ambient dose equivalent has the same meaning as in the document entitled "Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry" published by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements as ICRU Report 51 in 1993;
ambient dose equivalent rate means the ambient dose equivalent measured in joules of energy per kilogram per hour;
approved disposal site means an area of land or place approved, for the disposal of radioactive materials, by both –
approved radiation safety officer means a person specified as the radiation safety officer in an approved radiation management plan;
ARPANSA means that part of the Commonwealth department responsible for the administration of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 of the Commonwealth that is known as ARPANSA or the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency;
AS means a standard published by Standards Australia as amended or substituted from time to time;
AS/NZS means a standard published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand as amended or substituted from time to time;
carrier means a person, government department, government agency or government authority, undertaking the transport of radioactive material by any means;
CEO of ARPANSA means the Chief Executive Officer of ARPANSA appointed under section 45 of the of the Commonwealth;
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consignor means any person, government department, government agency or government authority that –
(a) prepares a consignment of radioactive material for transport; and
(b) is named as consignor in the transport documents;
directional dose equivalent has the same meaning as in the document entitled "Quantities and Units in Radiation Protection Dosimetry" published by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements as ICRU Report 51 in 1993;
directional dose equivalent rate means the directional dose equivalent measured in joules of energy per kilogram per hour;
Disposal Code means the Code for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste by the User, Radiation Protection Series C-6 (2018), published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended from time to time;
domestic smoke alarm means a smoke alarm that –
(a) is designed for use for domestic purposes; and
(b) contains no more than 37 kilobecquerels of americium-241; and
(c) complies with AS 3786-2023;
Dose Coefficients Document means the Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides publication Parts 1 (ICRP Publication 130), 2 (ICRP Publication 134), 3 (ICRP Publication 137), 4 (ICRP Publication 141) and 5 (ICRP Publication 151), published by the International Commission on Radiological Protection, as amended or substituted from time to time;
effective dose, in relation to any human organ or human tissue that is exposed to ionising radiation, means a dose for the organ or tissue that –
(a) takes into account the type of radiation involved and the radiological sensitivities of the organs and tissues irradiated; and
(b) is calculated in accordance with the Planned Exposure Code;
equivalent dose, in relation to any human organ or human tissue that is exposed to ionising radiation, means a measure of the dose for the organ or tissue that –
(a) takes into account the type of radiation involved; and
(b) is calculated in accordance with the Planned Exposure Code;
excepted package means a package that complies with the conditions and specifications set out for excepted packages in the International Regulations;
external effective dose, in relation to a dose of radiation received by a person, means the total of the weighted equivalent doses for all the organs and tissues of the person as a result of exposure of the organs and tissues to radiation emitted from an ionising radiation source external to the person's body;
Industrial Radiography Code means the Code of Radiation Protection Requirements for Industrial Radiography Radiation Protection Series C-4 (2018), published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time;
internal effective dose, in relation to a dose of radiation received by a person, means the effective dose from a radionuclide inhaled, ingested or introduced into the person's body calculated in accordance with the Dose Coefficients Document;
International Regulations means the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (2018), Specific Safety Requirements No. SSR-6 (Rev. 1), published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as adopted by the Safe Transport Code, as amended or substituted from time to time;
medical exposure means –
(a) exposure of a person to radiation received as a –
(i) treated person; or
(ii) volunteer in medical research; or
(b) exposure received as a consequence of assisting a treated person if –
(i) the person assisting the treated person is aware of the exposure and accepts any associated risks; and
occupational exposure, of a person to ionising radiation, means the exposure of the person to the ionising radiation in the course of the person's work while the person is directly involved in the carrying out of a radiation practice, other than –
(a) natural background exposure to ionising radiation, unless that exposure is directly attributable to carrying out the radiation practice; or
(b) medical exposure to ionising radiation; or
(c) public exposure to ionising radiation;
package means the packaging, together with its radioactive contents, as presented for transport;
packaging means the assembly of components necessary to enclose the radioactive contents completely;
Planned Exposure Code means the Code for Radiation Protection in Planned Exposure Situations, Radiation Protection Series C-1 (Rev. 1) (2020), published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time;
public exposure, of a person to ionising radiation, means the exposure of the person to the ionising radiation, other than –
(a) medical exposure to ionising radiation; or
(b) natural background exposure to ionising radiation; or
(c) occupational exposure to ionising radiation;
radioactive contents, of a package, means the radioactive material together with any contaminated solids, liquids and gases within the packaging;
register means the register of authorities required to be kept by the Director of Public Health under section 82 of the Act;
relevant tritium device means a gaseous tritium light device that –
(a) contains less than 74 gigabecquerels of tritium; and
(b) is used for safety purposes;
Safe Transport Code means the Code for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, Radiation Protection Series C-2 (Rev. 1) (2019), published by the CEO of ARPANSA, as amended or substituted from time to time;
smoke alarm means a combined smoke detector and audible alarm device that is designed to sound an alarm when it detects smoke in the area in which it is located;
smoke detector means a device that is designed to detect the presence of particles or aerosols produced by combustion;
total effective dose, for a person for a period, means the total of the external effective dose and internal effective dose received by the person during the period;
unsealed radioactive material means radioactive material that is neither permanently sealed in a capsule, nor closely bonded and in a solid form;