Radiation Safety Officer

What You Will Be Doing:

As Radiation Safety Officer at Helion, you will be responsible for the Radiation Safety Program (RaSP) as an individual contributor and be responsible for maintaining exposures to ionizing radiation as low as reasonably achievable. You will coordinate and work with a team of health physicists to carry out all necessary radiation safety measures, to include working with regulatory bodies to apply for and maintain radiological licenses. You will serve on the Radiation Safety Committee that oversees radiation safety work and report to the Director of Radiation Safety and Nuclear Science. This is an onsite role located at our Everett, WA office. You will work with a variety of radioactive materials and radiation generating devices to include:

• Hydrogen-3 (tritium) in vacuum and pressure systems, gloveboxes, and process skids.
• Sealed sources of isotopes like Cs-137, Co-60, and Cf-252.
• Fusion generators generating 2.45 MeV and 14.1 MeV neutrons and associated radiation.
• Activated material (elements 3-83, inclusive) from the operation of fusion generators or externally irradiated and returned test samples

Minimum Required Skills:

• Eight years handling greater-than-exempt quantities of radioactive material
• Four years serving as a Radiation Safety Officer or eight years serving as Chair of a Radiation Safety Committee overseeing work performed under a Broad Scope license
• Four years working with neutron sources or neutron generators
• Four years working with (or overseeing the use of) over 100 Ci of H-3 or elements 3-83 in the form of activated byproduct material resulting in contact doses exceeding 100 mrem/hr
• Four years working with an x-ray machine, accelerator, or similar apparatus requiring registration and shielding
• Experience submitting radiological license applications and/or amendments
• General awareness of radiological regulations in 10 CFR 20 and 10 CFR 30, which may be via equivalent state regulations

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