Journal: Radiation Protection in Australasia

Radiation Protection in Australasia (RPA) is the official journal of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society Inc (ARPS). It is a journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, case studies, technical notes, and letters on all aspects of radiation protection and related fields. The journal aims to promote the advancement of knowledge and practice in radiation protection and to foster communication and collaboration among radiation protection professionals in the Australasian region and beyond.

The journal is published twice a year, in May and November/December. The deadlines for article submissions are 1 April and 1 October, respectively. Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts online through the journal’s website, where they can also find the instructions for authors, editorial policies, and ethical guidelines.

Notes for Journal Contributors

The Australasian Radiation Protection Society invites contributors of original scientific articles, technical notes, discussion papers and comments on topics concerned with radiation safety including:

  • ionizing and non-ionizing radiation hazards
  • occupational, public and environmental radiation protection standards
  • radiation protection practice
  • radiation protection in relation to medical applications of radiation
  • physiological, histological and epidemiological studies related to radiation protection
  • radioactive waste disposal
  • radiation dosimetry and standardisation
  • techniques of measurement of radiation parameters
  • education in radiation matters, and the provision of information to the public

Manuscripts submitted for publication as journal articles may be refereed; if accepted, they are annotated: 'Article', 'Technical Note', 'tutorial paper' etc. on the title page. Other contributions may be accepted for publication without refereeing, subject to editorial discretion; they are marked: 'Contribution'. In accordance with the Society's policy, any paper presented at an annual conference of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society may be published, without refereeing, for public record; such papers are marked: 'Conference Paper'.

Please provide hard copy of article plus text and graphics electronically with the following properties:

TEXT

  • In MS Word or LibraOffice writer
  • Using Times New Roman 10 point type or equivalent
  • Single spacing
  • No formatting of paragraphs (e.g. no 2.44mm before and 1.23mm after each paragraph often used to set heads or subheads away from text) or text (no columns)
  • One line space between paragraphs
  • One space between sentences
  • Headings in plain or bold type, but not italic; and subheads in upper and lower (NOT all in UPPER) case
  • Include contact details and a very short note about your speciality for the author title and description plus the possibility of a head photo

References in the text should be indexed by a number (eg.,7) and listed at the end thus:
7. Rosen, R., and Bartolo, W., "An Alternative Method of Quantifying the Safety of Radioisotope Laboratories",
Radiation Protection in Australasia (2014), Vol 31 No.1, pp. 215

PICTURES, FIGURES, GRAPHICS AND TABLES

Graphics (figures, tables, diagrams) should be provided as separate files, preferably in SVG, TIF, GIF or PNG format, but Word compatible graphics and figures are acceptable. Colour for graphics is acceptable. SVG or GIF being the preferred options.

The Quality of the graphics is to be vector (or raster if vector is not possible) graphics of a minimum of 600 DPI.

Indicate position in text by (Figure 1 here) followed by text for caption, e.g:

(Figure I here)
Figure I, Age distribution for diagnostic examinations

Contact us

If you have any questions, comments or submissions regarding the  journal, please feel free to contact us. You can email the ARPS Secretariat: secretariat@arps.org.au

Previous Journals

The previous 5 years of the  ARPS Journal : Radiation Protection in Australasia. Please use and expand table below to see the contents of each article. Please note Members will be required to Log In to download copies of the Journal.

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VALE Richard E. Toohey

The Executive

Relevance Of the Chi-Squared Test When Counting Alpha Emissions

D. Crouch and S. Cooke

Wireless technology is an environmental stressor and there are engineering solutions that can reduce exposure.

Victor Leach, Steven Weller, and Julie McCredden

Radiation Research in the Mineral Sands Industry: Historical Review

G. S. Hewson

Letter To The Editor

Bill Bartolo

Letter To The Editor

Don Higson

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

ARPS Newsletter NO. 70

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APPLICATION OF TRANSPORT REGULATIONS TO NORM: PRACTICAL GUIDE

N. Tsurikov & P. Hinrichsen

Honorary Fellows: ANDREW JOHNSTON

The Executive

REPORT OF ARPS SA SYMPOSIUM - 2022

C. Jeffries & A. Jagger

Opening address, 46th ARPS Conference, 29 October – 2 November 2023: RADIATION PROTECTIONISTS – ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

R. Akber

SUBMISSION OF GRAPHICS (TABLES AND IMAGES)

Editor’s Note

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

ARPS Newsletter NO. 69

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EDITORIAL

VALE GEORGE ANASTAS

Ed: W C F Bartolo

ARPS 2022 EDITORIAL REVIEW POLICY

Editorial Board and the Executive

‘ROCK & ROLLE’ METHOD FOR RADON AND THORON DECAY PRODUCTS IN AIR, AND ITS APPLICATION IN A REE PROJECT

M Sonter & G Tchimbali

ARPS LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE

J Hondros

REPORT ON THE ASIA OCEANIC CONGRESS ON RADIATION PROTECTION MUMBAI CONFERENCE (AOCRP 6)

Brad Cassels, Cameron Jeffries, Jim Hondros

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

ARPS Newsletter NO. 68

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EDITORIAL

VALE BOB FRY

Ed: W C F Bartolo

GENOTOXIC POTENTIAL OF RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURES

Steven Weller, Victor Leach, Murray May

Reprint: OPENING ADDRESS OF THE 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION SOCIETY, CANBERRA, AUGUST 1982

R.M. Fry

A REPORT ON THE TASK GROUPS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (IRPA) ESTABLISHED FOR THE 2021 TO 2024 TERM.

Cameron Jeffries

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Riaz Akber

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Don Higson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Abel Julio GONZÁLEZ

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

ARPS Newsletter NO. 67

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5G and health a review of the research into low level millimetre waves

K Karipidis, R Mate, R Tinker, A Wood

5G WIRELESS: A Radiobiological Assessment

V Leach, S Weller, M May, D Maisch, J McCredden

Computer Modelling: are we making a new generation of professionals stupid

N. Tsurikov

Assessing the radiological impact from a copper mining and minerals processing facility’s norm waste streams.

AJ van der Westhuizen, D de Villiers, J Hondros, J.B. Malherbe

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Martin Ralph

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Stephen newberry

ARPS45 CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS SELECTION

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

ARPS Newsletter NO. 66

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Obituary - Vale Roger Alsop

Managing the radiation exposures of WA mine workers from naturally occurring radioactive materials: an historical overview (part 2)

Martin I. Ralph, Nick Tsurikov and Marcus Cattani

IRPA perspective on the 'reasonableness' in the optimisation of radiation protection

ARPS feedback to the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) on the ICRP paper: "keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose"

ARPS feedback on the icrp paper 

ARPS members and committee

Acknowledgement of outgoing president, brent rogers

Jim Hondros

PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ

Honorary fellows 

Dr Andrew McEwan

Dr. Keith Lokan

ARPS Newsletter NO. 65

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Obituary - Vale Vincent Delpizzo

Obituary - Vale Bill Chandler

SA ARPS Symposium ­ Regulations Workshop Report
 
                ARPS SA Executive

Position Statement South Australian Branch of ARPS: Development of South Australian Radiation Protection Regulations.
 
                ARPS SA Executive

The process for the remediation of a heavy mineral sands processing site and the success
 
                William C. F. Bartolo

Monitoring of the unattached fraction of radon progeny by the KodakLR­115 Type 2, nuclear track detector
 
                Jiri Kvasnickaa,* , Vladimir Zdimalb, Allan Seini

Report from the IRPA Executive Council
 
                Cameron Jeffries

177Lutetium­DOTATATE Radionuclide Therapy:Gamma Camera Pre­dosimetry work, Patient’s critical organDosimetry and Staff Radiation
 
                Exposure C. Sathiakumar, E. Stoakes, P. Lin

Managing the Radiation Exposures of WA Mine Workersfrom Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials:An Historical Overview (Part 1)
 
                Martin I. Ralph, Nick Tsurikov and Marcus Cattani

ARPS Webinar Series
 
                ARPS Executive

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 64

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Financial support for students working in radiation protection
             
ARPS Executive

Historic article: Commission of inquiry into occupational health and safety
 
                J. C. E. Button

The pandemic and the profession
 
                W. Bartolo edited by B Casseles

Historic article: Problems in the disposal of liquid scintillation waste
 
                R. Rosen

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 63

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Radiation safety aspects of Liverpool hospital cyclotron unit: First two years of operation
 
                C. Sathiakumar, M. Mali, P. Williams, S. Som, and P. Lin

DMAPT: A promising new radioprotector.
 
                Pamela J Sykes

Boyce Worthley oration 2019 “A Controversy that needs to be resolved”
 
                D J Higson PhD

Achieving harmonisation of radiation protection legislation across Australian jurisdictions
 
                Ian Furness

Letter to the editor: Nation Uniformity  
 
                Dr Stephen Newbery

Letter to the editor: Corrigendum
 
                P Bandara, V Leach and S Weller

Letter to the editor” Serious safety concerns about 5G wireless deployment in Australia and New Zealand
 
                P Bandara, J McCredden, M May, S weller, D Maisch, R Kelly, T Chandler, S Pockett, V Leach, and D Wojcik

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 62

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Minor changes leading to major impacts: Practical implications of ICRP137 on industries with NORM
 
                J. Hondros and R. Secen-Hondros

ARPS/ICRP2019 conference photo page

Should ARPS be involved in accreditation of trainers
 
                W. Bartolo

ARPS/ICRP2019 conference abstracts
 
 - Cave radon exposure, dose, dynamics, and mitigation
  - All solid cancer incidences and mortality dose-response in the Life Span Study of atomic bomb survivors
  - The Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
  - Improvement of the use rate of the personal dosimeter & protector by interventional radiologists with radiological technologist leadership
  - Low Dose Radiation – Science, Policy, and Public Opinion
  - Are clinical nuclear medicine settings compliant with proposed new ICRP lens of eye dose limits?
  - Achieving harmonisation of radiation protection legislation across Australian jurisdictions
  - Cancer risks following low-dose radiation: What do we know about the dose-response curve?
  - Successfully Working Together: Nuclear Power & Radiation Safety
  - A Multi-target dietary intervention protects from radiation induced cognitive impairment and normal tissue injury. 

