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New applicants

  • Before you acquire radioactive materials or irradiating apparatus, you need an authorisation (registration or licence) from the EPA. 
  • It is an offence to acquire a source of ionising radiation without an authorisation.
  • You must consult an approved Radiation Protection Adviser (RPA) to advise you on the practical implementation of radiation protection.
  • To apply for a radiological licence, first sign up to the EDEN portal.
  • The onus is on you as the applicant to ensure the correct legal entity of your Organisation is authorised by the EPA. Therefore, care should be taken to ensure that the name you give of the new Organisation is that of the Undertaking responsible for carrying on the radiological practice(s) for which an authorisation is required, under the Radiological Protection Act 1991 (Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2019. (IRR19).  Please note the name of the Undertaking may or may not be the Trading name or another name under which your Organisation is commonly known.  Failure to give the correct name of the Undertaking, as defined under IRR19, could be construed as an offence under Section 3 of the Radiological Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002.
  • For licence applications a Certificate of Incorporation from the Company Registration Office (CRO) should be included with the application.  This Certificate must bear the name of the Company that you wish to be licenced by the EPA. 

Obligations

Principle guidance documents which set out obligations for registrants and licensees can be found here.

 

 

Licence amendment 

 

We have developed an FAQ document to assist you with any updates you will need to make to your authorisation. This document can be found here. If you need any further assistance you can contact us directly at orpedensupport@epa.ie. 

     

     

    Request to change your organisation name 

     

    To change the name of your organisation you need to submit a licence change request via EDEN and include a Certificate of Incorporation of the new Company from the Company Registration Office (CRO).  This Certificate must bear the name of the new Company that you wish to be licenced by the EPA. The CRO number should remain the same. If the CRO number is different this implies it is a different legal entity and you need to apply for a new Radiation Authorisation. 

     

    If you are not a registered company, then a copy of a bank statement or utility bill bearing the name of the new organisation / sole trader is sufficient. 

    Failure to give the correct name of the Undertaking, as defined under IRR19, could be construed as an offence under Section 3 of the Radiological Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002.