Title Page
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School Name:
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School Address:
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Date of Visit:
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Name of School Representative - RPS(S)
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Name of Officer - RPO(S)
RPO Audit
1 - General Notes
2 - Last RPO visit
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Date of last RPO(S) visit:
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Visit carried out by:
3 - Responsible person and training
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3.1 - Is there a named person assigned to the role of Radiation Protection Supervisor (Schools), eg. in the department handbook or H&S Policy?
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3.2 - Is the RPS(S) aware of their role and what it entails?
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3.3 - Does the RP(S) have suitable training?
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3.4 - Have staff received training from RPS(S)?
4 - Records
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4.1 - Is there a log book which shows radioactive sources signed, in and out?
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4.2 - Does the logbook appear to be up to date, and in use?
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4.3 - Are there records showing leak tests of sealed sources within the last two years?
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4.4 - Is there an up-to-date simple monthly store-check record?
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4.5 - Is there an inventory of the sources?
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4.6 - When was the inventory last checked?
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4.7 - Does the inventory tally with form RA1 (CLEAPPS RPA scheme only)?
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4.8 - Is there an up-to-date list of authorised users of the source?
5 - Notifications
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5.1 - HSE have been notified?
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5.2 - Fire and Rescue Service notified where where the sources are kept (vis Fire Risk Assessment)?
6 - Storage
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6.1 - Are the sources stored in a lockable metal cabinet?
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6.2 - Is the cabinet accessible and not located in a silly position?
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6.3 - Is the cabinet in an internal storeroom or room (eg. not in an outside garage, store etc.)?
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6.4 - Does the cabinet have a suitable trefoil on it?
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6.5 - Is the storeroom lockable?
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6.6 - Is the storeroom only accessible by science staff?
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6.7 - Is the metal cabinet stored well away from highly flammable materials?
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6.8 - Is the metal cabinet stored well away from corrosive materials?
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6.9 - Are only sources stored in the cabinet, and not equipment?
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6.10 - Is the key to the cabinet restricted and held securely?
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6.11 - Is the cabinet at least two metres away from any regularly used workstation?
7 - Radioactive Sources
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7.1 - Are the sources held within the Standard School Holding, or have been justified and approved?
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7.2 - Are there any 'unknown' or strange objects in the cabinet?
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7.3 - Is there any waste material with no arrangements for prompt disposal?
8 - Detection Equipment
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8.1 - Does the science department have a working Geiger Muller tube and counter?
9 - Schemes of Work
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9.1 - Is there a clear reference to L93 in the radioactivity sections of the schemes of work?
10 - Sign Off
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Signature of RPO(S):
