Recommendations for The Department of Environment and Conservation’s document, “NSW Radiation Series No 5 – Radiation Safety Committees and Radiation Safety for the membership and functions of Officers” provides guidelines a Radiation Safety Committee [RSC]. In summary a RSC requires a Chairperson, a Secretary/Executive officer, a Radiation Safety Officer, a WHS committee representative and representatives from each department using radiation. On 12 October 2005 a meeting between the Chairman of the RSC Associate Professor Brendan Kennedy, the University Radiation Safety Officer, Mr , the Manager of Risk Management, Mr and the FMO Space Jon D’Astoli Manager, Ms Debbie Yandell, agreed that the RSC needed to consist of cross section of persons from laboratories, representative of the applications of radiation conducted throughout the University. This cross section should primarily be discipline based and include representatives from: Physics Molecular & Microbial Biosciences Medical Radiation Sciences Veterinary Science Medicine Biological Science Because isotope usage in MMB would be similar to that in Biological Sciences one representative for both may be sufficient. The meeting also decided that the committee should be formed and meet before the end of 2005, so that terms of reference and meeting dates can be set for next year. The meeting agreed that initially the RSC should meet monthly. After policies and procedures have been developed, this could revert to quarterly. The initial Radiation Safety Committee membership consisted of the following people: Associate Professor Brendan Kennedy Chairman – Mr Secretary, – Mr Manager Risk Management Jon D’Astoli – Ms Debbie Yandell FMO Space Manager – Dr Joe Kachan - Physics Associate Professor Alan Jones Molecular & Microbial Bioscience – Associate Professor Brett Hambly Medicine, Pathology – Mr. Ian Barrie Egerton - Medical Radiation Sciences Mr. John Robinson Medical Radiation Sciences – Mr. David Griffin Veterinary Science – In May 2006, Associate Professor Brett Hambly advised the Radiation Safety Committee that he wished to resign. At its April 2006 meeting the committee noted this and determined that his replacement should represent a similar area of research, namely in Medicine and Pathology. The committee also decided that any future resignations should be dealt with in a similar manner and future replacement members should represent the research area of their predecessors.
The Department of Environment and Conservation’s document, “NSW Radiation Series No 5 – Recommendations for Radiation Safety Committees and Radiation Safety Officers” provides guidelines for the membership and functions of a Radiation Safety Committee [RSC]. In summary a RSC requires a Chairperson, a Secretary/Executive officer, a Radiation Safety Officer, a WHS committee representative and representatives from each department using radiation. On 12 October 2005 a meeting between the Chairman of the RSC Associate Professor Brendan Kennedy, the University Radiation Safety Officer, Mr , the Manager of Risk Management, Mr Jon D’Astoli and the FMO Space Manager, Ms Debbie Yandell, agreed that the RSC needed to consist of cross section of persons from laboratories, representative of the applications of radiation conducted throughout the University. This cross section should primarily be discipline based and include representatives from: Physics Molecular & Microbial Biosciences Medical Radiation Sciences Veterinary Science Medicine Biological Science Because isotope usage in MMB would be similar to that in Biological Sciences one representative for both may be sufficient. The meeting also decided that the committee should be formed and meet before the end of 2005, so that terms of reference and meeting dates can be set for next year. The meeting agreed that initially the RSC should meet monthly. After policies and procedures have been developed, this could revert to quarterly. The initial Radiation Safety Committee membership consisted of the following people: Associate Professor Brendan Kennedy – Chairman Mr – Secretary, Mr Jon D’Astoli – Manager Risk Management Ms Debbie Yandell – FMO Space Manager Dr Joe Kachan - Physics Associate Professor Alan Jones – Molecular & Microbial Bioscience Associate Professor Brett Hambly – Medicine, Pathology Mr. Ian Barrie Egerton - Medical Radiation Sciences Mr. John Robinson – Medical Radiation Sciences Mr. David Griffin – Veterinary Science In May 2006, Associate Professor Brett Hambly advised the Radiation Safety Committee that he wished to resign. At its April 2006 meeting the committee noted this and determined that his replacement should represent a similar area of research, namely in Medicine and Pathology. The committee also decided that any future resignations should be dealt with in a similar manner and future replacement members should represent the research area of their predecessors.
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