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Last year, Erin Curry, the Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (CARST) regional director, explored the contribution of various indoor radon levels to annual effective dose in a two-part series in the Bulletin. In a new series that begins in this issue, she shifts her focus to radon in the workplace. She says, while we know general exposure to elevated levels of radon radiation is linked to increased risk of lung cancer, for radiation protection professionals, exposure to radon gas in the workplace may well be a case of the shoemaker’s children going barefoot.

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation’s (UNSCEAR) is the world authority on radiation science and the estimation of global levels and effects of ionizing radiation that serves as the scientific basis for evaluating radiation risk and for establishing protective measures. For the first time since before the pandemic, their annual session took place in person in Vienna, Austria from May 9 to 13, 2022. At the session, UNSCEAR elected a new bureau; endorsed a new strategy for data collection, analysis, and dissemination; and called for member states to participate in the evaluation of public exposure to ionizing radiation.

A message to our faithful CRPA members, colleagues, and friends. / Un message à nos fidèles membres, collègues et amis de l’ACRP.

Since 2014, the Directorate of Nuclear Substance Regulation of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has published annual regulatory oversight reports for the various sectors under their mandate. / La Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire (CCSN) publie des rapports annuels de surveillance réglementaire.

The Société Française de radioprotection (SFRP), the French equivalent to the Canadian Radiation Protection Association, with the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), co-hosted two workshops on the practical implementation of the ALARA principle. / Avec la Société Française de radioprotection (SFRP), l’équivalent français de l’Association canadienne de la radioprotection, l’Association internationale pour la protection contre les radiations a coanimé deux ateliers sur la mise en pratique du principe ALARA.

In March 2019, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) created the Expert Group on the Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye (EGDLE). / En mars 2019, le comité de la radioprotection et de la santé publique (CRPPH) de l’Agence pour l’énergie nucléaire (AEN) créait le groupe d’experts sur la limite de doses pour le cristallin de l’œil (EGDLE).