Approved Dosimetry Service (ADS)
Employers who have classified radiation workers must use personal dosimetry provided by an Approved Dosimetry Service (ADS). ADS’s are approved by HSE on behalf of HSENI. ADS’s must meet published standards known as the Requirements for the Approval of Dosimetry Services (RADS) before approval is granted.
Further information is also available in the HSE statement on the approval of dosimetry services under the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017. This can be found at the following link:
What information must I provide under REPPIR?
The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (REPPIR) requires that operators or carriers who handle or transport radioactive substances in excess of the threshold quantities specified in schedule 2 of REPPIR, carry out a risk assessment (termed a hazard identification and risk evaluation, or ‘HIRE’) and send a report of the assessment to HSENI. Operators must do this twelve months before the work is to be undertaken, whilst carriers must notify 28 days before – unless agreed beforehand by HSENI.
A link to the Regulations is provided below:
The HIRE’s submitted should contain sufficient information and appropriate cross references for HSENI to confirm the outcome of the assessments. The HIRE should be sufficient to demonstrate that:
- all hazards arising from that work with the potential to cause a radiation accident have been identified
- the nature and magnitude of the risks to employers and other persons arising from those hazards have been evaluated
- when a material change takes place to the work, a further assessment must be made
The HIRE should be reviewed every three years and updated if the work has changed in any way, or if there have not been any changes of circumstances then a declaration signed to that effect.
If any of the above applies to you then please submit a HIRE assessment. The following link outlines the information which must be provided: