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IRPA16 Organizing Committee has decided to extend the abstract submission deadline to December 1, 2023 (https://burkclients.com/IRPA/2024/site/call_for_papers.html).

 

The International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, IRPA16, will take place 7-12 July, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, USA, with the theme “Radiation Harmonization: Standing United for Protection”.

The IAEA's transport regulations SSR-6 (Rev.1) have established A1 and A2 values to contain package contents within acceptable radiological consequences after an accident, aligning with radiological protection principles.

This necessitated a review to incorporate the latest ICRP dose coefficients, international standards, and calculation techniques, while addressing issues surrounding Q value limits and progeny treatment. The objective is to provide a scientifically sound analysis of the impact of 'A' value changes.

Please see the full article here:
https://consult.arpansa.gov.au/hub/a1anda2revision/

The 1st Call for Papers for IRPA 16 is now open for all interested participants. 

The ‘Call for Papers’ can be found on the front page of the IRPA 16 website and also available on IRPA.net

http://burkclients.com/IRPA/2024/site/index.html

https://www.irpa.net/

IRPA is conducting a survey on the Public Understanding of Radiation and Risk and has requested society members to participate.

Please find below both a word document and a link for the survey. The word document is provided if you can not access the link.

The survey should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.

The output of this survey will be used to help inform the future activities of IRPA Task Group on Public Understanding of Radiation and Risk.

The survey is now on-line: https://forms.gle/YVfKj1SMSDincQH69

The survey word format: Survey from the IRPA Task Group on Public Understanding

For word documents, please return to Brent (secretary@arps.org.au) and he will collate and send to IRPA.

The deadline for answering the survey is August 31st, 2023, so any word documents, please return to me by 24^th August.

 Thank you very much

Click the button below if you or a colleague have interest in becoming a mentee for:

Task Group 103 - Mesh-type Reference Computational Phantoms

 OR

 Task Group 126 - Radiological Protection in Human Biomedical Research

The first CRREI atom newsletter has just been posted and can be found here:

https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?u=61982b25fae24953365aed1d0&id=7ac46656f6

The Phoenix Leaders Education Program is recruiting new students.

 The October 2023 admission process for the 'Phoenix Leader Education Program for Renaissance after a Radioactive Disaster' of Hiroshima University has begun.

 Program officials expect and accept outstanding students from around the world who wish to take on responsibilities in the management of possible future radioactive disasters.

 Academically, the interdisciplinary and practical program is based on the experiences and achievements of Hiroshima University in support after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs.

 The program aims to train personnel with the necessary skills to protect human health against radiological risks and also protect the environment and society against radioactivity.

 The 4-5 year integrated program is designed to develop interdisciplinary and comprehensive global leaders (Phoenix Leaders) capable of acting appropriately in circumstances of radiation risk and contributing to the restoration of post-disaster situations based on a clear philosophy.

 For more information on the program visit http://phoenixprogramlp.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/

Dear IRPA Associate Society Presidents and colleagues

From IRPA, we are pleased to inform you that IRPA Bulletin Issue #36 has already been posted on the IRPA website

https://irpa.net/members/54592/%7B479EF2B4-0FE4-47A9-AEAA-7BB65828F3A4%7D/IRPA%20Bulletin%2036%20(English).pdf

IRPA is pleased to inform on the First IRPA International Webinar: News on IRPA Task Groups. Webinar hosted in coordination with the Health Physics Society (HPS).

The webinar will be on Thursday July 7, 2022, from 01:00 p.m. CET to 03:00 p.m. CET. Please, save the date!

Registration Link –

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8703493675260593167

Very soon there will be more information.

COURT NOTICE University of Sydney pleads guilty and is convicted for offences against the Radiation Control Act 1990 and the Radiation Control Regulation 2013. The University of Sydney (“the University”) has pleaded guilty and been convicted by the Land and Environment Court of NSW for offences under section 6(6) of the Radiation Control Act 1990 (“RC Act”) and clause 34(1) of the Radiation Control Regulation 2013. The convictions relate to an incident which occurred in January 2019 in which the University engaged a contractor to decommission and dispose of a positron emission tomography scanner which contained a sealed radioactive caesium- 137 source (“the Source”). The University was required to obtain consent from the EPA’s Chairperson to dispose of the Source, and to ensure that it was not given to or possessed by any person who did not hold an appropriate licence. It did not do so. The Source was transported from the University’s premises in Camperdown NSW to a scrap metal yard in Chipping Norton NSW by a company which was not licensed under the RC Act to transport it. The Source was subsequently sent from Chipping Norton to another scrap metal yard in Hexham NSW, where it was detected via a radiation alarm and reported to the EPA. No actual harm was caused to the environment or any person as a result of the offences and the Source remained in its protective casing at all times. There is no suggestion the offences were intentional or caused by negligence or recklessness. The University was prosecuted by the EPA and pleaded guilty to the two offences. On 14 April 2022 the Court ordered the University to: 1.   pay a fine of $61,000 with 50% of the fine to be paid to the EPA as a moiety; 2.   pay the EPA’s legal costs as agreed or assessed; and 3.   cause this notice to be published in the Sydney Morning Herald, the ARPS Quarterly Newsletter, on its website and posted on Facebook. The Court’s judgement can be accessed here: Environment Protection Authority v University of Sydney - NSW Caselaw.