Requirements of the department for Radiation Protection for visiting scientists

 

During you stay at FRM II and for participation in scientific experiments monitoring of the people involved by the department for radiation protection is required by our authorities. Therefore we need to know the dose received before your arrival at FRM II and have to monitor your radiation exposure during your stay at FRM II. To guarantee a smooth stay you have to take care of the following items prior to your arrival at FRM II:

 

1. Visiting scientists from Germany

 

• A valid ‘Strahlenpass’ (radiation passport) Category B (max. 6 mSv/a) is necessary.  Make sure that the dose records in the ‘Strahlenpass’ are not older than three months.
• As an occupationally exposed person Category A you need you need your valid and completely filled in 'Strahlenpass' Category A.
  
• You need to bring your own dosimeter, capable of detecting neutrons and gamma radiation.
• Your home institution needs a valid license according to §15 StrlSchV and an ‘Abgrenzungsvertrag’ (contract with TUM defining responsibilities of radiation protection departments).

 

Make sure to take care of this items in due time since this may take a while. If you have any questions contact your own radiation protection officer, who will certainly help you.

 

2. Visiting scientist from foreign countries, radiological worker

 

A ‘radiological worker’ is somebody who is already working in controlled areas in his home institution and whose radiation exposure is monitored.

 

• Fill in the form ‘Request for occupational exposure records of radiation history for outside workers’.
• You need to bring your own dosimeter, capable of detecting neutrons and gamma radiation.
• We need written information about your dose history. This includes your life dose as well as the dose you have received during the current year. If you do not have this information you need to confirm that you have not received a dose of more than 15 mSv during the current year.

 

After your arrival at FRM II you have to contact the radiation protection office, where you will receive another dosimeter, will participate in a FRM II specific safety training and will receive further information.

 

3. Visiting scientist from foreign countries, no radiological worker

 

If you have never before worked in a controlled area and were never monitored for radiation exposure, you have to follow this procedure:

 

• Fill in the form ‘Request for occupational exposure records for outside workers’.
• We need confirmation in writing from your home affiliation that your received dose during the current year is less than 1 mSv.

 

After your arrival at FRM II you have to contact the radiation protection office, where you will receive dosimeters, will participate in a FRM II specific safety training and will receive further information.

 

Note to visiting scientists travelling by plane: if you are concerned of obtaining a dose on your dosimeter during your flight you may consider to ask for a second dosimeter, which you will not wear during your presence in the controlled area. In this way your actual received dose can be calculated from the difference of the dosimeters.

 

Please send the necessary information in advance to:

 

ZWE FRM II

Abteilung Strahlenschutz

Lichtenbergstrasse 1

85747 Garching

Germany

FAX: ++49 (0)89 289 12191

 

Susanne.Wolff@frm2.tum.de Telefon: ++49 (0)89 289 12108

michael.schmidt@frm2.tum.de Telefon: ++49 (0)89 289 12108