ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

RHSAC Publications

• Provisional Agenda and Arrangements for Public Consultation for Council Meetings
• Summaries of the Radiation Health & Safety Advisory Council Meetings
• Radiation Health & Safety Advisory Council statements
• Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Australia

Functions of the Council

The Council has the following functions:

• to identify emerging issues relating to radiation protection and nuclear safety and to advise the CEO on them;
• to examine matters of major concern to the community in relation to radiation protection and nuclear safety and to advise the CEO on them;
• to advise the CEO on the adoption of recommendations, policies, codes and standards in relation to radiation protection and nuclear safety;
• to advise the CEO, at the CEO's request, on other matters relating to radiation protection and nuclear safety;
• to advise the CEO on such other matters relating to radiation protection and nuclear safety as the Council considers appropriate;
• to report to the CEO on matters relating to radiation protection and nuclear safety.

Membership of the Council

Council members for the 2009-2011 triennium are:

Chair:

Ms Sylvia Kidziak AM (NSW), occupational health, safety and environment consultant

CEO of ARPANSA (Acting):

Mr Peter Burns (Vic)

Radiation Control Officers:

Mr Simon Critchley (QLD), Director, Radiation Health Unit, Queensland Health
Mr Keith Baldry (SA), Director, Regulation and Compliance Division, Environment Protection Authority

Person to represent the interests of the general public:

Em Prof Ian Lowe AO (QLD), Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Griffith University and President, Australian Conservation Foundation

Nominee of the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory:

Mr Ian Lancaster (NT), Director, Water Management Branch, Dept of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts

Up to 7 other Members:

Ms Margaret Conley (NSW), retired public health professional
Dr Denise Wheeler (QLD), radiation protection adviser, retired from UK nuclear industry
Ms Jill Fitch (SA), retired health physicist & radiation protection regulator
Assoc Prof Graeme Morgan (NSW), Radiation Oncologist, Royal North Shore Hospital
Dr Peter Glazebrook (VIC), Principal Adviser, Health Safety & Environment, Rio Tinto
Prof. John Kaldor (NSW), Head of Public Health Programs and Professor of Epidemiology, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research

There is one (1) vacancy on Council.

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