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 61

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Obituary - Vale Judi Anderson

Memorial – Information article: 100 Years of ‘Atom Splitting’ – Lord Ernest Rutherford  
 
                Dr A. Mc Ewan 

RPiA Index
 
                W. Bartolo

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 60

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Obituary - Vale Michael Carter

ARPS42 Conference Paper: Management options for the little forest legacy site, Australia

Discussion Paper” Does reactor fuel reprocessing make economic, public policy or environment sense
 
                G. Anastas

ARPS42 Conference Paper: Characteristic limits and their application to personal dosimetry
 
                S. Long and M. Litwin

2018 Conferernce paper abstracts: Current occupational doses in Australia – Review of 30 years of data from the PRMS database
 
                A. Hayton and M. Litwin

Science and art in radiation risk communication 
 
                J. Hondros

The role of dose rate on cancer induction in the lung following inhalation of beta-gamma emitting radionuclides
 
                C. Thome, S. Puukila and D. Boreham

Letter to the editor response
 
                P. Bandara, V. Leach and S. Weller

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 59

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ARPS42 conference paper: 2017 boyce worthley oration: A radiation protection view of Australia and ARPS: A view from across the lake with some insights for discussion
  
                G. Anastas

Refereed paper: What does ARPS do for you?
 
                W. Bartolo

2018 ARPS/AOCRP presentation: Why the precautionary approach is needed for non-ionising Radiation devices
 
                V. Leach and D. Bromwich

Article reprint: The big picture: keeping radiation risks in perspective
 
               P Andrew Karam

Technical article: An update on how to present a scientific paper at a conference
 
                R. Rosen and W. Bartolo

Letter to the editor
 
                K. Karipidis and R. Tinker

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 58

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ARPS42 Conference papers: Biological effects of low-intensity radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation - time for a paradigm shift in regulation of public exposure
  
                P. Bandara and S. Weller

The art of the practice of radiation safety
 
                P. Andrew Karam

Radio frequency exposure risk assessment and communication: Critique of ARPANSA TR-164 report. do we have a problem?
 
                V. Leach and S. Weller

Article reprint: Accreditation in radiation protection - The Australian position
 
               Ray de Groot

Article reprint: Ionising radiation safety training in the Australian defence organisation (ADO)
 
                G. J. Jenks, E. J. B. O 'Donovan and W. B. Wood

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 57

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ARPS41 Conference Paper: The role of the international radiation protection society (IRPA)
  
                R. Coates

Technical notes: Behaviour of radon and its short- and long-lived daughters in LNG liquification plants
  
                M. Sonter

Characterising NORM hazards within subsea oil and gas facilities
  
                D. Emes

ARPS 19 Conference Paper: Desirable attributes of a radiation protection adviser
  
                R. Rosen and D. Gardner

ARPS 39 Conference Paper: A review of low-cost radiation products
  
                K. Gregory

ARPS 41 abstracts: E-radiation monitoring used in the heath gate resources in situ recovery uranium operation
  
                M. Jane, S. Kutty, A. Marsland-Smith

Minimising the health consequences of nuclear accidents – do we need to reassess our response?
  
                G. Thomas

Non-ionizing radiation protection: summary of research and policy options; development of a new textbook to promote NIR education
  
                D. Urban, K. Karipidis, A. Wood

Radon measurements at Australian Antarctic stations
  
                B. Tate

Regulating residues from uranium production and other NORM activities to international standards
  
                D. Bellifemine

Technologies and models for studying the radiobiology of low dose effects
  
                K. Prise

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 56

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Radon and thoron emanation test work on NOLANS rare earths ores
  
                M. Sonter and J. Grose

ARPS41 Conference Paper: What does the research tell us about the risk of electromagnetic radiation (EMR)?
  
                V. Leach and S. Weller

ARPS41 Conference Paper: The biological effects of exposure to ionising radiation
  
                D. J. Higson

Discussion Paper: Discussion of NCRP commentary
  
                D. J. Higson

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 55

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Scientific Article: Experimental determination of 60Co sorption in arid soils from Northern Territory, Australia
  
                B. M. Cassels and R. Akber

AOCRP4 Presentation: Shielding assessment and radiation exposure adjacent to a linear accelerator treatment bunker with a highlight window
  
                C. V. Jeffries, N. Freeman, F. Nasreen, S. Rutkowski, C. Stathopoulos and S. Toomey

ARPS40 Conference Paper: 2015 Boyce Worthley Oration
  
                P. Cardew

ARPS Branch Presentation: IAEA Support to uranium mining worldwide
  
                P. H. Woods

Technical Note: Thinking about thoron & thoron daughters: radiation studies & interpretations for a rare earths project
  
                M. Sonter and J. Hondros

ARPS40 Conference Paper: The safety of a nuclear industry in south Australia
  
                D. J. Higson

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ARPS Newsletter NO. 54

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