RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL ACT 1982
Notice by Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation
Approvals Pursuant to Part 2, Division 4 of the Radiation Protection and Control (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2015 – Personal Radiation Monitoring Devices
PURSUANT to Part 2, Division 4 of the Radiation Protection and Control (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2015, I, Amanda Fortanier, Team Leader, Radiation Health, Radiation Protection Branch of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), being a person to whom the powers of the Minister under that section have been delegated under the Act, approve the personal radiation monitoring devices issued by Thermo Fisher Scientific listed in column 1 of the Schedule below for detecting and measuring external exposure to the type of ionising radiations listed in column 2 of the Schedule, subject to the following conditions:
- all measurements must remain traceable to Australian standards, or international standards in the absence of an Australian standard; and
- relevant NATA or equivalent accreditation of the measurement system must be maintained; and
- the approved personal radiation monitoring devices are to be used in accordance with any instructions given by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The Schedule
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
EPD Mk2+ |
gamma, X-ray |
RadEye PRD-ER |
gamma |
RadEye GN+ |
gamma, thermal neutron |
Dated: 16 March 2018
A. J. Fortanier
Delegate of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation