ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

The following topics provide an informative foundation for your understanding of radiation protection and nuclear safety. Within the topics there are many links to other parts of the ARPANSA website, websites hosted by others and a glossary of terms.

• What is radiation?
  • Understanding Radiation
  • Atomic structure
  • Radioactivity
  • Ionising and Non-Ionising radiation
  • Units for measuring radiation
• ionising radiation
  • Alpha particles
  • Beta particles
  • Gamma rays
  • X-rays
  • Other types of radioactive decay
  • Health effects of ionising radiation
• Non ionising radiation
  • Ultraviolet radiation
  • Lasers
  • Radiofrequency radiation
  • Extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields
• Regulation
  • Australia's regulatory framework
  • ARPANSA's advisory framework
  • Developing radiation protection standards and codes of practice
  • Uniformity in control of radiation sources and nuclear facilities
• Managing radioactive materials and waste
• Radiological emergency response
• Major projects by ARPANSA
  • Comprehensive test ban treaty
  • Maralinga site clean-up
• Glossary of terms

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