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- British nuclear weapons testing in Australia
- Broadcast towers and health
- CT imaging and children
- CT scans for children - Information for referrers
- CT scans for children - What parents should know
- Compact fluorescent lights and health
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- Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
- Flying and health: Cosmic radiation exposure for casual flyers and aircrew
- How is scientific evidence assessed?
- How to reduce exposure from mobile phones and other wireless devices
- Improving eye safety in Image Guided Interventional Procedures (IGIP)
- Ionising radiation and health
- Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) sources
- Laser hazards and safety
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- Mobile phones and health
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- Radon exposure and health
- Radon map of Australia
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- Solar eclipse and health
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- Sun exposure and health
- Sun protection using clothing
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- The Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
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- Outcomes from the ARPANSA source inspection program: Baggage X-ray units
- Outcomes from the ARPANSA source inspection program: Laboratories using radioactive sources
- Outcomes from the ARPANSA source inspection program: Laser apparatus
- Outcomes from the ARPANSA source inspection program: Ultraviolet apparatus
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- ANSTO Health Products (R21/02782)
- Australian Antarctic Division – Polar Medicine Unit (AAD-PMU) Kingston, Macquarie Island Subantarctic Tasmania & Davis Station Antarctica (R21/09765)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights
- Department of Home Affairs – Australian Border Force, Australian Border Force Cutter (ABFC) Ocean Shield (R21/09756)
- Inspection report: ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM), Lucas Heights, (R21/10854)
- Inspection report: ANSTO OPAL Reactor, Lucas Heights, (R21/12455)
- Inspection report: ANSTO, Camperdown, 8-9 December 2020
- Inspection report: ANSTO, OPAL Reactor, 7–8 December 2020
- Inspection report: ANSTO, Waste Operations, Lucas Heights, (R21/06344)
- Inspection report: ARPANSA Medical Radiation Science Branch (MRSB), Yallambie, Victoria (R21/09554)
- Inspection report: Australian Federal Police, ACT, 9-10 September 2020
- Inspection report: Australian Federal Police, VIC, 3 December 2020
- Inspection report: Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Physics, ACT, 2 December 2020
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (R21/01855)
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (R21/02055)
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Nuclear Forensics Laboratory, Lucas Heights (R21/04649)
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights (R21/02066)
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 10 December 2020
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, 7-11 December 2020
- Inspection report: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (R21/01593)
- Inspection report: Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd (ASC), SA, 5 November 2020
- Inspection report: Australian War Memorial (AWM) (R21/01987)
- Inspection report: CSIRO Business Infrastructure Services (CBIS), Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), South Australia, 10 November 2020
- Inspection report: CSIRO Minerals Resources, ACT, 3-4 December 2020
- Inspection report: Department of Agriculture And Water Resources (DAWR), Norfolk Island (R21/05729)
- Inspection report: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, NT, 12-13 and 26 October 2020
- Inspection report: Department of Defence and Australian Defence Force (Defence), Defence Base in South Australia, 9 November 2020
- Inspection report: Department of Defence and the Australian Defence Force, Western Australia (R21/06336)
- Inspection report: Department of Home Affairs (no. R20-09321)
- Inspection report: Department of Home Affairs - Australian Border Force, Norfolk Island (R21/05730)
- Inspection report: Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force), ADV Ocean Protector (R21/06970)
- Inspection report: Department of Home Affairs, Brisbane, QLD (R21/13131)
- Inspection report: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, NIHRACS (R21/05693)
- Inspection report: Director of National Parks (R20/10510)
- Inspection report: Geoscience Australia (no. R20-09362)
- Inspection report: National Archives of Australia (R20/09268)
