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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 2011) are:

Chair:

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

CEO of ARPANSA (Acting):

Mr Peter Burns (VIC)

Radiation Control Officers: (each State & Territory)

Mr Len Potapof (NSW) Manager, Radiation Policy Unit, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Dr Brad Cassels (VIC) Expert Advisor Radiation, Department of Health
Ms Hazel Upton (WA) Secretary, Radiological Council
Mr Simon Critchley (QLD) Director, Radiation Health Unit, Queensland Health
Dr Barbara Shields (TAS) Senior Health Physicist, Department of Health & Human Services
Mr Russell Robinson (NT) Manager Radiation Protection, Department of Health & Families
Ms Melissa Langhorne (ACT) Director, Environmental Health, ACT Health

Nuclear Safety Committee representative:

Mr Don Macnab (NSW), former Director, Regulatory & Policy Branch, ARPANSA

Person to represent the interests of the general public:

Dr Peter Karamoskos (VIC), radiologist & nuclear medicine specialist, nominated by Medical Association for Prevention of War

Other members:

Dr Roslyn Drummond (VIC) Deputy Director of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (RANZCR)
Prof Andrew W Wood (VIC) Brain Sciences Institute, Faculty of Life & Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology

 

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