RAD102 General Employee Radiological Training

IMPORTANT! You MUST have an account in our HR System in order to get credit for RAD102. If you do not or are unsure, please contact your training coordinator, OAA, or manager.

Introduction

Sandia conducts a variety of work activities that involve the use of ionizing radiation and radioactive materials. Although the likelihood of exposure to radiation or contact with radioactive material is extremely low for the average person at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), it is important that you be aware that radiological hazards exist in many locations, and know how to recognize them.

Members of the Workforce (Sandia employees and contract personnel, MOWs) and Department of Energy (DOE) personnel are required to complete radiological training commensurate with the area(s) they enter, as well as with the type(s) of radiological hazard(s) they may encounter while performing assigned activities. That said, MOWs and DOE personnel who require unescorted access to Controlled Areas, Radiological Buffer Areas, or Radioactive Material Areas must complete RAD102, General Employee Radiological Training, as a minimum.

Beyond the above, MOWs who are classified as radiological workers must complete RAD102, General Employee Radiological Training (as a minimum) if they do any of the following:

• Operate radiation-generating devices (RGDs) classified as 'unattended installation,' 'exempt shielded-inherently safe,' or 'exempt shielded-certified cabinet' RGDs;
• Operate or use equipment, etc., that contains inaccessible controlled radioactive material;
• Use or work with 'conditionally controlled radioactive material'; or
• Transport non-exempt radioactive material in quantities less than or equal to the values listed in Appendix E of the SNL Radiological Protection Procedures Manual.

RAD102 retraining must be completed every 24 months.

Personnel who are current in Radiological Worker Training (i.e., RAD210, RAD230), Radiation-Generating Device Safety Training (RAD214), or Radiological Control Technician Training satisfy the requirements for RAD102.

Important:

Members of the Workforce and DOE personnel who are not classified as radiological workers (i.e., non-radiological workers), as well as visitors and tours, whether or not they have successfully completed RAD102, are NOT qualified or authorized to perform radiological work, such as:

• operating an RGD;
• handling non-exempt radioactive material;
• operating or using devices, equipment, etc., that contain radioactive material;
• transporting non-exempt radioactive material; and
• receiving more than 100 mrem total effective dose (TED) in a year from occupational exposure.

 

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Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525.
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