Chuck Pickering, radiation safety officer, said the new World Wide Web-based system will allow researchers and others who use radioactive materials to maintain their inventories and permits with a few keystrokes on a computer. The current system often requires several rounds of forms to be generated by both the submitting agency and the RPO, resulting in unnecessary delays. There's a lot of paperwork going back and forth to keep everything up to date.
Every new transaction creates another piece of paper.
After it begins operation on April 7, the new system will eliminate the need for the RPO to handle and store as many as 25,000 pieces of paper each year. Use of the new paperless system is mandatory. For more information, call 740-7310 . Registration will be conducted 30 minutes before the start of each session.