Welcome to the

RPS 1 Forum
Hosted by ARPANSA and the Radiation Health Committee

ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

RPS 1 Forum ARPS 2011

Opening
Introduction RPS Hierarchy RPS 1 revision Keith Baldry Simon Critchley Peter Burns Gillian Hirth Kent Gregory Che Doering

Lunch
The big picture Case study: Medical Case study: Environment

Case study: Existing exposure situations

Interactive exercise Afternoon Tea Open forum What happens next Close

Brad Cassels

Helen Topfer

Why are we revising RPS 1? ...the Future of Radiation Protection in Australia

Keith Baldry
Regulation and Compliance SA EPA

ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Why are we revising RPS 1?

Australia is committed to:
adopting recommended international standards; and implementing best regulatory practice.

ICRP 103 published in 2007

IAEA have adopted the recommendations made in ICRP 103. Endorsement of the new IAEA Basic Safety Standards (BSS) - September 2011.

Opportunity
Not just a revision of another Code/Standard
Setting the radiation protection agenda for the next 15-20 years Professions can play a proactive role

Aiming for a broader audience education for radiation protection

RPS 1 Forum Review of the Radiation Protection Series Hierarchy

Simon Critchley Queensland Health
ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Before the ARPANS Act...

Nuclear Codes
(published under the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Act 1978)

Code of Practice on the Management of Radioactive Wastes from the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores (1982) Code of Practice on Radiation Protection in the Mining and Milling of Radioactive Ores (1987)
Code of Practice for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Substances (1990)

Before the ARPANS Act...

Radiation Health Series (published by the NHMRC) which included: Code of practice for the disposal of radioactive wastes by the user (1985) Code of practice for the safe use of sealed radioactive sources in borehole logging (1989) Code of practice for the safe use of industrial radiography equipment (1989)

Code of practice for the near-surface disposal of radioactive waste in Australia (1992)

Since the ARPANS Act

Radiation Protection Series (published by ARPANSA)
This is the current suite of documents

They are known as the RPS documents

Old: Radiation Health Series

New: Radiation Protection Series

Categories of RPS documents

Radiation Protection Standards
set fundamental requirements for safety prescriptive in style and may be referenced by regulatory instruments contain key procedural requirements regarded as essential for best international practice in radiation protection, and fundamental quantitative requirements, such as exposure limits

Categories of RPS documents

Codes of Practice
prescriptive in style and may be referenced by regulations or conditions of licence

contain practice-specific requirements that must be satisfied to ensure an acceptable level of safety and security in dealings involving exposure to radiation
requirements are expressed in terms of must statements

Categories of RPS documents

Recommendations
-

provide guidance on fundamental principles for radiation protection

written in an explanatory and non-regulatory style and describe the basic concepts and objectives of best international practice if there are related Radiation Protection Standards and Codes of Practice, they are based on the fundamental principles in the Recommendations

Categories of RPS documents

Safety Guides
provide practice-specific guidance on achieving the requirements set out in Radiation Protection Standards and Codes of Practice non-prescriptive in style, but may recommend good practices guidance is expressed in terms of should statements, indicating that the measures recommended, or equivalent alternatives, are normally necessary to achieve compliance with the requirements of the Radiation Protection Standards and Codes of Practice

Review of RPS Hierarchy

The RPS documents were developed to promote practices which protect human health and the environment from the harmful effects of radiation Since ICRP 103 was published in 2007, it was determined that a review of RPS 1 would be conducted This precipitated a review of the hierarchy of the RPS documents particularly those relating to ionizing radiation Documents relating to non-ionizing radiation will be re-classified in due course

An effort has been made to align Australian documents more closely with those in the international arena, particularly the International Atomic Energys (IAEA) Safety Standards Series

IAEA Safety Standards hierarchy

Safety Fundamentals - presents the fundamental safety objective and principles of protection and safety and provides the basis for the safety requirements Safety Requirements - requirements that must be met to ensure the protection of people and the environment, both now and in the future - governed by the objective and principles of the Safety Fundamentals - format and style facilitate their use in a national regulatory framework, e.g. requirements are expressed as shall statements and, wherever possible, the person responsible for meeting the requirement is specified Safety Guides - provide recommendations and guidance on how to comply with the safety requirements - present international good practices, and increasingly they reflect best practices, to help users striving to achieve high levels of safety - recommendations provided in Safety Guides are expressed as should statements