- Inspection report: National Gallery of Australia (NGA) (R21/01962)
- Inspection report: The Australian Synchrotron (AS), Clayton, Victoria (R19/07266)
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- Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (Rev. 1) (RPS S-1)
- Code for radiation protection in planned exposure situations (Rev. 1) (RPS C-1)
- Code for the safe transport of radioactive material (RPS C-2) (Rev. 1)
- Code for Disposal Facilities for Solid Radioactive Waste (RPS C-3)
- Radiation protection standard for maximum exposure levels to radiofrequency fields - 3 kHz to 300 GHz (RPS 3)
- Code of Radiation Protection Requirements for Industrial Radiography (RPS C-4)
- Code of practice and safety guide for portable density/moisture gauges containing radioactive sources (RPS 5)
- Code for radiation protection in medical exposure (RPS C-5)
- Code for Disposal of Radioactive Waste by the User (RPS C-6)
- Code of practice for the exposure of humans to ionizing radiation for research purposes (RPS 8)
- Code of practice and safety guide for radiation protection and radioactive waste management in mining and mineral processing (RPS 9)
- Code of practice and safety guide for radiation protection in dentistry (RPS 10)
- Code of practice for security of radioactive sources (RPS 11)
- Radiation protection standard for occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation (RPS 12)
- Code of practice and safety guide for safe use of fixed radiation gauges (RPS 13)
- Code of practice for radiation protection in the medical applications of ionizing radiation (RPS 14)
- Code of practice & safety guide for radiation protection in veterinary medicine (RPS 17)
- Code of practice for radiation protection in the application of ionizing radiation by chiropractors (RPS 19)
- Guides and recommendations
- Guide for Radiation Protection of the Environment (RPS G-1)
- Guide for Radiation Protection in Existing Exposure Situations (RPS G-2)
- Guide for Radiation Protection in Emergency Exposure Situations (RPS G-3)
- Guide for Classification of Radioactive Waste (RPS G-4)
- Recommendations for the discharge of patients undergoing treatment with radioactive substances (RPS 4)
- Safety guide for monitoring, assessing and recording occupational radiation doses in mining and mineral processing (RPS 9.1)
- Safety guide for radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology (RPS 14.1)
- Safety guide for radiation protection in nuclear medicine (RPS 14.2)
- Safety guide for radiation protection in radiotherapy (RPS 14.3)
- Safety guide for the management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) (RPS 15)
- Safety guide for the predisposal management of radioactive waste (RPS 16)
- Safety guide for the use of radiation in schools (RPS 18)
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- Current Australian diagnostic reference levels
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- Publications
- Nuclear Medicine DRL survey 2021-2022
- Wi-fi in schools measurement study
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- Australian Radon Action Plan
- Electromagnetic Energy Program
- ARPANSA EME Program Action Plan 2020-2024
- Electromagnetic Energy Research
- 5G mobile networks and health—a state-of-the-science review of the research into low-level RF fields above 6 GHz
- Meta-analysis of in vitro and in vivo studies of the biological effects of low-level millimetre waves
- Mobile phone use and trends in the incidence of cancers of the parotid and other salivary glands
- Radiofrequency Fields and Calcium Movements Into and Out of Cells
- The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A protocol for a systematic review of human observational studies
- The effect of long-term radiofrequency exposure on cognition in human observational studies: A protocol for a systematic review
- What evidence exists on the impact of anthropogenic radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on animals and plants in the environment? A systematic map protocol
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- Part 1: CEO foreword
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- Part 3: Report on financial performance
- Case study 1 - ARPANSA leads the way as a SunSmart workplace
- Case study 2 - ANSTO Nuclear Medicine licence to operate
- Case study 3 - Our role in the proposed National Radioactive Waste Management Facility project
- Case study 4 - LearnHub: an innovative way to expand ARPANSA’s capabilities
- Part 4: Management and accountability
- Part 4: Management and accountability - Human resources
- Part 5: Financial statements
- Part 6: Appendix 1 - ARPANSA licensing activities
