Radiation Protection Services

Follow the links below to find information on radiation monitoring and protection services, standards and regulation.

Reviewed July 2011

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Title:   ARPANSA - Regulation: Information for licence holders
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The purpose of this document is to assist Commonwealth entities in identifying the types of information which should be included in quarterly reports to the CEO of ARPANSA as part of ensuring compliance with the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (ARPANS) Legislation.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - UV Index Data
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Australian UV Data
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - Drafts for public comment
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Information page about requests for public comment concerning radiation-related regulatory processes.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Radiation doses delivered to patients in Australia are checked by teams of medical physicists and radiation therapists employed in the radiotherapy clinics. The Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service will provide these specialists with a source of independent checks for equipment and patient doses.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - Electromagnetic Radiation Health Complaints Register
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Members of the public who believe they have suffered ill-effects as a result of exposure to EMR can lodge a written complaint to the EMR Health Complaints Register.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) Testing
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Clothing provides one of the most convenient forms of protection against ultraviolet radiation but not all garments offer sufficient sun protection. The ARPANSA UV laboratory performs Ultraviolet Protection Factor testing on fabrics and other materials.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - Licensing the UPF Certification trade mark
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   When the UPF Certification Trade Mark is applied to a product it indicates that ARPANSA has been satisfied that the materials used to construct that product will provide at least the amount of sun protection stated on the rating label.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   ARPANSA - Radiation Protection Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Radiation Protection Standard limits the occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation for artificial sources in the workplace, considered to be a controlled environment and provides guidance on minimising a person's exposure to uncontrollable sources of UVR, such as the sun.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   ARPANSA - Personal radiation monitoring service
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Personal Radiation Monitoring Service monitors the exposures of workers in the medical, dental, chiropractic, industrial and mining fields to ionizing radiation. As radiation doses have a cumulative effect, a register of a worker's doses is maintained for their lifetime.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of Practice and Safety Guide for Safe Use of Fixed Radiation Gauges
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 fixed radiation gauges that contain radioactive sources, X-ray tubes or neutron generator tubes.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Naturally occurring radioactive material
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The discussion paper describes what NORM is, and examines why NORM is different from other radioactive materials, which industries produce NORM waste and how much is generated. The paper also discusses NORM in commodities, international guidelines and regulatory issues, trade issues, Australian radiation protection regulations and guidelines, issues and options for dealing with NORM waste.
Date:   Sep 2008

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