GD-52 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance …

1 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine Rooms GD-52 May 2010 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine Rooms Guidance Document GD-52 Published by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2010 Extracts from this document may be reproduced for individual use without permission, provided the source is fully acknowledged. However, reproduction in whole or in part for purposes of resale or redistribution requires prior written permission from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

2 Catalogue number: CC172-59/2010E-PDF ISBN 978-1-100-15791-7 Ce document est galement disponible en fran ais sous le titre Guide de conception des laboratoires de substances nucl aires et des salles de m decine nucl aire. Document availability This document is available in English and French on the CNSC website at A paper copy of the document in either official language can be ordered from: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Box 1046, Station B 280 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA, K1P 5S9 Telephone: 613-995-5894 or 1-800-668-5284 (Canada only) Facsimile: 613-992-2915 E-mail: Publishing History.

3 May 2010 Edition November 2008 Draft edition for Public Consultation Preface This guidance document provides information for a recommended approach for meeting the requirements related to site description and room Design under paragraphs 3(1)(d) and 3(1)(l) of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations and performing shielding Design analyses as a component of keeping doses As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) pursuant to paragraph 4(a) of the Radiation Protection Regulations. This guidance document provides Design recommendations for a Nuclear medicine room or a Nuclear Substance laboratory where unsealed Nuclear substances are to be used, and an approach for submitting the proposed Design to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).

4 It includes guidance on finishing and fixtures, plumbing, storage, security, ventilation, shielding, and dose estimation for basic, intermediate, high, and containment level Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine rooms. Key principles and elements used in developing this Guide are consistent with national and international standards. The complete list is included in Associated Documents; examples include Laboratory Biosafety Manual from the World Health Organization (WHO); and CSA Fume Hoods and Associated Exhaust Systems from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

5 Nothing contained in this document is to be construed as relieving any licensee from pertinent requirements. It is the licensee s responsibility to identify and comply with all applicable regulations and licence conditions. May 2010 GD-52 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine RoomsContents 1 1 1 Relevant Regulations .. 1 Licensing Process for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine Rooms.

6 2 Using the Design Assessment Form (DAF).. 3 Supplementary Information for Part A of the Design Assessment Form .. 3 Classification of 3 Supplementary Information for Part F of the Design Assessment 5 Dose Estimates for Nuclear medicine Room Design 5 Dose Estimates for Conventional Diagnostic Nuclear medicine A Five-Step 5 Dose Estimates for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) 7 Dose Estimates for In-Patient 131I Therapy Applications .. 8 Dose Estimates for High and Containment Level laboratories .. 8 Dose Estimates for Nuclear Substance laboratories in Veterinary Nuclear 8 Appendix A Dose Conversion Factors (DCF) and Annual Limits on Intake (ALI) for Common Nuclear Substances.

7 9 Appendix B Calculating Dose 13 Sample Calculation for Dose Estimates for Nuclear medicine 13 Conclusion .. 23 Appendix C Design Assessment Form .. 25 A General 27 B Finishing and Fixtures (for use and storage areas) .. 28 C 29 D Security .. 29 E 30 F Shielding/Dose 32 G Miscellaneous .. 32 Glossary .. 33 35 Additional Information .. 37 i May 2010 GD-52 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine Rooms ii

8 May 2010 GD-52 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine RoomsGD-52 Design Guide for Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine Rooms Introduction Purpose This guidance document provides information for a recommended approach for meeting the requirements related to site description and room Design under paragraphs 3(1)(d) and 3(1)(l) of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations and performing shielding Design analyses as a component of keeping doses As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) pursuant to paragraph 4(a) of the Radiation Protection Regulations.

9 Scope This guidance document provides Design recommendations for a Nuclear medicine room or a Nuclear Substance laboratory where unsealed Nuclear substances are to be used, and an approach for submitting the proposed Design to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). It includes guidance on finishing and fixtures, plumbing, storage, security, ventilation, shielding, and dose estimation for basic, intermediate, high, and containment level Nuclear Substance laboratories and Nuclear medicine rooms. Relevant Regulations The provisions of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA) and the regulations made under the NSCA relevant to this Guide are as follows: 1.

10 Subsection 24(4) of the NSCA states that No licence may be issued, renewed, amended or replaced unless, in the opinion of the Commission, the applicant (a) is qualified to carry on the activity that the licence will authorize the licensee to carry on; and (b) will, in carrying on that activity, make adequate provision for the protection of the environment, the health and safety of persons and the maintenance of national security and measures required to implement international obligations to which Canada has agreed. 2. Section 3 of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations provides a list of information which an application for a licence shall contain.