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- Part 7: Index
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- Annual Report 2016-17
- Letter of transmittal
- Reader's guide
- Acknowledgement of Country
- ARPANSA snapshot
- Part 1: CEO foreword
- Part 2: Agency overview
- Part 3: Report on performance
- Part 3: Report on financial performance
- Case study 1 - ARPANSA’s website
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- Case study 3 - Ultraviolet Radiation Services
- Case study 4 - ConvEx-3: ARPANSA’s part in an international nuclear emergency exercise
- Part 4: Management and accountability
- Part 4: Management and accountability - Human resources
- Part 5: Financial statements
- Part 6 - Appendix 1: ARPANSA licensing activities
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- Part 7: Index
- List of compliance
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- Annual Report 2015-16
- Letter of Transmittal
- Reader's guide
- ARPANSA Snapshot
- Part 1: CEO Foreword
- Part 2: Agency Overview
- Part 3: Report on performance
- Part 3: Report on financial performance
- Case study 1 - The ACDS
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- Part 4: Management and Accountability
- Part 5: Financial statements
- Part 6 - Appendix 1: ARPANSA licencing activities
- Appendix 2: Operations of RHSAC and Committees
- Part 7: Index
- List of compliance
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- Annual Report 2014-15
- Letter of Transmittal
- Part 1: CEO's Review
- Part 2: Agency Overview
- Part 3.1: Public, workers and environment
- Part 3.2: Radiological & nuclear safety & security
- Part 3.3: Ionising radiation in medicine
- Part 3.4: Regulation and enforcement activities
- Part 3.5: Stakeholder engagement
- Part 3.6: Discussion on financial performance
- Part 4: Management and Accountability
- Appendix 1: Stakeholder Engagement
- Appendix 2: Work Health and Safety
- Appendix 3: Information Publication Scheme
- Appendix 4: Advertising and market research
- Appendix 5: Ecologically sustainable development
- Appendix 6: Legal services directions
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- Appendix 10: Publications
- Appendix 11: Financial Statements
- Appendix 12: Index of Compliance
- Reader guides
- Copyright and Contact Details
- Annual Report 2013-14
- Letter of Transmittal
- Part 1: CEO's Review
- Part 2: Agency Overview
- Part 3.1: Report on Performance
- Part 3.2: Report on Performance
- Part 3.3: Report on Performance
- Part 3.4: Stakeholder engagement
- Part 3.5: International engagement
- Part 3.6: Discussions and analysis of financial performance
- Part 4: Management and Accountability
- Appendix 1: Stakeholder Engagement
- Appendix 2: Work Health and Safety
- Appendix 3: Information Publication Scheme
- Appendix 4: Advertising and market research
- Appendix 5: Ecologically sustainable development
- Appendix 6: Legal services directions
- Appendix 7: ARPANSA licensing activities
- Appendix 8: Operations of Council and Committees
- Appendix 9: ANAO recommendations
- Appendix 10: Publications
- Appendix 11: Financial Statements
- Appendix 12: Index of Compliance
- Reader guides
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- Annual Report 2012-13
- Letter of Transmittal
- Our Agency
- Part 1: Review by the CEO
- Part 2: Agency Overview
- Part 3: Report on Performance
- Part 4: Management and Accountability
- Appendix 1: Stakeholder Engagement
- Appendix 2: Work Health and Safety
- Appendix 3: Information Publication Scheme
- Appendix 4: Advertising and market research
- Appendix 5: Ecologically sustainable development
- Appendix 6: Legal services directions
- Appendix 7: ARPANSA licensing activities
- Appendix 8: Operations of Council and Committees
- Appendix 9: Publications
- Appendix 10: Financial Statements
- Appendix 11: Index of Compliance
- Reader guides
- Printing and Contact Details
- Annual Report 2011-12
- Letter of Transmittal
- Our Agency
- Part 1: Review by the CEO
- Part 2: Agency Overview
- Part 3: Report on Performance
- Part 4 Management and Accountability
- Appendix 1: Work Health and Safety
- Appendix 2: Information Publication Scheme
- Appendix 3: Advertising and market research
- Appendix 4: Ecologically sustainable development
- Appendix 5: Legal services directions
- Appendix 6: ARPANSA licensing activities
- Appendix 7: Operations of Council and Committees
- Appendix 8: Publications
- Appendix 9: Financial Statements
- Appendix 10 Index of Compliance
- Reader guide
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- Quarterly Report - July to September 2021
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- Quarterly Report - April to June 2019
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