If you require to apply to HSENI for a registration to carry out medium-risk work with ionising radiation or for consent to carry out high-risk work with ionising radiation please use the following link to the HSE RADAN digital platform which has been designed to accept applications on behalf of HSENI. Please note that you may have to create an account.
Before you start
This service can also be used to provide further information if requested by HSE / HSENI.
The information should be submitted by an authorised employee. Third parties can advise but cannot submit the information.
You will be able to save your progress and return to it later.
If you’re unsure whether your work requires notification, registration or consent read HSE’s guidance on what you need to do
Registration or Consent from HSENI
Additional information
Registration
When applying for a registration you will need to give information about the extent and purpose of the work, including the approximate number of generators and premises where they will be used.
Consent
If you're unsure whether you need consent, speak to your radiation protection adviser before starting your application.
You will need to upload a safety assessment with your consent application. More information on this can be found at the following link:
Overview
When you apply for consent to carry out a high-risk work practice with ionising radiation, you must submit a safety assessment to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland via the Health and Safety Executives digital platform.
A safety assessment consists of:
- the appropriate safety assessment template(s)
- your local rules
- your contingency plans
It may take some time to get the information you need to complete a safety assessment template, so consider doing this before you start your application.
You can find out about local rules and contingency plans in our approved code of practice and guidance for IRR17.
The primary purpose of the submission of a safety assessment is to:
- enable you to determine if adequate safety arrangements are in place for the practice, as defined in the regulations;
- give an assurance to HSENI that compliance with IRRNI17 is, or will, be achieved and maintained.
Where you believe you cannot or do not meet HSENI's expectations for the content of the safety assessments you should explain why you consider this reasonable and appropriate.
To submit a safety assessment template:
- Select the work practice(s) from the list below for which you are applying for consent
- Download:
- a new consent template if you do not have consent for the work practice or
- a continuing consent template if you are submitting a safety assessment for a work practice that that you are carrying out that has previously been granted consent
- Complete the template and upload it to the HSE RADAN platform when requested during the application process – start or continue your application
You can download each template as either a Microsoft Word document or an OpenOffice document.
Fees
There are currently no fees associated with notification, registration or consent for work within Northern Ireland. However, please be aware that this position will remain under review and may change in the future.
We strongly advise that you consult with your radiation protection adviser (RPA) to ensure that you submit the correct information to HSENI.
Registrations or consents granted before 4 December 2023
As a result of recommendations made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), if you hold a registration or consent granted before 4 December 2023, you will be asked to provide further information.
You do not need to do anything until HSENI contacts you and your existing registration or consent(s) will continue to apply.
When you don't need to apply
You don’t need to notify, register or get consent for work with:
- artificial or naturally occurring radionuclides that are
- at the very low end of specific concentration levels
- below specific quantity levels
- sealed sources that are type approved by HSE and below low dose rates
- electrical apparatus that is type approved by HSE and below low dose rates
- any cathode ray tube or other device operating at a voltage at 30kV or below, and below low dose rates
- contaminated material that the appropriate environment agency has declared not to be subject to further control
You can find out more about dose rates and work you don’t need to submit in Schedule 1 of the draft Approved Code of Practice and guidance at the following link: