ARPANSA introduced “telecommunications regulator reports low exposure levels at small cell sites around Australia”

8 July, 2020.

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) introduced a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that measured the level of radiofrequency electromagnetic energy (RF EME) the public is exposed to at 59 small cell sites across Australia.

The purpose of the measurement program was to assess regulatory compliance by telecommunications carriers, and to ensure that the level of RF EME that the community is exposed to is below the limits referenced in the ARPANSA Safety Standard (the Standard).

The measurement program found:
- For all small cell sites measured, the exposure levels were hundreds of times below the limits outlined in the Standard.
- All measurements were recorded at well below 1 per cent of the Standard’s limits.
- All measurements were taken in publicly accessible areas, demonstrating that the public is exposed to extremely low RF EME from small cells.

The summary of results is available at https://www.acma.gov.au/publications/2020-06/report/eme-measurements-near-small-cell-base-stations

ARPANSA’s website:
https://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/telecommunications-regulator-reports-low-exposure-levels-small-cell-sites-around-australia