There have been more than 40 years of experience in applying international radiation safety regulations at uranium mines. Australian and Canadian radiation safety regulations today are among the most comprehensive and stringent in the world.
Radiation doses at Australian and Canadian uranium mines are well within current limits.
Uranium mining companies have generally taken active steps to reduce radiation doses wherever and whenever they can, and voluntarily adopted the most recent international recommendations on dose limits long before they became part of the regulations. All of us receive a small amount of radiation all the time from natural sources such as cosmic radiation, rocks, soil and air. Uranium mining does not increase this for members of the public, for aboriginal people living near the mines, or for others outside the industry. A dose is the amount of medically significant radiation a person receives. In Canada, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulations apply.