IAEA Safety Standards hierarchy

Proposed document categories

Fundamentals - set the fundamental principles for radiation protection and describe the fundamental safety objectives - written in an explanatory and non-regulatory style and describe the basic concepts and objectives of best practice Codes of Practice - prescriptive in style and may be referenced by regulations or conditions of licence - may contain general safety requirements which may be applicable for all dealings with radiation, or may contain practice-specific safety requirements - provide overarching requirements and are expressed as must statements which must be satisfied to ensure an acceptable level of safety Safety Guides - provide recommendations and guidance on how to comply with the Fundamentals or Codes of Practice - written in an explanatory and non-regulatory style and indicate the measures recommended to achieve good practice, and are generally expressed as should statements

Alignment of Categories
Current RPS Categories (ionizing radiation only) National Standard (for limiting exposure to ionizing radiation) Recommendations (overarching) Codes of Practice Recommendations (specific to activities) Safety Guides Safety Requirements Safety Guides Codes of Practice Safety Guides IAEA Hierarchy Proposed RPS Categories (ionizing radiation only) Fundamentals (will no longer include the exposure limits)

Safety Fundamentals

Match with the NDRP

Interestingly, the National Directory for Radiation Protection first published in 2004 has the following main sections:
PART A General Principles - Regulatory frameworks PART B Uniform Regulatory Elements - Scope of Regulation - Authorisations - National Adoption of Codes and Standards PART C Guidance for Best Practice - Intervention in Radiological Emergencies and Chronic Exposure Situations - Patient Discharge Recommendations

Translation of current documents

Proposed hierarchy will provide for a smooth transition to the new one Revised editions of the existing RPS documents will be reconfigured to match the new document framework The prescriptive documents will change form over time because many of the prescriptive elements are repeated in each of the existing Codes of Practice It is likely that future specific Codes of Practice will contain only those elements peculiar to the particular practice

The generally applicable prescriptive elements will be contained in the RPS1 Code of Practice

Code of Practice planned exposures

Radiation Protection Principles - Requirements Justification; Optimisation; Dose Limits Responsibilities Responsible Persons' (i.e. employers') obligations Operators' (i.e. employees') obligations Requirements relating to: - planning and design - including radiation management plans and plans for radioactive waste management - approvals and authorizations - induction and training - control of exposure to radiation and radiation monitoring and dose assessment - routine review for compliance with the Code of Practice - emergencies, accidents and incidents - record keeping and reporting Glossary

Heading off into the abyss again...

RPS 1 Forum Revision of Radiation Protection Series No. 1

Peter Burns ARPANSA
ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Revision of RPS1
Revision of Radiation Protection Standard RPS1
RPS1 was based on Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection ICRP 60 (1990).

ICRP revised these in 2007

ICRP 103 The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection

Revision of RPS1
ICRP has broadened the scope of the recommendations to cover all conceivable exposure circumstances and be applied to all sources and to all individuals not just Practices and Interventions three types of exposure situations Planned, Emergency and Existing

Revision of RPS1
Practices and Interventions fit within the new system

Practices are a type of planned exposure

Interventions are the planned treatment of existing situations

Revision of RPS 1
ICRP has also recently published ICRP 101, "Assessing the dose to the representative person for the purpose of radiation protection of the public and the optimisation of radiological protection: broadening the process. ICRP 104, Scope of Radiological Protection Control Measures

Revision of RPS 1
IAEA - International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS) (IAEA, 2011).
BSS specifies Fundamental Safety Principles which outline the requirements for a comprehensive system for ionizing radiation protection regulation.

Revision of RPS 1
IAEA, BSS (2011) Sets out regulatory style guidance for implementing ICRP Recommendations
General requirements for protection and safety Planned exposure situations Emergency exposure situations Existing exposure situations

Revision of RPS 1
Replacement RPS 1 is to be a shorter, more concise fundamentals type document
The new document will set out in simple terms the fundamentals, framework, assumptions and principles that underpin the system of radiation protection. The document will not contain advisory, guidance or background material

The Fundamentals
Contents of the Fundamentals Document
1. Introduction 2. Effects of Radiation 3. Quantification of Radiation Dose 4. The System for Radiation Protection 5. Application of the System

The Code of Practice

Contents of the Code of Practice 1. Introduction 2. Implementation of the system of radiation protection 3. Regulatory framework 4. Protection of workers
SCHEDULE 1 DOSE LIMITS FOR WORKERS DOSE LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF THE

5. 6.

