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On November 16, 2016, the [https://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/cnsc-laboratory/index.cfm 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.<ref>https://cala.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ilac_why_become_accred_lab.pdf</ref><ref>https://ilac.org/about-ilac/</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/about-calibration-laboratory-assessment-service</ref>he [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/directory-accredited-calibration-laboratories/clas-certificate-number-2016-05 accreditation scope] includes the calibration of working measurement standards, gamma survey meters, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_personal_dosimeter personal electronic dosimeters] – in short, a significant part of the CNSC laboratory’s calibration services.  

On November 16, 2016, the [https://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/resources/cnsc-laboratory/index.cfm 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.<ref>https://cala.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ilac_why_become_accred_lab.pdf</ref><ref>https://ilac.org/about-ilac/</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/about-calibration-laboratory-assessment-service</ref> The [https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/calibration-laboratory-assessment-service/directory-accredited-calibration-laboratories/clas-certificate-number-2016-05 accreditation scope] includes the calibration of working measurement standards, gamma survey meters, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_personal_dosimeter 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 [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)].  

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.