Radiation Protection Committee

The Radiation Protection Committee (the Committee) is an expert advisory body established under section 9 of the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982 (the Act).

The Committee comprises 10 Members and 9 Deputy Members. Members are appointed by the Governor following South Australian Government Cabinet approval. The Committee's Members and Deputies and their attributes, as specified in section 9 of the Act, are listed below.

The functions of the Committee are specified in section 12 of the Act. These are to advise the Minister and the EPA in relation to:

• the formulation of regulations under this Act
• the granting of licences under the Act including the conditions to which they should be subject
• the investigation and reporting upon any other matters relevant to the administration of the Act at the request of the Minister or the EPA, or of its own motion.

The Committee advises the Minister and the EPA on all aspects of radiation protection in medical, industrial, scientific and public uses of ionising and non-ionising radiation. It reviews the actual and potential exposures of South Australians to radiation in the endeavour to minimise its harmful effects. The Committee considers all applications for personal licences to use radioactive substances or X-ray apparatus, and company licences to mine or mill uranium ores and advises the EPA and the Minister on granting of those licences. The Committee also provides expert advice and comment to the Minister and the EPA on matters including:

• qualifications, training and examinations required for personal licences issued under the Act
• applications for exemptions from licensing and other requirements of the Act or Regulations
• radiological aspects of environmental impact assessments for relevant major projects
• approvals sought under licences to mine or mill radioactive ores, including programs for control and monitoring of doses received by workers and members of the public arising from such operations
• reports submitted to the EPA under conditions on licences to mine and mill radioactive ores
• radioactive waste management activities associated with mining, industrial, medical, scientific and commercial operations
• controls and follow-up of radiation accidents and emergencies
• the Annual Report on the Administration of the Act required by section 22 of the Act, prepared by the EPA
• international and national radiation safety Codes of Practice, Standards, Guidelines and Recommendations.

The Committee meets approximately every three months. The EPA Radiation Protection Division provides the administrative support to the Committee.

Current Radiation Protection Committee Members & their Deputies

The term of appointment of the current Committee is from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2010.

Position / attribute	Member	Deputy
Presiding member: must be an office or employee of the EPA	Mr Allan Holmes Acting Chief Executive, Environment Protection Authority
Radiologist	Dr Sarah Constantine Associate Radiologist, Dr Jones & Partners Medical Imaging; Senior Staff Specialist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital; Staff Specialist, Women's Imaging, Women's and Children's Hospital; Senior Visiting Medical Specialist, Lyell McEwin Health Services	Dr Mary Moss Staff Specialist in Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Radiographer with expertise in the field of human diagnostic radiography	Ms Lyn Ingram Senior Radiographer, Emergency Department, Flinders Medical Centre	Ms Stephanie Hartman CT Operations Manager, Flinders Medical Centre
Person with expertise in the industrial uses of radiation	Ms Sharon Paulka Manager - Radiation, Environment & Safety, Uranium Equities Limited	Ms Kathryn Taylor Senior Radiation Safety Officer, Olympic Dam Mine - BHP Billiton Limited
Person with expertise in the scientific uses of radiation	Dr Gerald Laurence Aduchem Pty Ltd, Radiation Safety Officer for The University of Adelaide and Flinders University	Mr Peter Collins Principal Medical Scientist, Department of Nuclear Medicine & Bone Densitometry, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Person with expertise in the field of health physics	Mrs Jill Fitch Past Director, Radiation Protection Division, Environment Protection Authority	Dr Eva Bezak Chief Physicist, Director, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Medical practitioner with expertise in the field of nuclear medicine	Dr Michael Kitchener Director of Nuclear Medicine, Dr Jones & Partners	Dr Barry Chatterton Senior Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine & Bone Densitometry, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Person with expertise in the mining and milling of radioactive ores	Mr Serge Caplygin Chief Mining Engineer & Inspector of Mines, Primary Industry & Resources SA	Ms Trina Jensen Consultant, Sinclair Knight Merz Consulting
Person with expertise in the field of genetics and a knowledge of radiation genetics	Dr Pamela Sykes Head of Diagnostic Genetic Pathology, Department of Haematology, Flinders Medical Centre	Dr Michael Lardelli Senior Lecturer in Genetics, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide
Person with expertise in the field of environmental sciences	Mr Tony Circelli Deputy Chief Executive, EPA	Vacant

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