Details: Radiation Worker Application Form [Form 5-1]

Deadline: 10 days before the first visit in each fiscal year

All SPring-8/SACLA users are required to be registered as radiation workers at RIKEN Harima Campus on a fiscal year basis (from April 1 to March 31 of the following year). Note that you are not permitted to carry out experiments at SPring-8/SACLA unless registered as a SPring-8/SACLA radiation worker.

Once registered, submission of this form is not required for return visits within the same fiscal year*.

　　*If you marked March 31 as the end of the approval period in the application form.

How to submit

You can select the submission method from “PDF file/ Paper submission*” and “Web system submission”. Please apply from the webpage of RIKEN Harima Safety Center

　　*You can choose to submit by mail or by attaching a color scanned PDF file to an email.

＜Those who belong to overseas institutions.＞

In the section for Approved and authorized by affiliated organization, please obtain the name and seal (or signature)* of the person who is responsible for keeping records of the applicant’s radiation dose, radiation training and medical examination results in accordance with laws and regulations of the applicant’s country.

       *Not required for paperless applications.

＜Those who belong to institutions in Japan that has a radiation protection supervisor.＞

In the section for Approved and authorized by affiliated organization, please obtain the name and seal (or signature)*1 of your radiation protection supervisor*2, who is responsible for managing and ensuring records of your radiation dose history, radiation safety training sessions and medical examinations for radiation workers.

       *1  Not required for paperless applications. 

       *2  A radiation protection supervisor must be suitably qualified and be assigned by your home institution. 

＜Those who belong to institutions in Japan that do NOT have a radiation protection supervisor.＞

A certificate by responsible person of labor management (such as manager of labor management division) is acceptable.  In the section for Approved and authorized by affiliated organization, please obtain the name and seal (or signature) of a labor management supervisor. Radiation safety training date and Radiation medical examination date must be filled in the form.  In addition to the application form, a radiation medical examination result must be uploaded from the webpage of RIKEN Harima Safety Center. Please see the URL for details.
https://harimariken01.spring8.or.jp/procedure/info/20240122e.pdf

[From FY2025] The registration procedure for radiation worker with the certificate of the Responsible Person of Labor Management (only available for organizations in Japan) will also be possible via the web system. Details will be announced at a later date.

Procedure flow

Registration procedure for radiation worker Click images to enlarge
“PDF file / paper” submission		Submission method	“RIKEN Harima web system” submission
Click “SPring-8 / SACLA user”* *SPring-8/SACLA users who are not affiliated with RIKEN or JASRI. (including employee of other RIKEN branches as Public Beamline user.)			“Personal page login”* or “New registration” *Login information is different from that of SPring-8 user registration.
Submission method			Log In		New registration
Application Form			Click “Radiation worker registration”
			Click “SPring-8 / SACLA user”* *SPring-8/SACLA users who are not affiliated with RIKEN or JASRI. (including employee of other RIKEN branches as Public Beamline user.)
			Application Form

Details on paperless operation for registration procedures for radiation worker.  

Radiation Safety Training Institutions

If your home institution provides no radiation safety training, it will be necessary to undergo radiation safety training provided by an external institution.

　Information: Institutions that provide radiation safety training

• Japan Radioisotope Association (+81-3-5395-8081) https://www.jrias.or.jp/e/index.html
• Chiyoda Technol Corporation (+81-3-3816-2931) https://www.c-technol.co.jp/education
• Institute of Radiation Measurements (+81-29-282-5546) https://www.irm.or.jp

Riken Harima Radiation Safety Training  (e-learning)

After your application is accepted, you will be required to take the Riken Harima Radiation Safety Training (e-learning).  Once completing the e-learning, you will be registered as a radiation worker.  For more details about the e-learning system, click here.

Stop procedure for radiation worker

If your affiliation changes during the fiscal year, you are required to terminate the registration immediately by submitting a Radiation Termination Form. To carry out experiments at SPring-8/SACLA, you need to re-register by submitting a Radiation Worker Application Form from your new home institution.

Submission & Questions (general)

1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun Hyogo 679-5198, JAPAN

Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) 

Questions (technical)

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)