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Document ID (ISN)75815
CIS number 00-1527
ISSN - Serial title 0045-4206 - Canada Gazette - Gazette du Canada
Year 2000
Convention or series no. SOR/DORS/2000-203
Author(s)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Title Radiation Protection Regulations [Canada]
Original title Règlement sur la radioprotection [Canada] [in French]
Bibliographic information 21 June 2000, Vol.134, No.13, Part II, p.1171-1183. Illus.
Abstract Regulations issued under the authority of the 1997 Nuclear Safety and Control Act. Contents: definitions; obligations of licensees and nuclear energy workers (implementation of a Radiation Protection Programme, ascertainment and recording of doses, action levels, provision of information, etc.); radiation dose limits; (interpretation, Effective Dose Limits, Equivalent Dose Limits, emergencies, authorization of return to work); dosimetry services; labelling and signs. In schedules: organ and tissue weighting factors, radiation weighting factors; sample radiation warning symbol.
Descriptors (primary) ionizing radiation; radiation protection; nuclear power stations; radioactive substances; Canada
Descriptors (secondary) responsibilities of employers; limitation of exposure; law; hazard identification; permissible radiation doses; dosimetry
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceCanada
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Ionizing radiation
Power generation and distribution