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Mission

Maintaining and protecting the radiological safety and health of BNL employees, the public and the environment is our mission. Our professionals and technicians are certified and provide expertise in field deployed Facility Support personnel, an accredited Personnel Monitoring service, a fully functional Instrumentation & Calibration facility, expertise in Radiological Engineering and the handling of Isotopes and Special Materials.

Services

Radiological Controls Division (RCD) provides technical assistance, regulatory interpretation, coverage for radiological operations, radiological engineering, internal/external dosimetry services, instrumentation services, and on- and off-site radiological emergency response.

Steve Coleman

Steve Coleman, Division Manager
(631) 344-8705

Contact Info

  • Facility Support – Dennis Ryan, (631) 344-5528
    Provides field support for the implementation of ES&H program by departments and divisions. Includes professionals and technicians deployed into the department’s facilities who provide job coverage, experimental and design reviews, job planning, and RWP preparation. Can serve as the first point of contact for ES&H issues.
  • Health Physics Technical Support – Henry Kahnhauser, (631) 344-7509
    Provides a range of services that include but not limited to: Safety reviews, regulatory compliance, programmatic improvement, area radiation monitoring, and lessons learned implementation.
  • Instrumentation and Calibration – Tim Welty, (631) 344-4212
    Maintains site radiation protection instruments; provides radiological measurement engineering support; Designs and fabricates special monitoring applications; Facility Instrumentation Systems Design Reviews; Mechanical/electronic repair services available for nonradiological BNL equipment.
  • Isotopes and Special Materials – Kris Dahms, (631) 344-4051
    Provides Laboratory-wide oversight, guidance, and service, and technical support for: 1) the safeguards and material control accountability (MC&A) of nuclear material inventory, use, storage, transfer, and disposal; 2) the packaging and transportation safety of all offsite non-waste radioactive material shipments and receipts; and 3) the packaging and transportation safety of onsite hazardous material transportation as needed.
  • Personnel Monitoring – Richard Reciniello, (631) 344-5540
    Provides internal (whole-body counting and urine assay for non-gamma-emitting radionuclides) and external (Type A and B badges, rings, environmental monitoring, and area monitoring badges) dosimetry services. Fully accredited by the DOE.
  • Radiological Engineering – Henry Kahnhauser, (631) 344-7509