South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations79—Employer to prepare radiation incidents contingency plan
(1) An employer must,
in respect of every kind of operation carried out by the employer that
involves the operation of ionising radiation apparatus or the use, handling,
storage or disposal of any radioactive material—
(a)
prepare a radiation incidents contingency plan that complies with this
regulation; and
(b) if
the employer is the holder of a radiation management licence and required to
comply with the radiation management plan submitted under section 34 of
the Act—incorporate the radiation incidents contingency plan in the
employer's radiation management plan.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
(2) An employer must
ensure that a radiation incidents contingency plan is prepared before the
commencement of the kind of operation to which it relates.
(3) A
radiation incidents contingency plan must—
(a) take
into account every radiation incident that is reasonably foreseeable; and
(b)
contain specific instructions as to how each incident is to be dealt with and
brought under control, paying particular regard as to how control may be
restored and the exposure of persons may be kept as low as reasonably
achievable.
(4) If an employer's
practice is such that a radiation incident could result in exposures of
persons to high doses of ionising radiation or severe contamination of the
environment by ionising radiation, the employer's radiation incidents
contingency plan must make provision for—
(a)
obtaining appropriate medical care for persons exposed to ionising radiation
as a result of the radiation incident; and
(b)
identifying the roles and functions of relevant organisations that may be
involved in dealing with the radiation incident; and
(c) the
availability of personnel trained to deal with the situation resulting from
the radiation incident; and
(d) the
availability of appropriate emergency equipment; and
(e)
arrangements with relevant first responders and rescue services; and
(f) the
provision of information to the workers on the site affected by the
radiation incident; and
(g) the
provision of relevant information to the public; and
(h)
appropriate counselling to any persons affected by the radiation incident; and
(i)
the acquisition of information for assessing the cause of
the radiation incident; and
(j) the
classification of the radiation incident; and
(k) the
reporting of the radiation incident to line management, the employer and the
Minister; and
(l) the
consideration of non-radiological consequences of the radiation incident in
the context of the possible evacuation of the workplace affected by the
incident; and
(m) the
conditions, criteria and objectives to be met for declaring the
radiation incident terminated.
(5) An employer must
provide the equipment and facilities (including any monitoring instrument,
detector or alarm) that is necessary for the effective operation of the
radiation incidents contingency plan, including the assessment of doses of
ionising radiation received as a result of a radiation incident.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
(6) If an employer
discovers that a monitoring instrument, detector, or alarm that is required by
subregulation (5) is not in correct working order, the employer must
immediately replace it with a monitoring instrument, detector, or alarm that
is in correct working order.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
(7) The Minister may,
by notice in writing given to an employer, require the employer to supply to
the Minister a copy of a radiation incidents contingency plan that the
employer has prepared under this regulation.
(8) An employer must
not fail to comply with a notice given by the Minister to the employer under
subregulation (7).
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
Expiation fee: $500.
(9) In this
regulation—
"high dose", in relation to the exposure of a person to ionising radiation,
means exposure in any single event equal to or exceeding 50% of the dose
limits applying in respect of the person under regulation 85(1) or (2);
"severe contamination", of the environment by ionising radiation, means
contamination at a place resulting in the cessation of normal operations (in
whole or part) for a period of 12 hours or more while the contamination is
removed.