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Radiation Health Committee

The role of the Radiation Health Committee is to advise the CEO and the Radiation Health & Safety Advisory Council on matters relating to radiation protection, including formulating draft national policies, codes and standards for consideration by the Commonwealth, States and Territories.

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Membership of the RHC

The members of the committee, who have been appointed for a three year term (to 31 December 2014) are:

Chair:

Mr Keith Baldry (SA), Director, Regulation and Compliance, Environment Protection Authority

CEO of ARPANSA:

Dr Carl-Magnus Larsson (NSW)

Radiation Control Officers: (each State & Territory)

Mr Ross Bevan (ACT), Manager Radiation Safety, Health Protection Service, ACT Health Directorate
Associate Professor Brad Cassels (VIC), Expert Advisor Radiation, Department of Health
Mr Simon Critchley (Qld), A/Senior Director, Environmental Health Branch, Queensland Health
Mr Len Potapof (NSW), Head of Radiation Regulation, Office of Environment and Heritage, Dept of Premier and Cabinet
Mr Russell Robinson (NT), Manager Radiation Protection, Department of Health
Dr Barbara Shields (TAS), Senior Health Physicist, Department of Health & Human Services
Ms Hazel Upton (WA), Managing Health Physicist, Radiation Health Unit, Department of Health

Nuclear Safety Committee representative:

NSC representative yet to be appointed.

Person to represent the interests of the general public:

Dr Peter Karamoskos (VIC), radiologist & nuclear medicine specialist
(Contact the RHC public representative)

Other members:

Dr Roslyn Drummond (VIC), Deputy Director of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Mr Andrew Kerans (VIC), Executive Manager Spectrum Planning Branch, Australian Communications and Media Authority

 

 

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