Newest Member of the Team
As RSWA has experienced continued growth over the past 12 months, we have appointed Lauren Steen as Operations Manager of our close-knit team. Lauren has over 15 years’ of sales, marketing and management experience [...]
Xray Analysis (XRA) Compliance Testing
Compliance Auditing typically has two broad auditing components - an audit of the radiation devices themselves, and an audit of the radiation management systems surrounding the use of these devices. X-ray Analysis (XRA) apparatus [...]
Montebello Islands: Existing Exposure Site Monitoring
“Montebello Islands: Existing exposure site monitoring strategy and decision support” presented by Megan Cook from ARPANSA. Our Business Manager Susanne Staton attended the Australasian Radiological Protection Society webinar in December and has kindly summarised the webinar and [...]
Responsibilities of Registrant – FAQ’s
At RSWA we’re seeking to support business continuity through engagement of the Radiological Council (RCWA) in terms of the provision of Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) consultancy services. Our intention was to be pro-active on behalf [...]
How to manage and store your Radioactive Waste
Following on from our last RSWA Talks article, What’s in a waste facility, and with this years disposal to the Intractable Waste Disposal Facility (IWDF) in Mount Walton being put off until later in the [...]
What’s in a waste facility…
This is a short (and hopefully sweet) #RSWATalk we wanted to get out there given the timing is close and for the multitude of companies with radioactive waste in storage it will be welcome news [...]
Maintenance and Modifications
Fixed radiation gauges... Are designed to be installed, commissioned and left in place for a long period of time, governed by the source’s manufacturer imposed recommended working life, which is typically fifteen years. The devices [...]
Transport of Radioactive Material
Simon Booth, RSWA’s MD presented at a Dangerous Goods conference recently outlining the complexities and differences with the transport of radioactive material in different jurisdictions. At this RSWATalks episode, for those that weren't at that [...]
Dose limits
There is a lot of information available internationally and within Australia on ‘safe’ levels of radiation exposure and on legislative dose limits. Although Dose Limitation is an important radiological management principle (legally required, clearly), it [...]
An Incident Examined – Fixed Radiation Gauge Disassembled
This story starts with Simon Booth from Radiation Services WA (RSWA for short) getting a request to assist with the replacement of a fixed radiation gauge which was being used for level detection on a [...]