The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined a local council $1,500, for not holding the appropriate licence, which would allow them to own two gauges containing a sealed radioactive source.
The local council used the radioactive sources for engineering works such as road construction, although the local council had not actually used the sources since 2011. The local council had previously had the correct licence for the radioactive gauges, however they had let this registration lapse after 2011, as the sources were no longer used. [...]
