To meet Massachusetts Department of Public Health's regulatory requirements and to insure the safety of the Tufts community, radioactive materials use at the University is managed by a Radioactive Use Permit. The Permit authorizes a faculty member (Authorized User) to use specific radioactive material, radiation generating devices or lasers in his or her laboratory under the University's Radioactive Materials License issued by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Radiation Control Program. Under the License, the University can purchase, process and use radioactive materials under a prescriptive set of conditions.
All radioactive material purchased on the Boston campus will be shipped to New England Center, Health Physics department, and all radioactive material on the Medford campus will be shipped to Dana Hall – Room 120, Attn: Ross Feldberg/”person who ordered radioactive material”.
To order radioisotopes, the attached form must be filled out.
- Quantity – Specifications, Unit Price
In this section you must fill out the quantity to be ordered in millicuries. Under the specification section, please include the supplier that you wish to purchase the isotopes from, the catalog number and the item description. If it is known, please also include the price under the unit price section.
- Account number
Provide the account number – 5456 for radioisotopes. Also include the department id (Dept ID) of the department that will receive the charge for the radioisotopes. And, include a Project/Grant number if applicable.
- Department
In this section, provide the name of the department that is purchasing the radioisotopes.
- Location
Provide the Tufts address of the laboratory in which the radioisotopes are going to be used.
- Extension
This section is for the Tufts phone number of the person responsible for the order.
- Licensee (Print)
Print the name of the person with the radioisotope license in this section.
- Licensee (Signature)
Provide the signature of the person with the radioisotope license in this section.
