Alright Im really getting bugged at work, even though I have only been there a month and a half. My dilemma is being the new guy, the new RSO in town, I have 8 years HP prior to this working at DOE site and I am seeing a total lack of anything dealing with nuclear products.
I work in a nuclear pharmacy and we deal with TC-99, I-131, I-132, I-133, Th-201, and a product called Molly or Molydmum all of which is pretty hot when we use it. I have seen fellas reach into waste drums that are reading about 100 mrem, I have see fellas hold their hands over waste holes in the drug hoods that are reading almost 2000 mrem, and there is no regard for contamination or cross contamination. No one frisks out of the lab properly and when something is said its just blown off.
I have been trying to set a good example for others to follow but to no avail, and have even been blown off as being too anal about this "stuff that wont hurt ya" or "it will decay off in a few hours or days". The head RSO really does not have any power over these fellas and they really dont care, but I do and we are about to get a cyclotron that produces product reading 100s of curies giving off gobbs of beta, gamma, and neutron.
Do I just remain silent and keep on doing the right thing when I am suppose to, or do I gently begin to explain what chronic and acute doses do to you. Do I explain what cross contamination does to a QC check and its potential out comes. When I see someone not wearing the proper PPE do I ask them to don it before continuing. I dont want to over step the SR RSO, but.........
Just a little feed back on this would be great.