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| On November 16, 2016, the CNSC laboratory was granted accreditation to [https://www.iso.org/standard/39883.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/39883.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 [https://www.scc.ca/en/accreditation/programs/laboratories#:~:text=The%20Standards%20Council%20of%20Canada%20%28SCC%29%20offers%20internationally,for%20the%20competence%20of%20testing%20and%20calibration%20laboratories. (SCC)], under the Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories – Canada (PALCAN) and the National Research Council of Canada Calibration Laboratory Assessment Service [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/about-calibration-laboratory-assessment-service (NRC CLAS)]. | + | Accreditation was granted by the Standards Council of Canada [https://www.scc.ca/en/accreditation/programs/laboratories#:~:text=The%20Standards%20Council%20of%20Canada%20%28SCC%29%20offers%20internationally,for%20the%20competence%20of%20testing%20and%20calibration%20laboratories. (SCC)], under the Program for the Accreditation of Laboratories – Canada [https://www.scc.ca/en/agl-palcan (PALCAN)] and the National Research Council of Canada Calibration Laboratory Assessment Service [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/about-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. |
| For the purposes of this article, the term “working measurement standard” refers to a measuring instrument that is calibrated relative to a reference measurement standard (which is also a measuring instrument). The working and reference measurement standards each consist of an ion chamber and an electrometer that are combined as a single measurement system. | | For the purposes of this article, the term “working measurement standard” refers to a measuring instrument that is calibrated relative to a reference measurement standard (which is also a measuring instrument). The working and reference measurement standards each consist of an ion chamber and an electrometer that are combined as a single measurement system. |
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− | The laboratory maintains the reference measurement standard through annual calibrations that are performed by the NRC. The laboratory then calibrates the working measurement standard in-house by directly comparing it to the (calibrated) reference measurement standard. The calibration of the working measurement standards has also been accredited by SCC and NRC CLAS. | + | The laboratory maintains the reference measurement standard through annual calibrations that are performed by the [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/instrument-calibration-services/ionizing-radiation-standards-calibration-services NRC]. The laboratory then calibrates the working measurement standard in-house by directly comparing it to the (calibrated) reference measurement standard. The calibration of the working measurement standards has also been accredited by SCC and NRC CLAS. |
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