Radiation safety

Last changed: 13 March 2026

SLU has an overall licence for work with ionising radiation. The licence is valid for five 5 years, until 9 February 2027. The supervisory and licensing authority for work with ionising radiation is the Radiation Safety Authority.

The permit applies to work with open radiation sources, closed radiation sources and X-ray equipment.

SLU's permit does not include field trials and work with open radiation sources in toxicity class A. SLU may hold a maximum of 200 GBq of other open radiation sources.

SLU also has an agreement with an external radiation safety officer who provides advice and support on issues concerning radiation safety.

Radiation safety guidelines

The Radiation Safety Committee is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date register of SLU’s activities involving ionizing radiation and the possession of sealed radiation sources. This register forms the basis for the registry extract held by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.

Important to know
New activities and equipment for work with ionizing radiation must be reported to the Radiation Safety Committee. Transfers, decommissioning and disposal of activities or equipment are also subject to mandatory reporting.

Notification must be submitted in advance to the address: stralskyddsexpert@slu.se.

Documents

Guidelines on radiation safety (SLU-1786)

Radiation Safety Committee

The Radiation Safety Committee (SSK) is a staff and management body that supports the Vice-Chancellor and the university management in handling work involving ionizing radiation within the university. In brief, the assignment is to support SLU’s activities that work with ionizing radiation through guidelines, advice, and audits. The work of the SSK is part of SLU’s radiation safety management system.

Composition

Chair: Torbjörn Alwehammar, Security
Secretary: Christina Larsson, Department of clinical sciences
Radiation Protection Experts: Adrian Moreno Moreno and Alexander Englund, Uppsala University Hospital
Member: Margareta Uhlhorn, Department of clinical sciences
Member: Charles Ley, Department of clinical sciences
Member: Ida Lager, Department of Plant Breeding

Contact information:
stralsakerhetskommitten@slu.se

Meeting minutes (in Swedish)

Radiation Safety Officer

SLU has access to a Radiation Safety Officer through an agreement with Uppsala University Hospital and by decision of the Radiation Safety Authority.

The role of the radiation safety officer includes:

  • acting as advisor on radiation safety issues;
  • monitoring operations to ensure that laws, regulations and permit conditions are observed;
  • informing about new rules and directives that relate to operations and, if applicable, introduce them into operations;
  • educating staff on radiation safety issues;
  • providing advice when SLU purchases new or replacement equipment and participating in delivery/final inspection.

The basic costs are jointly funded while the department/equivalent concerned pays for any extra services.  

Contact details:

stralsakerhetsexpert@slu.se

The SLU Radiation Safety Officer:
Enn Maripuu
Phn: 018-611 55 60

Alexander Englund
Phn: 018-644 34 94

Documents and links

Radiation safety work is governed by the Radiation Protection Act and the Radiation Protection Regulation and the statutes issued by the Radiation Safety Authority (SSM).

The following governing documents apply to SLU (in Swedish)

Other statutes and laws can be found at SSM's website:
https://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/regler/

The following local documents apply

There are several documents for work on radiation safety when working with ionising radiation at SLU. The documents are everything from guidelines to instructions and should be able to serve as a template for your own documentation. Advice and questions about radiation safety are primarily addressed by contacting SLU's radiation safety officer.

For work at UDS, there is a quality manual for scintigraphy and radionuclide therapy as well as for radiology operations.

Local guidelines and instructions

Other documents