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- | EMERGENCY PROCEDURES | + | **TRITIUM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES** |
+ | (The __definitive copy of this procedure is in the Radiation Safety Handbook__. This wiki page is only for quick reference.) | ||
- If a leak of tritium gas from the cell or the tritium gas handling system to the target room or vault at large should occur, or with any indication of a possible leak from the tritium sniffer or the tritium cell pressure gauge: | - If a leak of tritium gas from the cell or the tritium gas handling system to the target room or vault at large should occur, or with any indication of a possible leak from the tritium sniffer or the tritium cell pressure gauge: | ||
- | - Evacuate the room immediately and close door if the room is occupied at the time of the leak. | + | - Evacuate the involved room immediately and close door. |
- | - Turn on exhaust ventilation fan for that area. | + | - Turn on exhaust ventilation fan for that area. Controls are located on the cable tray in the control room near the cable pass-thru to the small target room. |
- Immediately notify the Radiation Safety Officer, TALC Chairman, and the Tritium Safety Officer -- phone numbers are posted in the control room. | - Immediately notify the Radiation Safety Officer, TALC Chairman, and the Tritium Safety Officer -- phone numbers are posted in the control room. | ||
- | - All people should remain in the accelerator laboratory area until the people in 3) above arrive. | + | - All people should remain in the accelerator laboratory area until the people in (1)(III) above arrive. |
- Record immediately: | - Record immediately: | ||
- amount of tritium lost, | - amount of tritium lost, | ||
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NOTE: The maximum permissible concentration of tritium in air for normal working conditions (40 hrs/wk) as specified by regulation is 5 μCi/m3. | NOTE: The maximum permissible concentration of tritium in air for normal working conditions (40 hrs/wk) as specified by regulation is 5 μCi/m3. | ||
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