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Joe Princewill
Health Physicist/Assistant Radiation Safety Officer - Chicago Campus
phone: 3-8300, e-mail: jpr890@northwestern.edu
 Joe Princewill
The Chicago Campus HP manages the day-to-day activities of the radiation safety program on the Chicago campus. The program encompasses radiation safety and compliance for radioactive materials and other ionizing radiation sources such as irradiators, analytical X-ray equipment and electron microscopes. In the non-ionizing radiation area the HP handles laser registration and signage.
The Chicago HP performs laboratory surveys, thyroid counts, and irradiator training.

The HP for the Chicago campus is Joe Princewill. Joe would be delighted to take your calls should you have specific questions or are in doubt of what to do. Check the following "Need to" list to see which item is applicable to you:

  • Need to become authorized to possess and use radioactive materials or radiation producing devices such as X-ray, electron microscope, etc. for research or teaching.
  • Need to select the right radiation detector for the right process, replace old ailing parts, or schedule required annual calibration of survey meters.
  • Need to schedule training sessions for the Gammacell irradiator, proper maintenance and use of survey instruments, or contamination control and prevention.
  • Need to know acceptable disposal procedures for aqueous, dry and mixed radwaste materials.
  • Need to have proper shipping documents and labels to transfer radionuclides from Northwestern University to another institution or vice versa, or transfer material across the hall to another researcher.
  • Need to change laboratory location, add a new lab, or change personnel from one investigator to another.
  • Need to interpret the monthly dosimetry report or have questions on the dosimetry program or the bioassay schedule.

When you have needs, concerns, uncertainties or just questions call Joe, drop a line, or send an e-mail. If time allows, stop by the Office for Research Safety for a radiation safety chat. Feel free, too, to ask Joe to come up for a friendly lab call.

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