What information is provided in the ANRDR?
If your employer is registered with the ANRDR, they will provide us with data on your exposures. This includes a breakdown of doses you received from:
- external sources of radiation
- radionuclides taken inside your body.
The dose data is gathered from:
- your personal monitor
- other relevant assessments your employer provides.
Personal information is collected to make sure your doses match your profile and to identify you when you request your dose history. This includes full name, date of birth, biological sex and employee number.
How do I view my dose records?
Request your dose record report by completing this online form.
We encourage you to request a personal dose history report periodically. It’s free and empowers you to be on top of your exposures.
Your personal report will contain all doses that have been reported to the ANRDR by your current and past employers in Australia. This service is provided free of charge by ARPANSA.
What are the benefits to you?
Maintaining your dose records with the ANRDR makes sure:
- you can access your dose history free of charge from anywhere in Australia (even if you change jobs)
- your dose history is stored and maintained long-term (even after you retire or your employer stops their monitoring program)
- you don’t need to chase up your previous employer or dosimetry service provider (your dose history is always viewable, saving you time and effort).
The information maintained in the ANRDR will help to inform better work practice by improving safety for occupationally exposed workers in Australia.
How will your data be used?
The data provided to us by your employer is used to maintain your cumulative dose history. It ensures that your dose history remains retrievable regardless of whether you:
- change jobs
- move to a different jurisdiction
- have an employer that ceases to exist.
Your dose history will be available on request in the form of a personal dose history report.
The data maintained in the dose register also is used to:
- identify industry trends
- allow comparisons across different work practices.
This information improves health and safety practices to support dose optimisation for workers.
The published data analyses will not identify individual workers or employers. All personal information is handled under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth). See the ANRDR Privacy Statement.
How can I have my personal information corrected?
ARPANSA does not change personal information or dose data provided by your employer. If you believe that incorrect information has been provided to the ANRDR:
- contact your employer in the first instance to have the information corrected
- if you are no longer employed by the employer, or if the employer no longer exists, contact the ANRDR to obtain a personal information correction form.
Dose limits
If you are exposed to radiation through your work, you must not exceed the prescribed dose limits. In Australia, these dose limits are prescribed in the Code of Radiation Protection in Planned Exposure Situations (RPS C-1).
This code reflects international best practice in radiation protection. The current limit of radiation exposure is:
- 20 millisieverts (mSv) per year averaged over 5 years
- not more than 50 mSv received in any one year for effective (whole body) dose.
ANRDRA data shows workplace exposure levels are far below the prescribed dose limits.
These dose limits only apply to radiation exposure received occupationally. They do not include exposures from natural background radiation or non-occupational medical doses.
