ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

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• Review of Issues Related to the Management of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste in Australia

  The Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council provided advice to the CEO after conducting a scoping review of issues related to the management of intermediate level radioactive waste in Australia. See the Council's advice and the CEO's response.

• Comments from ARPANSA on Interphone Study on mobile phones

  ARPANSA welcomes the publication of the first complete results from the multinational INTERPHONE study into whether there are links between certain brain tumors and mobile phone use.

current activities

• Electromagnetic Radiation Literature Survey

  A monthly survey of literature related to electromagnetic fields and health.

• Fact sheet about the ultraviolet radiation (UVR) emissions from compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).

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• Learn about radiation from mobile phones
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• Report a health concern related to possible exposure to EMR fields
• See an index of fact sheets

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