Abstract
Nanoscience and nanotechnologies (NTs) have huge potential to improve competitiveness and sustainable development across a wide range of industrial sectors. Public perception of NT related to health, safety and environment (HSE) is critical for the responsible development of NT. It warrants a regulatory regime to demonstrate to the general public whether NTs are safe with regard to HSE. This work explores the feasibility of legal metrology (LM) as a platform to address the impact of NT on legal and socio-economic aspects. It considers whether a LM framework needs to be developed for NT and the associated benefits and risks.
Highlights
Nanoscience and nanotechnologies (NTs) have huge potential to improve competitiveness and sustainable development across a wide range of industrial sectors including in electronics, energy, cosmetics, medical, defence and food & agriculture sector
We explore whether a legal metrology (LM) framework for NT is needed in Australia and to recommend if and what form of LM framework is required
Control system include (Fig. 9): – national pattern approval (PA) standard; – PA; – conformity to type auditing; – uniform test procedures; – initial certification/verification; – subsequent certification/verification; – use for legal purposes, that is, to make legally traceable measurements; – verification auditing; – independent third party accreditation of PA, verification/ certification and reverification; – auditing of verifying/certifying laboratories; and – training provided by National Measurement Institute (NMI) to the verifying authorities to ensure that they are competent to carry out verification and reverification
Summary
Nanoscience and nanotechnologies (NTs) have huge potential to improve competitiveness and sustainable development across a wide range of industrial sectors including in electronics, energy, cosmetics, medical, defence and food & agriculture sector. We explore whether a legal metrology (LM) framework for NT is needed in Australia and to recommend if and what form of LM framework is required. It is anticipated that nanometrology as a tool will enable the industry to meet regulations to protect the workforce and the general public and demonstrate whether NTs are safe with regard to HSE and will provide a platform for the responsible development of NT. This work explores the feasibility of LM as a platform to address the impact of NT on legal and socio-economic aspects. It considers whether a LM framework needs to be developed for NT and what are the benefits and risks of developing such infrastructure. NT governance regulatory framework. – To propose the basis of such framework founded on nanometrology and legal metrology and what form of LM framework is required
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