The central radiation protection registers have been in operation since 2006. This has made it possible to comply with the reporting obligations under radiation protection law online.
Since 2020, reporting has to be done online via the Central Radiation Protection Register
[
Zentrale Strahlenschutzregister
]. The radiation protection registers can be accessed both by those obliged to report and by authorities within the scope of their jurisdiction.
The registers are operated by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology.
Access to the central radiation protection registers is provided at
strahlenregister.gv.at (
→
BMLUK
)
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(Central Dose Register [
Zentrales Dosisregister
]) and
edm.gv.at (
→
BMLUK
)
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(Central Source Register [
Zentrales Quellenregister
]). After registration of the person responsible for registration/reporting, the access authorisation is checked and access is activated. A description of the procedure can be found at
strahlenschutz.gv.at (
→
BMLUK
)
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.
The Central Register of Radiation Sources
The notification obligations comprise :
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Holders of a radiation protection licence
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Holders of
type approval
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Users of type-approved equipment.
Notification is required for sealed radioactive sources, abandoned (
i.e.
found) sources and type-approved devices.
Holders of a
type approval
have the obligation to give notification about the placing on the market of such devices. This includes the notification that the device is transferred to the user. However, this notification must be made immediately and covers not only equipment containing radioactive substances but also pure X-ray equipment.
The user of a type-approved device are obligated to administer it in the
Central Source Register (
→
BMLUK
)
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. This includes reports of a receipt and the transfer, if radioactive sources are contained, also of the shipment, the disposal as radioactive waste and a loss or theft.
Licence holders who carry out practices with radioactive sources must report the following in the Central Source Register:
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the production,
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the import,
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the return to the manufacturer or supplier,
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passing on within Austria,
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shipment abroad,
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disposal as radioactive waste and
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loss or theft.
The Central Dose Register
The
Central Dose Register (
→
BMLUK
)
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stores the results of
physical and medical checks on exposed workers
.
Data from physical monitoring are transferred from the approved dosimetric service to the
Central Dose Register (
→
BMLUK
)
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. These are, for example, results of personal dosimetry, incorporation monitoring or dose determination for flying personnel. A prerequisite is that the
holder of the radiation protection licence
has passed on the complete data for the company and the exposed worker to the dosimetric service.
Approved physicians, occupational health services and hospitals that perform examinations according to the Radiation Protection Ordinance will transfer the results of the health assessment to the database.
Holders of a licence for the employment of external personnel will have access to the Central Dose Register. This is required to apply for and administer radiation protection passports online (for example, registration of the monthly dose balance). This radioation protection passport is now only obligatory for external workers working abroad and can now also be issued for category A or B exposed workers.