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Radiation Safety Advice and Risk Evaluation
Radiation safety advice and risk evaluation services are available from ARPANSA
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Environmental Radiation
ARPANSA has the capability to assess the level and impact of ionising radiation, from natural and man-made materials, on public health and the environment.
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Medical Exposure
While the radiation risk to the individual from a radiology procedure is very small, the consequent population risk from the steadily inreasing number of radiology procedures is not negligible. ARPANSA offers a range of diagnostic imaging dose assessments and investigations to support the dose minimisation of the Australian public.
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Radiopharmaceuticals
Advice and scientific services are provided in relation to radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine. A Radiopharmaceutical Quality Assurance Test Program is conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ARPANSA and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). As part of this MOU radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine in Australia are tested for compliance with specifications.
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Solar UVR Radiation
For most outdoor workers the sun is the predominant source of UVR exposure. Without adequate protection or control measures the levels of solar UVR exposure may exceed the UVR limits set out in ARPANSA's Radiation Protection Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation (2006). The solar UVR exposure of outdoor workers can be measured by the UVR Section at ARPANSA.
Artificial UVR Radiation
There are many types of artificial UVR sources used in industry and some may generate sufficient UVR emissions in the 200 to 400nm wavelength region to be a human health hazard. The UVR hazard of a potential source cannot be based on the level of visible light emissions, as some UVR sources radiate only a faint visible light and still emit high levels of UVR. The UVR Section at ARPANSA can make traceable radiometric or spectral measurements of unknown sources and provide a hazard assessment of their UVR emissions.
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