Your friends at the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada‘s Head Office and National Education Centre recently moved to new offices.
You can now find us at: 165 Avenue Road, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3S4 Canada.
Our phone numbers, email addresses and website address will remain the same.Please update your records accordingly.
We are now strategically placed within minutes of world class medical innovation centres like MaRS Innovation and the University Heath Network, and on the door steps of the University of Toronto and Ryerson University.
In short, our new location will enable the team at our National Education Centre to more effectively draw upon our networks in academia, industry and government. This is the latest step in our multi-year business transformation efforts.
Hope to see you at our new offices and online soon.
| National Education Centre – Toronto 165 Avenue Road, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5R 3S4 Phone: 416-650-9090 Fax: 416-650-9920 1-800-263-5803 |
National Laboratories – Saskatoon Innovation Place Research Park 102 – 110 Research Drive Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3R3 Phone: 306-975-0566 Fax: 306-975-0494 |
A January 17, 2012 report on the IAEA Web site states that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Complementary Safety Assessment Review Mission will conduct a visit to Japan next week to assist the nation’s development of a comprehensive assessment of the safety of existing nuclear power plants.
Arranged at the request of the Japanese government, the 10-member team will consist of IAEA nuclear experts and international specialists who will hold meetings with Japanese officials in Tokyo and conduct a site visit to the Ohi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture.
A December 16, 2011 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has welcomed the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the “cold shutdown condition” of the Fukushima nuclear site. According to Prime Minister Noda, the site is in a “stable state”, and the release of radioactive materials is “under control”.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, has just released Part II of a special two-part mini-series Podcast on radiation in the workplace. In this episode, our Radiation Scientist Claire Cohalan, focuses on safety and how workers can protect themselves from radiation in the workplace.
Listen, in English, and in French.
Visit our new Online Learning Course, under the “Your Resources” tab, to take a short, free online course about radiation and radiation safety. The course was designed to educate both workers and members of the public about the nature of radiation and radioactivity. We hope you like it and that you’ll give us your feedback!
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada, has just released Part I of a special two-part mini-series Podcast on radiation in the workplace. In this episode, our Radiation Scientist Claire Cohalan, answers questions on the nature of radiation, where can it be found, and what the potential health effects to workers are. Listen, in English, and in French. Stay tuned! The second part of this podcast will be released next month!