Protection of members of the public

SCHEDULE 2 PUBLIC

Medical exposure

The Fundamentals
Effects of Radiation
For stochastic effects such as cancer and hereditary effects there is no clear limit below which safety can be assured (LNT) The probability of developing stochastic effects is proportional to cumulative dose Doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable

The Fundamentals
Quantification of Radiation Dose
Effective dose is a surrogate for risk Universal index of harm for all ages, both sexes, all races, all lifestyles Not a physical quantity but close enough for prospective radiation protection weighting factors, metabolic models

The Fundamentals
Three exposure situations
Planned, Emergency, Existing

Four categories of exposure:

Occupational, Medical, Public, Environmental

A matrix of potential exposure situations.

Exposure Situations
Planned Exposure Situations:
situations involving the deliberate introduction and operation of sources.

Emergency Exposure Situations:

situations that may occur due to malicious acts, or from any unexpected situations and require urgent action in order to reduce or avoid undesirable consequences.

Existing Exposure Situations:

situations that already exist when a decision on control is taken, including natural background radiation and residues from past practices.

Categories of Exposure
Occupational exposures
result of deliberately working with radiation sources

Medical exposure
exposure of patients in medical diagnosis or treatment

Public Exposure
exposures of the public

Environmental Exposure
exposure of non-human biota

Principles of Radiation Protection

Principle of justification
Any decision that alters a radiation exposure situation should do more good than harm

Principle of Optimisation
Individual doses should be kept as low as reasonably achievable

Principle of Limitation
Total dose from regulated sources in planned exposure situations should not exceed limits

Additional Radiation Dose and Risk

UNACCEPTABLE RISK DOSE LIMIT

TOLERABLE RISK
DOSE CONSTRAINT Optimisation

Protection optimized ACCEPTABLE RISK TRIVIAL RISK

Dose Limits and Dose Constraints

Dose limits for planned situations
effective or equivalent dose limit that must not be exceeded.

Dose constraints for planned situations

restrict options to those that have the greatest overall beneficial effect. set initially at a value below the dose limit, based on experience in similar planned exposure situations. protection measures should be undertaken to optimise protection at or below the dose constraint.

Dose Limit and Dose Constraint

Reference Levels
For existing and exposure situations

Dose limits and dose constraints do not apply to existing and emergency exposure situations
Reference level represents a level of risk above which it is inappropriate to allow exposures to occur or remedial action will almost always be justified activity or activity concentration, exposure rate

The need for action related to individual effective dose

Application of the System

Regulatory requirements
Governments responsibility is to
Establish an effective legal and government framework

Fundamental safety objective

protect people and the environment without unduly limiting the operation of facilities or the conduct of activities

Assess, manage and control exposure to radiation to reduce radiation risks the extent reasonably achievable

Application of the System

Governments need to ensure there is

An independent regulator Coordination between departments and agencies Public Health, Environment, Labour, Mining, Science and Technology, Agriculture and Education.

Summary
The new Fundamentals document sets out a framework together with assumptions and principles that form the basis of a radiation protection system suitable for Australia
It is the top level document within a suite of documents and provides a comprehensive basis for the implementation of international best practice radiation protection in Australia.

RPS 1 Forum What will be the impact of the review of RPS 1?

Gillian Hirth ARPANSA
ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Overview
What wont change
What will change How will this impact on how we do radiation protection What will be the regulatory impact Other issues

What wont change

For most practices there will be limited change to how radiation protection is undertaken There may be some additional requirements within radiation management plans. Code is not yet well developed and there may be other additional requirements that will need to be taken into account from the BSS.

