| Job Title |
Radioisotope-production Operator |
| Job Description |
Controls Laboratory Compounding Equipment Enclosed In
Protective Hot Cell To Prepare Radioisotopes And Other
Radioactive Materials For Use As Tracers For Biological,
Biomedical, Physiological, And Industrial Purposes According To
Written Procedures: Places Specified Amounts Of Chemicals Into
Container To Be Irradiated At Nuclear Reactor Or With Other
Irradiation Equipment. Secures Vacuum Pump Head To Outlet Valve
On Special Container To Replace Air With Inert Gas, And Routes
Container To Irradiation Facility. Receives Irradiated
Chemicals Delivered In Shielded Cell. Moves Manipulator To Open
Container And Transfer Irradiated Contents Into Glass Vessel.
Opens Pneumatic Valves Or Uses Manipulators To Add Specified
Types And Quantities Of Chemical Reagents Into Glass Vessel To
Produce Radioactive Product. Controls Manipulators To Pour
Liquids Required To Perform Standard Chemical Analyses
Involving Titration And Filtration. Withdraws Radioactive Sample
For Transport To Chemical Laboratory For Analysis. Fills
Shipping Container Inside Cell With Prescribed Quantity Of
Radioisotope Material For Shipment Pending Sample Approval.
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