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Health (Radiation Safety) (Interim) Regulations 1994

Jurisdiction Australia - Victoria
Year 1994
Published in English
Source In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 28p. (pages numbered 62,781 - 62,844). Illus.
Serial number CCH Australia - 68-000
Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Victoria, ionizing radiation, radiation protection, radioactive sources
[Secondary] TLV list, classification, danger symbols, law, list of radioactive substances, notification of dangerous substances, personnel monitoring
Subject category Physical hazards
Abstract These Regulations concerning protection of persons and the environment from ionizing radiation were issued under the Health Act 1958 (CIS 92-1054). They replace the Health (Radiation Safety) Regulations 1984 (CIS 92-1077), its various amendments and some related regulations. They cover: definitions; radioactive substances; notification provisions; licences; registrations; classification of radioactive sources; radiation safety testing; exemptions; general safety precautions; control of patient dose; personal monitoring; medical examinations; transport of radioactive substances; disposal of radioactive waste; enforcement. In the schedules: maximum amounts of radioactive substances exempt from the Regulations; radiation and tissue weighting factors; radiation warning symbol; maximum concentrations of radioactive elements in air and water above natural background; radiation protection limits (occupational and public).
CIS No. 94-1820
Database ID 63490

 

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