ICRP 103
The key changes:
Radiation and tissue weighting factors Dose limit to lens of the eye Protection of the environment Exposure situations increased clarity in regard to the different exposure categories increased emphasis on optimisation and a system of dose constraints and reference levels as the primary means of ensuring protection

Radiation & Tissue Weighting Factors

RHC Statement - January 2010 Recommendations
Familiarise Commence using where practicable

Implementation issues?
Dont delay until adoption into RPS 1 Notify ARPANSA

Tissue Weighting Factors

Tissue or Organ ICRP 60 Tissue Weighting Factor, T
0.20 0.05 0.05

ICRP 103 Tissue Weighting Factor , T

0.08 0.12 0.04

Gonads Breast Bladder

Liver
Oesophagus Thyroid Brain (previously in remainder tissues

0.05
0.05 0.05 0.05

0.04
0.04 0.04 0.01

Salivary gland (not previously specified)

Remainder tissues

0.05

0.01
0.12

Radiation Weighting Factors

Neutrons now a continuous function of energy Impact dependent on use Not likely to impact moisture gauge users Will impact in reactor situations (ANSTO)
Protons - weighting factor reduced from 5 to 2 Pions included with a weighting factor of 2

Dose Limit to the Eye

ICRP Statement (April 2011)
For occupational exposure in planned exposure current dose limit is 150mSv New dose limit for the lens of the eye of 20 mSv in a year, averaged over defined periods of 5 years, with no single year exceeding 50 mSv

New limit will be implemented as part of this revision

Protection of the Environment

Increasing awareness of the vulnerability of the environment Need to demonstrate the environment is protected Can no longer assume on the basis of human radiological protection criteria. Environment will be a category of exposure

Existing Exposure Situations

Further work is still required to clarify some situations. Existing exposure situations that may be treated as planned exposure situations Aircrew exposure to cosmic radiation The BSS identifies that
the regulatory body or other relevant authority shall determine whether assessment of the exposure of aircrew due to cosmic radiation is warranted.

Assessment needs to be done

Emergency Exposure Situations

Changes will flow from ICRP 103/106 and the BSS The key changes will be:
a move away from the concept of intervention identification of a modified response framework with a stronger focus on Optimisation of protection. revised criteria for use in emergency preparedness and response. transition from an emergency to an existing exposure situation.

Will be taken into account when RPS 7 is reviewed.

RPS 1 Forum Impacts to medical exposures

Kent Gregory SA Radiation Pty Ltd www.saradiation.com.au ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Overview
The key changes flowing from ICRP that may impact on medical exposures:
Reduction in dose limit to the eye Increased focus on optimisation of dose

Changes to tissue weighting factors

Reduction in eye dose

Previous limit was based on acute high doses (e.g. A-bomb survivors) with short follow-up times

In 2008, IAEA initiated research examining ionising radiation and posterior subcapsular (psc) amongst cardiologists (RELID) psc incidence in cardiologists was 3.2 times higher than in controls

Image from https://rpop.iaea.org/rpop/rpop/content/news/relid-cataract-study.htm

Reduction in eye dose

ICRP now considers effect threshold to be 500mGy - previously 5Gy

ICRP eye limit is now 20mSv/year over 5 years (50mSv/year max) previously 150mSv/year
Based on the new limit the effect threshold could be reached within a working lifetime.

Quantifying eye dose

Assumed (wrongly?) that if whole body dose <<20mSv/y, eye dose <150mSv/y.
Doses of 0.014 to 4mSv per procedure have been implied/measured without protection.* RSOs will need to assess potential dose Dosimetry may be required

Direct measurement
Implied from phantoms/published data

* Radiation and Cataract, M. Rehani et al, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, July 2011

Image from http://www.inmed.com.au/radiation-detection.html, Unfors EDD

Optimisation of dose to patients

A recent study suggests eye doses for paediatric patients with multiple CT scans can approach ICRP limit* The normal tricks of eye dose reduction (gantry angulation, patient positioning) are more important than ever Something to highlight to radiographers
* Eye lens radiation exposure and repeated head CT scans: A problem to keep in mind, M.Michel et al, Eur J Radiology 2011

Optimisation of dose to patients

ICRP also warns that the absorbed dose threshold for circulatory disease may be as low as 500mGy to heart or brain Such doses may occur due to extended screening for complex procedures
Ensure practitioners are aware of this Optimisation of these procedures is paramount

Other changes
Notable TWF changes are gonads (0.2 to 0.08) and breast (0.05 to 0.12) This may need to be taken into consideration when undertaking some patient dose assessments Not expected that these changes will affect medical practices, since properly fitted lead garments would cover these organs of occupationally exposed persons

Summary of RPS1 impact to medical practices

Dose to the eye for some medical radiation practitioners will now require the attention of the RSO Cardiologists and other high fluoro users needs to be encouraged to use PPE (glasses) or ceiling suspended shields Greater focus on optimising patient tissues, in particular the eye, breast, brain and heart

RPS 1 Forum Protection of the environment

Che Doering Supervising Scientist Division
ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Content
Why include protection of the environment in RPS 1? The ICRP framework for protection of the environment Detail on protection of the environment to include in RPS 1

Potential impacts and opportunities

Current RPS 1 Recommendations

Current RPS 1 Recommendations are based on ICRP60, now superseded by ICRP103

National Directory

The need to develop guidance on

protection of non-human species

has been identified in the National Directory for Radiation Protection

Codes of Practice and Safety Guides

Codes and Safety Guides that aspire to protect the environment and non-human species include...
RPS9 Code of practice and safety guide for radiation protection and radioactive waste management in mining and mineral processing RPS16 Safety guide for the predisoposal management of radioactive waste RHS35 Code of practice for the near-surface disposal of radioactive waste in Australia

However, clear advice on demonstrating protection of the environment and non-human species is currently lacking

2007 Recommendations of the ICRP

Environmental protection objectives are primarily targeted at the population level

ICRP framework

Reference organisms
Hypothetical entities that provide a basis for the estimation of radiation dose rate to living organisms that are typical, or representative, of an impacted environment
Representative organism: A living organism that is typical of a contaminated environment

Reference organism: A numerical approximation of the representative organism which is used to calculate radiation dose rate

Environmental reference level

A dose rate increment to non-human species that an operator would plan not to exceed; a point of reference to optimise the level of effort expended on environmental protection
Dose rate increment (Gy h-1)
More concern

Consider issue

Optimise down

Less concern

Environmental reference level

Below concern

Revised RPS 1 Recommendations

Acknowledge that there are circumstances where it may be necessary to demonstrate rather than assume that the environment and nonhuman species are protected Identify the objectives of radiation protection of the environment Conceptual framework for assessing radiation impacts on the environment based on reference organisms and environmental reference levels

Potential impacts (1)

Increased expectation of non-human species assessments for certain practices releasing radionuclides to the environment
NOTE 1: Biota assessment tools based on the reference organism approach are available (e.g. ERICA, RESRAD-BIOTA) NOTE 2: Some operators are already using these tools to assess potential impacts to non-human species (e.g. ANSTO, U-mining companies) NOTE 3: There may be a need to collect site-specific data on radionuclide transfer to non-human species to ensure assessments are technically robust

Potential impacts (2)

Training and education need for those responsible to conduct assessments (i.e. operators) and those responsible to review assessments (i.e. regulators)
NOTE 1: May require development of a training course on radiation protection of the environment philosophy and use of assessment tools

Potential impacts (3)

A consistent national approach for radiation protection of the environment based on best international practice
NOTE 1: May require development of a safety guide on protection of the environment to provide additional practical advice to operators and regulators on environmental assessment considerations

RPS 1 Forum ICRP #103 and Existing Exposure Situations

A/Prof Brad Cassels Radiation Health Committee
ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Whats changed from ICRP 1990 to ICRP 2007?

ICRP 2007 identifies a core system of protection justification and optimisation - which can be applied to any situation of radiation exposure. The application of optimisation with reference levels places additional emphasis on the level of dose remaining after action has been taken; the intention of should be to select protective options that will result in a residual dose below the value of the reference level.

What are Existing Exposure Situations?

ICRP 103 defines existing exposure situations as situations that already exists when a decision on control has to be taken, including natural background radiation and residues from past practices that were operated outside the Commissions recommendations.

This now includes transition from an emergency to an existing exposure situation.

Cradle to grave comparison

Planned Existing Emergency

Release Management &/or Tolerance

Operation Assessment Acute Phase

Remediation Intervention Recovery

How might they arise?

Recovery=intervention=existing exposure
The post-acute phase of a radiation emergency is effectively an existing exposure situation Off-regulatory-book practices that create contamination Historical practices released by the regulators where subsequent findings reveal problems

How might they be dealt with?

Demonstrate that proposed remediation will do more good than harm Examine likely exposure situations in initial assessment of a newly identified legacy, during remediation period and after cessation of remediation works.

Long-term considerations need to be made with application of reference levels in the shorterterm and risk constraints in the longer term.

