− | 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. | + | 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 [[wikipedia:Standard_(metrology)#:~:text=In metrology (the science of measurement), a standard,against which all other measuring devices are compared.|working measurement standards]], [https://www.nuclear-power.net/nuclear-engineering/radiation-dosimetry/radiation-dosimeter/dosimetry-in-nuclear-power-plants/portable-survey-meters-gamma-survey-meter/ 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. |