Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Radiological Parameters

Table of Contents

• Part I: Overview and Application
  • 1.0 Guidelines
  • 2.0 Executive summary
    • 2.1 Health effects
    • 2.2 Exposure
    • 2.3 Treatment
  • 3.0 Application of the guideline
    • 3.1 Monitoring
    • 3.2 Gross alpha and beta measurements
      • 3.2.1 International considerations
    • 3.3 Radon-specific considerations
• Part II: Science and Technical Considerations
  • 4.0 Identity, use, and sources in the environment
    • 4.1 Natural radionuclides
      • 4.1.1 Radon
      • 4.1.2 Natural radionuclides from human activities
      • 4.1.3 Cosmogenic radionuclides
    • 4.2 Artificial Radionuclides
      • 4.2.1 Fallout from nuclear weapons testing
      • 4.2.2 Emissions from nuclear reactors
      • 4.2.3 Other sources of artificial radionuclides
  • 5.0 Exposure
    • 5.1 Radon
  • 6.0 Analytical methods
    • 6.1 Lead-210
    • 6.2 Radium-226
    • 6.3 Total uranium
    • 6.4 Tritium
    • 6.5 Strontium-90
    • 6.6 Iodine-131
    • 6.7 Cesium-137
    • 6.8 Radon
    • 6.9 Gross alpha and gross beta activity measurements
  • 7.0 Treatment technology
    • 7.1 Municipal scale
    • 7.2 Residential scale
  • 8.0 Health effects
    • 8.1 Dose concepts and units
    • 8.2 Health effects from radiation exposure
      • 8.2.1 Radon
  • 9.0 Classification and assessment
    • 9.1 Summation formula
    • 9.2 Lower limit of detection
    • 9.3 Chemical limits
  • 10.0 Rationale
  • 11.0 References
• Appendix A: Calculated Concentrations for selected radionuclides
• Appendix B: Glossary of terms and units, conversion factors, and acronyms
• Appendix C: Provincial/territorial monitoring surveys
• Appendix D: Summary paragraphs for radionuclides with MACs

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Organization: Health Canada

Type: Guidelines

Date published: 2009-05

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