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Radiation Protection Regulations

Version of section 13 from 2006-03-22 to 2020-11-24:
 


  • 13 (1) Every licensee shall ensure that the effective dose received by and committed to a person described in column 1 of an item of the table to this subsection, during the period set out in column 2 of that item, does not exceed the effective dose set out in column 3 of that item.

    TABLE

    Column 1Column 2Column 3
    ItemPersonPeriodEffective Dose (mSv)
    1Nuclear energy worker, including a pregnant nuclear energy worker(a) One-year dosimetry period50
    (b) Five-year dosimetry period100
    2Pregnant nuclear energy workerBalance of the pregnancy4
    3A person who is not a nuclear energy workerOne calendar year1

  • (2) For the purpose of item 1 of the table to subsection (1), the effective dose shall be calculated using the following formula and expressed in millisievert:

    E + 5RnP + 20 Σ I ÷ ALI

  • (3) For the purpose of item 2 of the table to subsection (1), the effective dose shall be calculated using the following formula and expressed in millisievert:

    E + 20 Σ I ÷ ALI

  • (4) For the purpose of item 3 of the table to subsection (1), the effective dose shall be calculated using either of the following formulas and expressed in millisievert:

    E + Rn ÷ 60 + 20 Σ I ÷ ALI

    E + 4RnP + 20 Σ I ÷ ALI

  • (5) For the purpose of subsection (1), where the end of a dosimeter-wearing period or a bioassay-sampling period does not coincide with the end of a dosimetry period set out in column 2 of the table to that subsection, the licensee may extend or reduce the dosimetry period to a maximum of two weeks so that the end of the dosimetry period coincides with the end of the dosimeter-wearing period or biossay-sampling period, as the case may be.


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