Employee Training
All About Radiation Safety - 1-Day
This hands-on radiation safety training course will provide employees with the fundamental knowledge required to work safely in the vicinity of radiation sources (open and sealed).
This course was developed to meet the training requirements of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). Please contact us for more information about having the Institute conduct this course at your workplace.
All About X-ray Safety - 1-Day
Designed for employees who work with and around x-ray sources, this friendly, one-day session will equip you to take effective measures at your workplace designed to protect against excess radiation exposure from x-rays. Your learning is enhanced by a hands-on practical experiment and a video presentation.
Nuclear Gauge Safety
This course provides the participant with a fundamental knowledge of radiation, as well as training in radiation safety, radiation measurement and government regulations, all with the main focus on nuclear gauges.
Airport screening and backscatter x-ray scanners – should you be concerned?
There has been a lot of news in recent days about the new security measures in airports following the incident onboard Northwest Airlines flight 253. This has led to concerns in the public about potential health effects, but is there any reason to be concerned about radiation exposure?
Protecting your family from radon gas
As Canadians, we all want the cleanest, safest, most secure home environment to live in and raise our families. One way to do this is to monitor our homes for the quality of the air we breathe. Radon gas is not something we hear about every day in Canada however, radon exposure is a leading cause of lung cancer – second only to smoking.
Ontario Lung Association warns of radon risks
As winter weather approaches and we move activities indoors, it’s a good time to think about the quality of the air in our homes. Radon is a colourless, odourless gas that is produced from the natural breakdown of uranium in rocks and soil.
Radiation Safety Institute Promotes Radon Awareness at Fall Home Show
For most of the homeowners and would-be do-it-yourself-ers attending the 2009 Fall Home Show in Toronto, the issue of radon in the home came as something of a revelation.
WHO slashes radon limit in homes, cites lung cancer risks
The World Health Organization (WHO) has drastically cut the maximum amount of radon, a naturally occurring gas, that should be permitted in homes because of strong evidence it causes lung cancer.
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