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Radiation Protection Regulations

Version of section 14 from 2021-01-01 to 2024-03-06:

  •  (1) Every licensee must ensure that the equivalent dose received by and committed to an organ or tissue set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection, of a person described in column 2, during the period set out in column 3, does not exceed the equivalent dose set out in column 4.

    TABLE

    Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
    ItemOrgan or TissuePersonPeriodEquivalent Dose (mSv)
    1Lens of an eye(a) Nuclear energy workerOne-year dosimetry period50
    (b) Any other personOne calendar year15
    2Skin(a) Nuclear energy workerOne-year dosimetry period500
    (b) Any other personOne calendar year50
    3Hands and feet(a) Nuclear energy workerOne-year dosimetry period500
    (b) Any other personOne calendar year50
  • (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), where a dosimeter-wearing period or a bioassay-sampling period extends beyond the end of a dosimetry period set out in column 3 of the table to that subsection, the period is extended to the end of the dosimeter-wearing or bioassay-sampling period or by two weeks, whichever extension is shorter.

  • (3) When skin is unevenly irradiated, the equivalent dose received by the skin is the average equivalent dose over the 1 cm2 area that received the highest equivalent dose.

  • SOR/2020-237, s. 15

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