ARPANSA EME safety standard
Published on: 25 Feb, 2021
Revised 08/07/2025
In Australia, all mobile communications infrastructure and equipment, including mobile base stations, must meet the requirements of the Australia EME safety standard, published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).
The Standard called Radiation Protection Series – S1 (RPS S-1), newly revised in 2021, sets limits of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic energy (EME) across radiofrequency fields 100kHz to 300 GHz for the public and workers. The exposure limits set out in the Standard provide protection against all known adverse health effects from RF EME exposure and are set well below the level at which harm may occur. The limits in RPS S-1 are aligned with guidelines published in 2020 by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), which is the international body recognised as leaders in non-ionising radiation protection.
The standard applies to all technologies and frequencies of operation, including 5G.
AMTA is reassured that ARPANSA will continue to update its standards to remain abreast of the latest developments in science and technologies, including 5G advanced and its evolution to 6G.
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