The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004

The guidance on the application of the regulations and the administrative procedures that will be used by government in reaching justification decisions have been updated. Annex 2, updated with justified practices, is particularly useful for new permit applications. This document can be viewed here.

For information, the current “CONCORDAT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUSTIFICATION OF PRACTICES INVOLVING IONISING RADIATION REGULATIONS 2004″ can be viewed here.

 

Updated methodology for estimating radiation doses from resuspension of radioactive materials

Public Health England have updated their recommendations for the methodology to be used for estimating radiation doses from inhalation of resuspended materials in emergency situations. 

The updated methodology, available here, will be of particular use to any individuals involved in the production (or review) of a hazard evaluation or consequence assessment under the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2019 or if there is an emergency situation requiring this type of assessment.

Since 2002, PHE and its predecessor organisations have been recommending the method described in the report NRPB-W1 however as a result of this review PHE-CRCE-047 should be used instead of NRPB-W1.

Radon: performance of basic protection in new homes

Public Health England (PHE) have published a new report titled “Radon: performance of basic protection in new homes” (Click here to view their report: PHE-CRCE-046).

The report investigates the performance of preventive measures in reducing radon levels in new homes built in areas of elevated radon risk by comparing radon levels in new properties built with basic radon prevention measures. The report content is particularly useful if you are involved in designing and reviewing radon prevention measures in new properties.

 

Online basic X-ray radiation hazard awareness training course for chiropractic practices

We are pleased to announce that we have just released a new, online, basic X-ray radiation hazard awareness training course specifically tailored for chiropractic practices using X-rays in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales).

This course can be accessed by clicking on this link and it has been developed in association with the great team of people at the British Chiropractic Association (BCA).

CPD Certified – Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) training for chiropractors using X-rays (GB version)

 

We are pleased to learn today that following assessment this month that our Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) training for chiropractors using X-rays (GB version) has been CPD certified (CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development).

The certificate confirming this successful assessment can be viewed here –> Certificate – A014541

This new, online, Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) training course is specifically tailored for chiropractors using X-rays in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

This course can be accessed by clicking on this link and has been developed in association with the great team of people at the British Chiropractic Association (BCA).

Online RPS Training Course now available for Chiropractors using X-rays based in Northern Ireland

We are pleased to announce that we have just released a new, online, radiation protection supervisor (RPS) training course specifically tailored for chiropractors using X-rays in Northern Ireland.

This course can be accessed by clicking on this link and has been developed in association with the great team of people at the British Chiropractic Association (BCA).

Updated CLEAPPS guidance for Schools and Colleges

CLEAPSS, who support practical science and technology in schools and colleges have recently released an updated version of their L93 publication on “Managing Ionising Radiations and Radioactive Substances in Schools and Colleges”.

This is a very useful publication for those working in schools and colleges.

The latest version, October 2018, can be downloaded directly from their website.

Amendment made to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

As part of the UK continuing to transpose Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom into our legislation there have been some amendments made to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

Today, 2nd May 2018, The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 come into force.

One of the key amendments in the new legislation is to Schedule 23 of EPR2016 concerning radioactive substances activities by the insertion of “geothermal energy production” as being a “type 2 NORM industrial activity”. 

A new provision disallowing dilution has been added meaning that “where the concentration of radioactivity in a substance or article is reduced by diluting it to make it out of scope, it will remain in scope.”

Paragraph 8 substitutes new out of scope concentration values for some radionuclides arising from NORM industrial activities (column 2 of Table 1 in Part 3), and paragraph 9 replaces the table of out of scope concentration values, inserting new values for some radionuclides for the purposes of the definitions of radioactive material and waste (Table 2 in Part 3).

Paragraph 16 substitutes a new definition of high-activity sealed source, by reference to Annex III of the Basic Safety Standards Directive which sets out new radioactivity values for radionuclides contained in a sealed source.

There are various other amendments but the ones stated above are probably the key ones for you to be aware of.