Originally Posted by
Critic
What about a Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)? They're required for things as innocuous as Windex in government settings - surely one must exist for the NoS. Do we, as passengers, have the right to request to see the MSDS that, by all rights, should be on file in the terminal?
MSDSs are not required for pieces of equipment, only for chemicals and chemical substances.
I am amazed that dosimetry is not required for personnel working around the NoS. If I were a TSA screener (and I hope that I never am that destitute or desperate that I have to be one), I would be insisting on a dosimeter and I would be looking for regular radiation checks and equipment calibration and maintenance information. Perhaps there is a dosimter mounted in the are of the machine on not on personnel.
And IIRC OSHA does have jurisdiction at government facilities. At least they did when I worked at one (though I worked for a gov contractor).