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Once again in 2021 we are offering STA members the opportunity to apply for eight scholarships to attend the 21st-anniversary Science meets Parliament.

Science meets Parliament brings Australian scientists and technologists together for professional development, networking, and to meet with MPs and Senators. It is a highlight of the annual parliamentary calendar and has enhanced mutual understanding between Parliamentarians and scientists as well as fostering enduring partnerships and collaborations.

Two (2) Scholarships are open to STEM practitioners in each of the following categories: 

• Indigenous STEM Scholarships for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
• STEM Pride scholarships for people who identify as LGBTQI+
• Regional STEM scholarships for STEM practitioners who work in remote or regional Australia (>150km from a major capital city)
• Technology scholarships for STEM practitioners working in the technologically based areas of engineering and information technology.

A series of Environet organised webinars will be running towards the end of this month, please see below:

• ENVIRONET Regional Asia and the Pacific Working Group Webinar - Stakeholder Engagement and Decision-Making in Environmental Remediation & Introduction to NORM Management in Iran -
  Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:00 am (CET)

• ENVIRONET Regional Africa Working Group Webinar: Emerging challenges and opportunities regarding Environmental Management and Remediation in Africa. –
  Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:00 pm (CET)

• ENVIRONET Regional Europe Working Group Webinar: Challenges Imposed to the Remediation of Complex  Sites.
  Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:00 pm (CET)

• ENVIRONET Latin America and the Caribbean Working Group Webinar - Conventional Management of NORM Residues (in Spanish)
  Thursday, January 28, 2021 4:00 pm (CET)

Registration is open for two virtual RESRAD training courses in January 2021. The first one is a basic RESRAD training course that will be held on January 11-15, 2021. The second one includes advanced RESRAD-ONSITE and RESRAD-OFFSITE features along with RESRAD-BIOTA and RESRAD-RDD codes training that will be held on January 18-22, 2021.

For additional information and registration, please visit https://resrad.evs.anl.gov/training/ or send an email to:
resrad-training@anl.gov

ARPS invites a young career professional to participate in a round table discussion on the topic Radiation Protection Future and Our Dreams

ARPS is looking for an early career professional (under 40 years of age) with demonstrated interest and contributions in the field of radiation protection. The selected person will be nominated to take part in a 60 minute regional web round table discussion on the topic of Radiation Protection and Our Dreams. Two other nominations in the round table will also be early career professionals selected by the Japan Health Physics Society and the Korean Association of Radiation Protection. They will be accompanied by Dr Haruyuki Ogino, Bo Lindell Medallist announced for 2021. Bo Lindell award is announced by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) for a young career scientist for exemplary contribution to the promotion of radiological protection. 

The round table is scheduled in January 2021. To be selected, please apply via a return email by 17 December 2020.  Kindly attach a resume and 1 page of information which demonstrates your scientific, and professional contributions in the field of radiation protection, including service to ARPS.  

This round table is an opportunity to broaden your professional footprint and network on a regional scale, and also provide motivation for other early career professionals. Professor Fujio Fujibuchi, the meeting organiser, is expected to write about the views expressed during the round table as a publication in the Journal of Radiation Protection and Research.

Please contact:
secretariat@arps.org.au

Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city and the proposed host of The International Radiation Protection Association Congress, 2028.
Would you like to know more?

Then visit:
https://www.irpa17.org/

ICRP International Conference on Recovery After Nuclear Accidents, Radiological Protection Lessons from Fukushima and Beyond is happening on the 1 - 4 December 2020.

Registration is Free and now open.

Abstract Submission Deadline 31 October.

Find more information by following this link:
https://www.icrprecovery.org/about-eng

We are writing to remind you of ARPANSA’s public consultation on the draft ‘Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 KHz to 300 GHz’. Given the importance of this standard and to ensure that stakeholders had adequate time to submit feedback, the original closing date for the consultation of 30 September 2020 was extended to 21 October 2020.

As you have been identified as an important stakeholder with expertise and/or interests in the area of RF EME protection, ARPANSA would like to encourage you, if you have not done so already, to make a submission on the draft ‘Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 KHz to 300 GHz’ (RPS S-1).

We would like to thank all of the stakeholders that have already provided a submission to the consultation.

Details on the consultation including the new draft standard and instructions on how to make a submission are available at https://www.arpansa.gov.au/standard-limiting-exposure-radiofrequency-fields-100-khz-300-ghz-rps-s-1

We would like to thank you in advance for your participation in this important consultation.

Kind regards

Dr Ken Karipidis
Assistant Director
Assessment and Advice Section
Radiation Health Services Branch
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

The IAEA is organizing the International Conference on Radiation Safety: Improving Radiation Protection in Practice virtually from 9 to 20 November 2020.  

The Conference aims to take stock of the worldwide radiation safety situation. It will provide a forum for the exchange of information on Member States’ experiences in applying the system of radiological protection, as provided for in the IAEA safety standards, to the protection of workers, patients, the public and the environment. Both natural and artificial radiation sources fall within the scope of the Conference.
A particular focus will be given to the lessons learned from applying GSR Part 3 and improvements that could be considered to further facilitate its application. Discussion on changes in approach considered necessary for effectively dealing with new and emerging challenges in radiation protection is expected and encouraged.
The Conference has been scheduled to allow for input from the 5th International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection, which was organized by the ICRP in Adelaide, Australia, from 17 to 21 November 2019 and from the 15th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, which will take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 18 to 22 January 2021.
 
The website of the Conference https://www.iaea.org/events/international-conference-on-radiation-safety-2020 provides the DRAFT Programme
(now available at  - https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/20/09/rasa-programme.pdf)

SA ARPS symposium final reminder.

In person attendance positions quickly running out.

Unlimited online positions available.

Don’t miss out on the number one ARPS symposium (well, for this year…)

2020 SA ARPS symposium flyer 3.pdf