrument calibrations and counting analyses to quantify radiation levels and contamination.
- • Analyze exposure and incident data to identify trends and drive ALARA improvements.
- • Prepare regulatory filings, survey reports, dose assessments, and licensing documentation.
- • Package, label, and ship radioactive or mixed waste in accordance with DOT and other regulations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
