Microwaves
The Radiation Safety Unit will test any microwaves for leakage upon request.
At present, the safe limit for leakage is 5 mW/cm2. Any oven with a defective or loose seal or door grid should be reported for testing.
Although some work with microwave transmission is conducted in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics and in the School of Physics and Astronomy, the main use of microwave radiation within the University is in microwave ovens.