Country Report: Australia

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Country Report Australia

• Keith Baldry
• Director Radiation Protection
• South Australian Environment Protection Authority

RAS/9/042 IAEA/RCA Regional Meeting to Establish
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December 2007 Deajeon, Republic of Korea
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Keith Baldry

• 18 years in radiation safety
• Current work
• Uranium mining
• Radioactive sources
• Medical imaging and radiotherapy
• Radioactive waste
• Policy
• Previous experience
• Nuclear fuel handling and reprocessing
• Reactor decommissioning
• Plutonium and uranium fuel manufacture
• Site remediation

• BSc (Hons) Physics, Manchester UK
• Director Radiation Protection, EPA South
  Australia
• Chair, national Radiation Regulators Forum
• Contact details
• PO Box 721Kent Town, SA 5071Australia
• 61 8 8130 0701
• www.epa.sa.gov.au/radiation
• keith.baldry_at_epa.sa.gov.au

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Nine jurisdictions in Australia
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Legislation
ICRP 60
IAEA BSS
ALARA principle
National Directory
National Standard
9 Authorities
9 Radiation Protection Acts
Regulations
Licences
Codes of Practice
ALARA requirement
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Codes and Standards

• www.arpansa.gov.au
• RPS 1 National Standard (2002)
• RPS 2 Transport (2001)
• RPS 3 Radio Frequency Fields (2002)
• RPS 4 Discharge of Patients (2002)
• RPS 5 Portable Density/Moisture Gauges (2004)
• RPS 6 NATIONAL DIRECTORY FOR RADIATION PROTECTION
  (2004)
• RPS 7 Intervention in Emergency Situations (2004)
• RPS 8 Exposure of Humans for Research Purposes
  (2005)
• RPS 9 Mining and Mineral Processing (2005)
• RPS 10 Dentistry (2005)
• RPS 11 Security of Sources (2007)
• RPS 12 Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet
  Radiation (2006)
• RPS 13 Fixed Radiation Gauges (2007)

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Codes and Standards Draft

• www.arpansa.gov.au
• Medical Uses of Radiation
• Radiology
• Radiotherapy
• Nuclear Medicine
• Veterinary
• Lasers in the Entertainment Industry
• X-ray Analysis Equipment
• Limiting Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency
  Electric and Magnetic Fields ( 0 Hz 3 kHz)
• Pre-disposal Management of Radioactive Waste.
• Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
• Cabinet X-ray Equipment
• Decontamination after a Radiological Incident
• Optimisation of Radiation Exposure

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Coordination

• National Directory for Radiation Protection
• Radiation Health Committee
• Radiation Regulators Forum

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ALARA in the work place

• Constraints used during design and construction
• Radiation Safety Officers
• Regulators encouraging good practice
• Regulatory licensing, inspection and enforcement

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Training

• Competency criteria
• Licences to use radiation
• Investigating National Qualifications and
  Accreditation

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ALARA initiatives

• Optimisation Working Group
• Industry initiatives
• Outcome based regulation with Key Performance
  Indicators
• Australian Radiation Incidents Register

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Australian Radiation Incidents Register

• Highlight hazards to regulators and users
• Sharing advice on incidents and accidents
• Feedback and guidance to users
• Data to analyse trends

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Australias uranium
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Olympic Dam uranium mine
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Olympic Dam uranium mine
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HIFAR Closed 30 Jan 2007
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OPAL Opened 20 April 2007
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Expectations (hopes) from ARAN

• Opportunities for wider experience and skills
• Spreading best practice
• International trade issues
• Equipment design and manufacture
• Uranium and source shipment
• Qualifications and accreditation
• Influence within IAEA to highlight regional
  issues
• Making it relevant at the local level

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Web site

• Goal primary ALARA resource
• Useful at the local level
• Interactive
• Forum to allow discussion
• Wiki style to allow direct contribution
• Structured by topic, and searchable

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