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On November 16, 2016, the CNSC laboratory was granted accreditation to [https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html ISO/IEC 17025:2005], a standard used throughout the world to evaluate testing and calibration laboratories. The accreditation scope includes the calibration of working measurement standards, gamma survey meters, and personal electronic dosimeters – in short, a significant part of the CNSC laboratory’s calibration services.
On November 16, 2016, the CNSC laboratory was granted accreditation to [https://www.iso.org/standard/66912.html ISO/IEC 17025:2005], a standard used throughout the world to evaluate testing and calibration laboratories. The accreditation scope includes the calibration of working measurement standards, gamma survey meters, and personal electronic dosimeters – in short, a significant part of the CNSC laboratory’s calibration services.
Accreditation was granted by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), under the Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories – Canada (PALCAN) and the National Research Council of Canada Calibration Laboratory Assessment Service (NRC CLAS).
Accreditation was granted by the [http://www.scc.ca/ Standards Council of Canada (SCC)], under the [https://www.scc.ca/en/accreditation/programs/laboratories/requirements-procedures Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories – Canada (PALCAN)] and the [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service National Research Council of Canada Calibration Laboratory Assessment Service (NRC CLAS)].
It is notable that the CNSC laboratory is the '''first''' of its kind in Canada that the SCC has accredited for calibration of working measurement standards and survey instruments for gamma measurement.
It is notable that the CNSC laboratory is the '''first''' of its kind in Canada that the SCC has accredited for calibration of working measurement standards and survey instruments for gamma measurement.
==== What’s next? ====
==== What’s next? ====
The current scope of accreditation includes working measurement standards for air kerma measurements, gamma survey meters, and personal electronic dosimeters. The CNSC laboratory has prepared a project management plan to extend the scope to include electronic and radiological calibrations of survey meters for gamma, neutron, alpha and beta radiation measurements, as well as energy calibrations of the spectrometers used for gamma and neutron measurements. There’s lots more to do!
The [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/directory-accredited-calibration-laboratories/clas-certificate-number-2016-05 current scope of accreditation] includes working measurement standards for air kerma measurements, gamma survey meters, and personal electronic dosimeters. The CNSC laboratory has prepared a project management plan to extend the scope to include electronic and radiological calibrations of survey meters for gamma, neutron, alpha and beta radiation measurements, as well as energy calibrations of the spectrometers used for gamma and neutron measurements. There’s lots more to do!
==== How can CNSC staff members suggest improvements to the laboratory? ====
==== How can CNSC staff members suggest improvements to the laboratory? ====
