Radiation Protection in Australasia
Radiation Protection in Australasia is the official journal of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society, publishing original research, reviews, case studies, technical notes, letters and other contributions relevant to radiation protection and related fields.
About the journal
Radiation Protection in Australasia promotes the advancement of knowledge and practice in radiation protection and supports communication across the Australasian radiation protection community.
The journal is published twice a year, generally in May and November/December.
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Article submission deadlines are 1 April and 1 October each year.
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Research and technical papers
Original research, reviews, case studies, technical notes and tutorial papers on ionising and non-ionising radiation protection.
Conference papers
Papers presented at ARPS annual conferences may be published for public record and marked as conference papers.
Letters and discussion
Letters, discussion papers, comments and professional reflections may be accepted subject to editorial discretion.
Radiation protection practice
- Ionising and non-ionising radiation hazards
- Occupational, public and environmental radiation protection standards
- Radiation protection practice
- Radiation protection in medical applications of radiation
- Radioactive waste disposal
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- Radiation dosimetry and standardisation
- Measurement techniques for radiation parameters
- Physiological, histological and epidemiological studies related to radiation protection
- Education in radiation matters
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RPiA V43 No1 May 2026
Latest listed issue
- EDITORIAL
- VALE PROF. ROGER CLARKE
- A NEW METHOD OF ENCAPSULATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED SOILS FOR DISPOSAL USING A PATENTED POLYMER: CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATION — Dr Brad Cassels
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 74
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RPiA V42 No2 Dec 2025
ARPS 2025, AI and conference content
- VALE KEITH LOKAN
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – INFLUENCES ON RADIATION SAFETY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
- ARPS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sub-Committee Report
- ARPS 2025 NATIONAL CONFERENCE — Peter D. Harty
- A RANDOM SELECTION OF PHOTOS FROM THE CONFERENCE — Pictures by Paul Mercieca
- A SELECTION OF CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS from ARPS 2025
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 73
RPiA V42 No1 May 2025
NDT worker doses and RF exposure assessment
- VALE LYN OLIVER AM
- BEYOND THE BASICS: A STUDY OF FACTORS IMPACTING NDT WORKER RADIATION DOSES — M A Sherif and Dr. R O Abdalaziz
- BRIDGING THE GAPS IN RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT: A PILOT STUDY USING CONTINUOUS, FULL SPECTRUM MONITORING EQUIPMENT — V Leach, S Weller, and J McCredden
- Letter To The Editor - THE ARPS JOURNAL — D Higson
- Letter To The Editor - Non Ionising — M Milligan and K Joyner
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 72
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RPiA V41 No2 Dec 2024
Shielding, WA NORM regulation and ARPS 2024 abstracts
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- VALE Peter Cole — The Executive
- 3D PRINTING TUNGSTEN, STAINLESS STEEL AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR RADIATION SHIELDING — Christopher M Poole
- CHANGES TO THE REGULATION OF NORM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA — Simon Booth
- THE ARPS JOURNAL AND NEWSLETTER: THE HISTORY, THE FUTURE AND SUBMITTING TO THE JOURNAL — William C F Bartolo and Ron Rubendra
- ARPS 2024 COFFS HARBOUR: CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
- Letter To The Editor - Non-Ionising — Michael Milligan and Ken Joyner
- Letter To The Editor - Expertise — Bill Bartolo
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 71
RPiA V41 No1 May 2024
Alpha counting, RF exposure and mineral sands history
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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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RPiA V40 No2 Dec 2023
Transport regulations, SA symposium and conference opening address
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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: RADIATION PROTECTIONISTS – ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES — R. Akber
- SUBMISSION OF GRAPHICS (TABLES AND IMAGES) — Editor’s Note
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 69
RPiA V40 No1 June 2023
Radon/thoron, editorial policy and AOCRP report
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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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RPiA V39 No2 Dec 2022
RF exposures, IRPA task groups and letters
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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
RPiA V39 No1 May 2022
5G, modelling and NORM waste streams
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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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RPiA V38 No2 Dec 2021
WA mine workers, IRPA and ICRP feedback
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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 IRPA on the ICRP paper: “keeping the ICRP recommendations fit for purpose”
- Acknowledgement of outgoing president, Brent Rogers — Jim Hondros
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- Honorary Fellows — Dr Andrew McEwan and Dr Keith Lokan
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 65
RPiA V38 No1 May 2021
SA regulations, remediation, radon and Lu-177 therapy
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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 Kodak LR-115 Type 2 nuclear track detector — Jiri Kvasnicka, Vladimir Zdimal, Allan Seini
- Report from the IRPA Executive Council — Cameron Jeffries
- 177Lutetium-DOTATATE Radionuclide Therapy: Gamma Camera Pre-dosimetry work, Patient’s critical organ dosimetry and Staff Radiation Exposure — C. Sathiakumar, E. Stoakes, P. Lin
- Managing the Radiation Exposures of WA Mine Workers from Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials: An Historical Overview (Part 1) — Martin I. Ralph, Nick Tsurikov and Marcus Cattani
- ARPS Webinar Series — ARPS Executive
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 64
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RPiA V37 No2 Dec 2020
Student support, pandemic and historical articles
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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 Cassels
- Historic article: Problems in the disposal of liquid scintillation waste — R. Rosen
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 63
RPiA V37 No1 May 2020
Cyclotron safety, DMAPT, harmonisation and 5G letters
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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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 62
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RPiA V36 No2 Dec 2019
ICRP137, accreditation and ARPS/ICRP2019 abstracts
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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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 61
RPiA V36 No1 June 2019
Judi Anderson, Rutherford and RPiA index
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- Obituary - Vale Judi Anderson
- Memorial – Information article: 100 Years of ‘Atom Splitting’ – Lord Ernest Rutherford — Dr A. McEwan
- RPiA Index — W. Bartolo
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 60
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RPiA V35 No2 Dec 2018
ARPS42 conference papers and radiation risk communication
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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 Conference 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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 59
RPiA V35 No1 May 2018
Boyce Worthley Oration, ARPS and NIR devices
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- ARPS42 conference paper: 2017 Boyce Worthley Oration: A radiation protection view of Australia and ARPS — 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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 58
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RPiA V34 No2 Nov 2017
Radiofrequency radiation, accreditation and defence radiation safety training
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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 — 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 — G. J. Jenks, E. J. B. O'Donovan and W. B. Wood
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 57
RPiA V34 No1 May 2017
IRPA, NORM, radon, Antarctic monitoring and abstracts
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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 Heathgate 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 — 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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 56
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RPiA V33 No2 Nov 2016
Radon/thoron, EMR risk and biological effects
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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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 55
RPiA V33 No1 May 2016
Co-60 sorption, shielding, Boyce Worthley Oration and thoron
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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
- PRESIDENT'S COMMUNIQUÉ
- ARPS Newsletter NO. 54
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