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ARPANSA signs cooperative agreement with Dutch ANVS

1 October 2018

On 19 September 2018, at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, ARPANSA’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gillian Hirth, alongside the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS), Marco Brugmans, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).

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ARPANSA is installing a new medical linear accelerator (linac)

10 September 2018

ARPANSA has been busy building a new bunker in preparation for the installation of a new, state-of-the-art medical linear accelerator (linac)

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ARPANSA issues a direction to ANSTO

6 September 2018

On 29 June 2018, the CEO of ARPANSA, Dr Carl-Magnus Larsson, issued the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation with a direction under section 41(1A) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998.

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ARPANSA establishing radiation monitoring network

26 July 2018

We are establishing a network of radiation detectors to monitor Australian ports to assist in the national preparedness for a visiting nuclear-powered warship accident.

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New international draft guidelines on radiofrequency fields

13 July 2018

The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection has published draft guidelines for public consultation. ARPANSA is revising its Radiofrequency Standard and will consider the ICNIRP guidelines in this process.

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Cancer prevalence among aircrew compared with the general public

4 July 2018

Aircrew are exposed to elevated levels of cosmic radiation while flying at high altitudes. A recent study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the United States found that the prevalence of certain cancers in flight attendants was higher than the general population.

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Do mobile phones cause ageing to the human skin?

20 June 2018

An article published in the Daily Mail Australia on 18 June 2018, reports that using a mobile phone can be as damaging on your skin as being out in the sun. It is concerning that the exposure from smartphones has been compared to the same time spent in the sun.

Participants of the Regional Training Course on Radiochemical Analysis of Marine Environmental Samples

ARPANSA hosts course in helping understand our oceans

12 June 2018

Starting on Monday 4 June and continuing this week, ARPANSA, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, hosts a Regional Training Course on Radiochemical Analysis of Marine Environmental Samples.

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ARPANSA hosts international workshop on national dose registries

28 May 2018

On 24-25 May 2018, ARPANSA and the International Atomic Energy Agency hosted an Asia-Pacific region workshop on the Establishment and Maintenance of a National Dose Registry for those who work with radiation as part of their jobs.

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ARPANSA sponsors international congress on radiation protection

21 May 2018

We are a proud bronze sponsor of the fifth Asian and Oceanic International Radiation Protection Association Regional Congress on Radiation Protection (AOCRP5), hosted in Melbourne this week.

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ARPANSA issues ‘licence to operate’ for ANSTO’s Mo-99 facility

12 April 2018

ARPANSA’s CEO, Dr Carl-Magnus Larsson has issued a licence to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to operate the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) Facility (the ANM Facility).

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Radiation exposure of a worker at ANSTO Health – report to Parliament

27 February 2018

On Monday 26 February 2018 a report by the CEO of ARPANSA, Dr Carl-Magnus Larsson, was tabled in Parliament addressing the radiation exposure of a worker at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Health radiopharmaceuticals production facility at Lucas Heights.

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US National Toxicology Program mobile phone radiofrequency radiation study

7 February 2018

A series of animal studies on mobile phone radiofrequency radiation and health have been conducted over two years by the United States Department of Health and Human Services National Toxicology Program.

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How will the new dose coefficients for radon progeny affect your doses?

5 February 2018

The International Commission on Radiological Protection have re-evaluated how they estimate lung cancer risk for exposure to radon progeny and doubled its estimate of risk from exposure.

We are hiring

We are hiring - Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Regulatory Services Branch

2 February 2018

We are hiring for the position of Chief Regulatory Officer and Head of Regulatory Services Branch.

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The results are in: our performance as a regulator

10 January 2018

We have a commitment to good regulatory practice, so each year we self-assess our performance as a regulator. We’re doing better every year. You can now read our self-assessment for the last financial year, 2016-17.

We've updated our UV charts

15 December 2017

We've updated our UV charts to load faster and set your default location.

The European radioactive cloud - what you need to know

27 November 2017

Radioactive ruthenium detected in the air throughout Europe in late September 2017 poses no risk to the health of people or the environment.

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