A Busy Year for Women in Nuclear Canada
Mackenzie Tigwell discusses Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada’s most recent annual conference and celebrates the release of the completed Gender Balance Roadmap, part of Canada’s Equal by 30 campaign.
CRPA-ACRP Bulletin
Your Teeth Can Reveal How Much Radiation You’ve Been Exposed To
Sandor Demeter says Canada is experiencing a nuclear renaissance. This raises concern among radiation safety professionals about potential health and environmental hazards. How can governments, the nuclear industry, and nuclear regulators not only reassure the public but also demonstrate that them that they are safe from long-term and accidental radiation exposure? For the first time, Canadian researchers have used electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) on teeth to measure lifelong radiation exposure for those living close to nuclear power plants.
Highlights from a Young Professional’s First CRPA Conference and Suggestions for Future Conferences
Alicia Douglas, a recent graduate from McMaster University, shares her experience as a first-time CRPA conference attendee. She describes her time in Halifax this past May, makes suggestions for how future conferences may encourage more students and younger professionals to attend, and offers advice to future first time attendees so that they can make the most of their experience.
Bringing Radiation Protection Industries Together: CRPA’s 2024 Annual Conference
Trevor Beniston, 2024 CPRA conference committee chair, introduces the conference theme and subthemes and invites readers to submit abstracts, panel proposals, and papers for the Anthony J MacKay Student Paper Contest.
Health Physics Corner, February 2024
For years, the Health Physics (HP) Corner was a regular feature in the CRPA Bulletin. It drifted away in 2017, but we are very excited to see it resurrected by Jeff Sandeman!. In this first installment, Jeff carries on from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) licensee outreach presentation on contamination monitoring and runs through some verification calculations and examples.
Innovations Making the CRPA(R) Exam More Accessible and Efficient
As of November 2023, resources provided for use during the CRPA(R) exam have gone digital! Since 2006, Nuclear Safety and Control Act and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regulations have been provided for those taking the exam in the form of 500-page binders. Jeff Dovyak, CRPA president, and Jeff Fleming, chair of the CRPA(R) Committee, offer up information about the exam process and provide insight into the committee’s reasons for going digital.
CRPA(R) Prep, February 2024
Grant Cubbon interviews Darin Street, radiation protection and control lead at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron, and asks him about how he got his start in the industry, his experience obtaining the CARP(R) designation, and how the knowledge and professional connections he has gained have benefited his career.
Meet Sheila MacMahon: Interview with a New Board Member
Chief Editor Dave Niven talks with Sheila MacMahon, a new member of the CRPA board of directors. Sheila talks about being a long-time CRPA member, her desire to give back to the association, and where she hopes to take the organization in the next few years.
