ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

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• General
• Matters that the CEO will take into account when assessing an application
• The application of conditions of licence
• Issuing a Licence

General

• Once an application has been submitted the application will be examined to ensure that the application is in a form approved by the CEO of ARPANSA and is accompanied by the prescribed fee.
• The applicant will receive a letter of acknowledgment and matters that relate to the form of the application will be raised.
• Complete applications will be forwarded to a regulatory officer within ARPANSA for assessment.
• Where matters require clarification a regulatory officer will contact the applicant directly.
• The regulatory officer may also consider that an inspection is necessary and may contact the applicant to arrange for such an inspection.

Matters that the CEO will take into account when assessing an application

The ARPANS Act 1998 requires the CEO to take the following matters into account when assessing licence applications:

1. International best practice in radiation protection and nuclear safety.
2. Whether the application includes the information asked for by the CEO.
3. Whether the information establishes that the controlled apparatus, material or the conduct can be dealt with without undue risk to the health and safety of people, and the environment.
4. Whether the applicant has shown that there is a net benefit from dealing with the controlled apparatus, controlled material or controlled facility.
5. Whether the applicant has shown that the magnitude of individual doses, the number of people exposed and the likelihood that potential exposures will actually occur is as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), having regard to economic and social factors.
6. Whether the applicant has shown a capacity for complying with the regulations and the licence conditions that would be imposed under Section 35 of the Act.
7. Whether the application has been signed by the applicant.

Licence Conditions

In relation to licence conditions, the legislation provides that licences are subject to the following conditions:

1. conditions set out in the legislation;
2. conditions prescribed in the Regulations (Regulations 43-55);
3. conditions imposed by the CEO at the time of issuing the licence; and
4. any conditions imposed by the CEO as the result of an amendment to a licence.

The CEO may write to the licence holder at any time to amend a licence and to impose additional licence conditions or to remove or vary licence conditions that were previously imposed.

Issuing a Licence

The licence will be issued in the name of a Commonwealth Department or Agency.

All applicable licence conditions will be attached to the licence.

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