A possible control model

What laws exist to deal with health/environmental risks?

Comwealth/State/Territory Radiation Laws
Comwealth/State/Territory Environment Laws

Comwealth/State/Territory Occupational Health Laws Comwealth/State/Territory Mining Laws

Legacy site examples ...

Maralinga and Emu Nuclear Weapons Test Sites Minor Trials conducted outside ICRP controls spread weapons contents (non-fissile explosions)
Reference Level
Site or Circumstance Materials ICRP Type Involved Remediation Performed or Action Planned Removal of contaminated fragments and associated soils Post Remediation Dose Dose Constraint Applied No, some restricted fenced areas will remain

Maralinga and Emu, South Australia

Weapons grade plutonium

Existing requiring Intervention

5 mSv

Legacy site examples ...

Homes and driveways built on mineral sands waste fill

Reference Level
Site or Circumstance Homes built on Mineral Sands fill, Queensland Materials ICRP Type Involved Existing requiring Intervention Remediation Performed or Action Planned Post Remediation Dose Dose Constraint Applied

Monazite

Removal of sands

5 mSv

No

Legacy site examples ...

Site or Circumstance Abandoned Uranium Mines, South Alligator Valley

Materials ICRP Type Involved

Remediation Performed or Action Planned

Post Remediation Dose

Dose Constraint Applied No, but no buildings or excavations permitted

Uranium Mine Wastes

Burial of Existing contaminated requiring materials and Intervention addition of extra soil cover

Essentially background

Reference Level

Existing exposure examples ...

Radon surveyed Ozwide in 1990. Reference levels established by Radiation Health Committee
Reference Level
Site or Circumstance Materials Involved ICRP Type Remediation Performed or Action Planned Increased ventilation in rare cases Post Remediation Dose Dose Constraint Applied 200 Bq.m3 homes equates to 10 mSv p.a

Radon in homes and workplaces

radon

Existing requiring Optimisation

Existing exposure examples ...

Reference Level
Site or Circumstance Materials Involved ICRP Type Remediation Performed or Action Planned Post Remediation Dose Dose Constraint Applied

Fukushima

nuclear fuel Emergency cycle Restoration of morphing into materials access to essential Existing Caesium public and private requiring Strontium spaces Optimisation Iodine

Optimised

T.B.A

Further thoughts
Potential for inadvertent overlap and/or fragmentation of legislative controls split between authorities and/or jurisdictions. Planned practices are bound by dose limits; interventions are optimised via averted doses and now further constrained by optimisation targets according to ICRP Do Australian radiation laws require enhancement to permit greater clarity with respect to existing exposure situations?

Suggestions
Further work is required to clarify some situations Criteria for reference levels need to be established within Australia

Parallel to the Planned Practice Code there appears to be a need for an Existing Exposure document describing how ICRP 2007 requirements are to work within Australia. Similar material should be included in the National Directory for Radiation Protection to ensure consistency in the application of principles between jurisdictions.

Interactive session

What will these proposed changes mean for you and how will they affect your workplace?

RPS 1 Forum What happens next

Helen Topfer Best Practice Regulation ARPANSA

ARPS Conference 19 October 2011

Project steps...
Finalise drafts

Regulatory impact assessment

Consultation Revision and finalisation Approvals Gap analysis Implementation

Over lapping steps

3-5 year timeline

Regulatory impact assessment

Case for action already established

Data collection details of impact depend on contents of Code

Preliminary analysis of impacts leads to a regulatory impact statement (RIS)

Liaise with Office of Best Practice Regulation

Consultation
Practice specific working groups

Presentations and discussion at other conferences Survey/questionnaire

Public forum

RIS and draft documents released for public comment on ARPANSA website
Email notification of interested parties complete form

Approvals
Any document intended for inclusion as a regulatory requirement in the National Directory for Radiation Protection (NDRP) must go to Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) and Australian Health Ministers Conference (AHMC) for approval

Implementation
Gap analysis RPS publications (including NDRP) Timing will be important

Implementation will vary across jurisdictions

May need modification of legislation
Revised licence conditions

Education

We need your input

Working groups or provision of data

Notification of public consultation

Any questions / comment

Contact :
Best Practice Regulation, ARPANSA Email: [email protected]

Thank you
All speakers ARPS conference convenors

Members of the RPS 1 steering group and ARPANSA staff