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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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The members of the committee, who have been appointed for a three year term, are:

Chair:

Mr Simon Critchley (QLD), Director, Radiation Health Unit, Dept of Health

CEO of ARPANSA (Acting):

Mr Peter Burns (VIC)

Radiation Control Officers: (each State & Territory)

Mr Len Potapof (NSW), Manager, Radiation Policy Unit, Dept of Environment and Climate Change
Dr Brad Cassels (VIC), Public Health Branch, Dept of Human Services
Ms Hazel Upton (WA), Secretary, Radiological Council
Mr Russell Robinson (NT), Manager Radiation Protection, Dept of Health and Families
Dr Barbara Shields (TAS), Senior Health Physicist, Dept of Health & Human Services
Mr Keith Baldry (SA), Director, Radiation Protection Division, Environment Protection Authority
ACT - currently vacant

Nuclear Safety Committee representative:

Mr Jim Hondros (VIC)

Person to represent the interests of the general public:

Vacant

Other members:

Dr Ros Drummond (VIC), Deputy Director of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Prof Andrew Wood (VIC), Senior Lecturer in Biophysical Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology

 

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