ATTACHMENTS & LIST OF HAZMAT USERS
ATTACHMENT A
Directive to Terminate Demonstration Immediately
(Identify self) This assembly and the conduct of each participant is seriously disrupting the operations of the University and is in clear violation of the rules of the University. You have previously been called upon to disperse and terminate this demonstration. (You have been given the opportunity to discuss your grievances with the University Administration. OR In no event will the Administration of the University accede to demands backed by force.) Accordingly, you are directed to terminate this demonstration. If you have not done so within 15 minutes I will, under the authority of the Board of Trustees, take whatever measures are necessary to restore order, including calling for police assistance. Any student who continues to participate in this demonstration is subject to possible arrest and will also be subject to suspension.
ATTACHMENT B
Directive to Immediately Terminate Demonstration With the Assistance of Police
(Identify self) You have previously been directed to terminate this demonstration and you have been put on notice as to the consequences of your failures to do so. Since you have chosen to remain in violation of the rules and regulations of Idaho State University, each of you is hereby suspended, subject to later review.
The police will now be called to assist in dispersing this assembly. Those who fail to leave immediately will be subject to arrest.
ATTACHMENT C
Incident Command Team – Building Inspectors
Refer To Chapters 2 (Incident Command System Organizational Charts), 3 (Emergency Response Organization Assignments & Responsibilities), 4 (Emergency Response Organization Checklists), and 5 (Emergency Operations Center) for Building Inspector Teams.
ATTACHMENT D
Technical Safety Office (Radiation) - Response to Natural Emergency
There are very few sources of radioactive material at Idaho State University that are an immediate threat to human life. The exceptions to this are a one Curie Cesium-137 source and twenty Cure CS-137 source in the basement of the Physical Science Building, 50Curie AmBe (Amerizian beryllium) sources, and several Americium-241 sources and the reactor in the basement of the Lillibridge Engineering Building. Understand that the only way any of theses sources could become hazardous to health is if someone was in physical contact with these sources for an extended period of time.
Technical Safety Office (TSO) personnel (radiation side) would be available to assist emergency personnel in the identification of areas where radioactive materials are stored on campus as well as identification of the actual sources themselves. Additionally, TSO personnel are trained to boundary off any areas in which radioactive material is spilled and to clean up those area.
Resources that are available to TSO personnel are the following:
- Survey meters.
- Two premade radioactive spill response kits.
- Dosimetry for the monitoring of radiation exposure (approximately 20).
- Radioactive air monitors and associated filters.
- Containers and plastic bags for the storage of radioactive waste generated after a natural disaster.
SCENARIOS:
Small earthquake with a spill of radioactive liquid.
In this case TSO personnel can quickly clean up the spill provided that there is access to electricity. The isotopes Hydrogen-3 (H-3) and Carbon-14 (C-14) can only be detected with a liquid scintillation type counter (three on campus). These instruments are by no means portable and are also not battery powered. In the event that electricity is lost to the campus for an extended period of time, those labs that have H-3 or C-14 (approximately six) will have to be closed until the electricity is restored.
An earthquake that is large enough to make access to the basement of the Physical Science Building impossible.
The radiation detection instruments that are part of the TSO program are stored on the main floor of the Physical Science Building, and in one of the TSO trucks (approx. 15). In the event that access to this area is lost, the TSO personnel will have to acquire instruments from other radioisotope users on campus.
The best prepared program on campus other than the TSO is the College of Engineering. The college is required to maintain emergency response equipment as part of the reactor license. The college maintains approximately ten radiation protection instruments as well as temporary dosimetry and an air sampler.
Other sources of available equipment is Environmental Assessment Lab in the Idaho Accelerator Center (approximately 17 instruments), and the Pharmacy Building (approximately 6 instruments). If these two alternate sources are not available, there are several dozen radiation survey instruments scattered throughout campus, but there are no more than two in any single location.
Spill of Iodine-125
Iodine-125 (I-125) volatilizes rapidly when it is in a liquid form, as it most often is when used in most biological research. For this reason, any attempt to clean up a spill involving I-125 will require forced air breathing apparatus. The TSO owns two Scott Air pack forced air packs, and are experienced in their use, but are not qualified to use them. Certification is required by federal regulations. Presently only one lab uses appreciable quantities of I-125.
In conclusion, the TSO is capable of recovering from all but the worst of natural disasters, as they apply to the radiological situation on campus. Improvements could be made by including radiological survey instruments in the TSO vehicle, by providing for an alternate power source to the liquid scintillation counters, upon the loss of electricity, and by providing for the qualification of TSO personnel in the use of forced air breathing apparatus.
HAZMAT USERS
A current list of responsible hazmat users by name and department can be obtained from the Public Safety Office (208) 282-2515. You must request permission from the Director to obtain a copy of the list.