ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Contact for media enquiries:

Alan Mason, Communication and Education Support Officer,
Tel: +61 3 9433 2429, Fax: +61 3 9432 1835

Alternative media contact - David Tredinnick,
Manager Government Liaison, Tel: +61 2 9541 8312,
Mob: +61 404 045 870, (or within Australia 0404 045 870),
Fax: +61 2 9541 8314

Email:  media@arpansa.gov.au

---

To subscribe, copy and paste the URL into your RSS reader. For more information visit the RSS information page.

 http://www.arpansa.gov.au/News/rss/arpmedia.rss

---

Continuous Update
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/JapanAdvisory.cfm
Advice on Exposure to Radiation arising from the Nuclear Accident in Japan.

16 November 2011
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/2011/prn201126.html
From 7 to 15 November 2011, the IAEA with a panel of international experts reviewed ARPANSA's progress in implementing the recommendations and suggestions made in the original mission held in 2007. The IAEA press release describes the outcomes of the review meeting.

7 July 2011
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_070711.cfm
Executive summary of report on ARPANSA's handling of safety incidents at ANSTO

23 June 2011
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_230611.cfm
Statement by ARPANSA on Inspection of Cars at Port Kembla

10 June 2011
http://minister2.ret.gov.au/MediaCentre/MediaReleases/Pages/ImprovedSafetyforUraniumWorkers.aspx
Improved Safety for Uranium Workers - Launch of the Australian National Radiation Dose Register. See Joint Press Release issued by the Hon Martin Ferguson, Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism; and the Hon Catherine King, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Ageing.

3 June 2011
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_030611.cfm
Statement on IARC announcement on classification of radiofrequency.

4 February 2011
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr11-ck-ck004.htm
Launch of the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service - The Hon Catherine King MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, today launched the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service at ARPANSA's Yallambie campus.

11 November 2010
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_111110.cfm
Notice of Public Forum - The CEO of ARPANSA has announced a public forum to receive oral submissions on the application from ANSTO for a facility licence to decommission the National Medical Cyclotron at Camperdown, NSW.

5 November 2010
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_051110.cfm
Application to decommission National Medical Cyclotron - The CEO intends to make a decision on a facility licence application from ANSTO to decommission the National Medical Cyclotron in Camperdown, NSW and invites public submissions on the application by 10 December 2010.

28 September 2010
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_280910.cfm
Earlier this year, the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council accepted the Commonwealth's offer to fund the establishment of the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service to be located within the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.

17 May 2010
http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/MediaReleases/mr1_170510.cfm
Comments from ARPANSA on Interphone Study on mobile phones

Top of Page