Radioactive Materials Procedures

CENTRAL RECEIVING & CAMPUS STORES

General Guidelines for Radioactive Materials

Campus Policy on Radiation Safety

Packages containing radioactive materials must be checked immediately upon arrival by Environmental Health & Safety. This procedure protects CSUN employees and is required by regulation. In order to ensure that all packages are checked it is essential to:
•	Clearly identify radioactive materials on Purchase Orders and Requisitions.
•	Ensure that all redioactive materials are delivered directly to Central Receiving and nowhere else.

IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE ABOVE, PERSONS ORDERING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MUST COMPLETE THE PURCHASE ORDER OF REQUISITION STATING THE FOLLOWING:
1.	"RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL: DO NOT OPEN"
2.	TO ENSURE THAT PACKAGES ARE DELIVERED TO CENTRAL RECEIVING, THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS MUST BE ENTERED AS THE "HEADER" OR "PRIMARY DELIVERY ADDRESS":
	California State University, Northridge CENTRAL RECEIVING 18111 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91330-8293
3.	THE ON-CAMPUS DELIVERY ADDRESS, (BLDG / DEPT / OFFICE), MUST BE ENTERED IN A TEXT (DESCRIPTION) FIELD. THE NAME OF THE PERSON(S) RECEIVING THE RADIOACTIVE ITEM(S) AND THEIR PHONE CONTACT SHOULD BE ENTERED THERE AS WELL.
FOR THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: The University Corporation must recognize, and forward to Central Receiving, the Purchase Order that contains the "Radioactive Material" warning. This is extremely important because of possible exposure to radioactive materials by CSUN employees, who will otherwise proceed to open the package.