Radiation Guidelines

Follow the links below to find guidelines on the use of radiation treatment and exposure to radiation.

Created June 2008

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Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice & safety guide for radiation protection in veterinary medicine
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Code establishes requirements for adoption by Commonwealth, State and Territory jurisdictions that will provide a system for the safe use of veterinary radiation equipment and radioactive sources.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Safety Guide for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2008)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Code of Practice is intended to establish uniform requirements for the transport of radioactive material in Australia.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of Practice for Radiation Protection in the Medical Applications of Ionizing Radiation
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Code establishes requirements for the use of ionizing radiation in medicine for inclusion in the National Directory for Radiation Protection and adoption by Australian jurisdictions.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Safety Guide for the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The purpose of the Safety Guide is to assist regulators and industries in managing NORM and assessing the need for radiation protection measures, including regulation.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice and safety guide for radiation protection and radioactive waste management in mining and mineral processing
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Code establishes requirements for radiation protection in mining and mineral processing industries and for protection of human health and the environment from the effects of radioactive waste from mining and mineral processing.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice for the exposure of humans to ionizing radiation for research purposes (2005)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Code of Practice is designed to ensure that researchers proposing to expose research participants to ionizing radiation provide the participants and the Human Research Ethics Committees with information that allows consent to be properly considered by the research participants and approval considered by the Human Research Ethics Committee.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice and safety guide for intervention in emergency situations involving radiation exposure (2004)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   These Recommendations update existing guidance on the application of protective measures in planning for and responding to emergency situations in Australia involving radiation exposure.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Recommendations for the Discharge of Patients Undergoing Treatment with Radioactive Substances
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   These Recommendations are designed to provide guidance on the conditions that should be met for the discharge from a hospital or clinic of patients who are undergoing treatment with radioactive substances.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Comment on Draft Safety Guide for Use of Radiation in Schools - Part 1: Ionizing Radiation
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Draft Safety Guide for the Use of Radiation in Schools is a revision of the 1986 NHMRC Code of Practice. It provides advice on local and national rules to be followed when using radiation in schools. Submissions are invited on the draft Safety Guide by 3rd October 2008.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   ARPANSA - Regulation: Regulatory Guidance for Radioactive Waste Management Facilities: Near Surfact Disposal Facilities; and Storage Facilities
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Guidance is intended to be used in relation to applications made under the ARPANS Act 1998 for a facility licence to prepare a site for, to construct or to operate radioactive waste management facilities.
Date:   Dec 2006
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