Request for Comment on Draft Standard for Dosimetry Service Providers

Closes 7 Feb 2025

Opened 16 Dec 2024

Overview

ARPANSA’s Radiation Health Committee has prepared a draft Standard for Dosimetry Service Providers that it would like feedback on before it is implemented as a voluntary industry standard. This document stipulates standards for dosemeters and dosimetry service providers regarding quality, performance, information management, record keeping and reporting.  

It was identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), when they reviewed Australia’s radiation regulations in 2018, that there needs to be a national standard for dosimetry service providers. This is to encourage each provider to be guided by the same set of principles to ensure consistent service provision and comprehensive monitoring of occupational radiation exposures in Australia.

This Standard will first be published as a voluntary standard in the Radiation Protection Series (RPS) as RPS S-3 the Standard for Radiation Dosimetry Service Providers, with a view to later establishing an independent accreditation mechanism to support regulatory implementation.

The Radiation Health Committee drafted this document in consultation with industry experts and Australia’s state and territory radiation regulators including ARPANSA who operate a dosimetry service – the Personal Radiation Monitoring Service.

Consultation will be open for wider public feedback from 16 December 2024 to 7 February 2025.

All submissions will be held in a register of submissions, and unless marked confidential, may be made public.

The Radiation Health Committee contains representatives from each of the state and territory radiation regulators and provides recommendations to the CEO of ARPANSA on matters relating to radiation protection, and also formulates draft national policies, codes and standards for consideration by the Commonwealth, states and territories.

Why your views matter

It is envisaged that the requirements set forth in this standard will be enforced under the relevant radiation protection acts for each jurisdiction. These are:

  • Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (Commonwealth)
  • Radiation Protection Act 2006 (ACT)
  • Protection from Harmful Radiation Regulation 2013 (NSW)
  • Radiation Protection Act 2004 (NT)
  • Radiation Safety Act 1999 (QLD)
  • Radiation Protection and Control Act 2021 (SA)
  • Radiation Protection Act 2005 (Tas)
  • Radiation Act 2005 (Vic)
  • Radiation Safety Act 1975 (WA)