Radiation protection registers

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 of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management ( BMLUK ).

Access to the central radiation protection registers is provided at strahlenregister.gv.at ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text} (Central Dose Register [ Zentrales Dosisregister ]) and edm.gv.at ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text} (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 ) ^{German text} .

The Central Register of Radiation Sources

The notification obligations comprise :

• Holders of a radiation protection licence
• Holders of type approval
• 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 ) ^{German text} . 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:

• the production,
• the import,
• the return to the manufacturer or supplier,
• passing on within Austria,
• shipment abroad,
• disposal as radioactive waste and
• loss or theft.

The Central Dose Register

The Central Dose Register ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text} 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 ) ^{German text} . 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.

Registration in the Central Source Register

• as a holder of a radiation protection licence
• as a holder of a type approval
• as a user of a type-approved device

Registration in the Central Dose Register

• as a holder of a licence for work carried out by external workers, provided that this work is carried out abroad and the external workers require radiation protection passports
• as an approved dosimetric service
• as an approved physician

The radiation protection registers are kept by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management ( → BMLUK ) .

Contact: strahlenregister@bmluk.gv.at

The use of the Central Radiation Protection Register does not require any official procedure – apart from the one-time registration and activation by the competent authority.

Registration is carried out at strahlenregister.gv.at ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text} (Central Dose Register) or edm.gv.at ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text} (Central Source Register).

The use of the central radiation protection registers is free of charge.

• Central Dose Register [ Zentrales Dosisregister ] (strahlenregister.gv.at) ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text}
• Central Source Register [ Zentrales Quellenregister ] (edm.gv.at) ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text}
• strahlenschutz.gv.at ( → BMLUK ) ^{German text}
• Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management ( → BMLUK )

• sections 77 , 78 , 79 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 88 , 91 of the Strahlenschutzgesetz
  ( Radiation Protection Act – StrSchG)
• sections 26 , 27 , 33 , 35 of the Allgemeine Strahlenschutzverordnung
  ( General Radiation Protection Ordinance – AllgStrSchV)

Protection from radon at the workplace:

• sections 98 , 99 , 100 of the Strahlenschutzgesetz
  ( Radiation Protection Act – StrSchG)

I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding: