Radiation Protection Laboratory
As a professor, you are responsible for ensuring that the health of your staff and students is protected and that accidents are prevented within ETH Zurich. You are obliged to designate safety officers and to inform your staff/students of the essential points on safety and intervention should an event occur.
For an overview of your health and safety responsibilities as a supervisor, download this DownloadSuva brochure (PDF, 927 KB).
The termination of a laboratory approved for handling open radioactivity needs time. All materials (labware, scientific instruments, fridges, consumable materials, etc.) are subject to a clearance measurement and must be transferred into another laboratory. Decisions have to be taken on the transfer or disposal of remaining radioactive substances, all radioactive waste must be disposed of and the whole laboratory (walls, floor, ceiling, sink, etc.) is subject to a clearance measurement. Finally, the Swiss Federal Department of Public Health (FOPH) must release the laboratory from their supervision. To plan this process, please contact Dr. Silke Kiesewetter early on.
To initiate the corresponding modifications with the FOPH please contact Dr. Silke Kiesewetter early on if one of the following applies. A laboratory approved for handling open radioactivity or an X-ray instrument shall be handed over to another person e.g. in the course of retirement in emeritus status. You as radiation protection officer are leaving ETH and another person is supposed to take over that task.
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