❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Department of Mines and Petroleum regarding radiation safety requirements at the Yeelirrie Uranium Mine site. Hon Norman Moore responds, outlining the department's existing database, monitoring processes, and data sharing practices.
AnsweredQoN 1071Legislative Council
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YEELIRRIE URANIUM MINE SITE — RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Thank you, Mr President, I thought I might never get there! I refer to question without notice 1026 and the requirements of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9. (1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE
Thank you, Mr President, I thought I might never get there! I refer to question without notice 1026 and the requirements of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9. (1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
I refer to question without notice 1026 and the requirements of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9. (1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(4) See above.
I refer to question without notice 1026 and the requirements of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9. (1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(1) Why is the Department of Mines and Petroleum not maintaining its own database of worker radiation dose counts? (2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(2) How is it anticipated that the department will manage the records of worker radiation occupational dose counts to ensure that the provisions of schedule 1 of ARPANSA’s Radiation Protection Series No. 9 are being complied with? (3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(3) How will the department interact with the national radiation health council with regards to providing records of occupational radiation dose counts at uranium tenement sites? (4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(4) If (2) and/or (3) are not the responsibility of the department, what are the responsibilities of companies engaged in uranium mining and exploration in respect of the aforementioned occupational exposure requirements of Radiation Protection Series No. 9? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(1) The department maintains a database called the Boswell mine dose and reporting system. This has been used for a number of years to monitor the mineral sands and tantalum industry. (2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(2) The resources safety division of the department monitors compliance against prescribed dose limits in accordance with regulation 16.18 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Regulations 1995. Each company must submit an annual occupational radiation report with supporting raw data for verification. (3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(3) The department provides data each year to the Radiological Council of Western Australia, which is represented on the national radiation health council. (4) See above.
(4) See above.
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