Emergency Response

Radioactive Spill Response

Radioactive Spill Clean-Up

  • All spills must be cleaned up as quickly as possible.
  • Minor spills involving only a few microcuries of material where the radionuclide does not become airborne and emergencies where there is no personal injury can be handled by lab personnel utilizing the spill kit provided to each lab by Radiation Safety.
  • All spills must be reported to the Radiation Safety Program at 414-430-7507.
  • The authorized user is responsible for providing personnel to clean-up any contamination which results from work conducted under his/her authorization.
  • Custodial personnel shall not be asked to clean-up any contamination.
  • Radiation safety personnel will monitor and supervise the clean-up of all major spills and accidents.

Radiation Safety: Campus Emergency Phone Numbers

In case of a potential or actual radiation hazard, immediately call one of the following individuals for hazard evaluation, additional emergency procedures and corrective action information:

Campus Police Phone Numbers

  • Emergency from Campus Phone
    • Dial 9-911 from any hard-wired campus phone
  • Emergency from cell phone or landline
  • Non-emergency
    • Dial x4627 from any hard-wired campus phone
    • Dial 414-229-4627 from a cellphone

Accidents

For additional information contact the Radiation Safety Program at 414-430-7507.