NSERC/UNENE IRC in Health Physics and Environmental Safety

健康、物理和环境安全是电离所有应用的基石研究领域 在工业、研究和教育以及最重要的核能开发方面的辐射。 政府和公众对核电站安全运行的担忧加剧 在2011年3月福岛事件发生后，同时人们普遍意识到 电离辐射在工业、自然资源开发、医药等方面的有益利用。健康物理学是 关于安全使用辐射和保护人类和环境免受 暴露的有害影响。这个工业研究教席项目的总体目标是培训 下一代核科学家和工程师通过在健康物理学中为他们提供独特和 行业相关教育经验，提高核能辐射防护科学水平 通过创新的研究为工人和环境保护做出贡献。这项研究的目的是 开发能够提供瞬时辐射信息的新型辐射测量仪器 发电厂、核实验室或环境内的条件，并在必要时将它们结合起来 配备机器人工具的设备，以便进行远程监控、危险可视化和工作规划 确保将辐射危害保持在尽可能低的水平，并保持在法规限制之内，同时将辐射损失降至最低 效率。这项研究计划也是为了增进我们对健康风险的基本理解 核能工作者、公众和非人类物种因低水平辐射暴露和 以减少这一热门和有争议问题的科学不确定性。

Health physics and environmental safety are cornerstone fields of study for all applications of ionizing radiation in industry, research and education and most importantly in the exploitation of nuclear energy. Government and public concern over the safe operation of nuclear power plants is at a heightened state following the events at Fukushima in March, 2011 and at the same time there is a general awareness of the beneficial use of ionizing radiation in industry, natural resource development and medicine. Health physics is the science that addresses the safe use of radiation and protection of humans and the environment from the harmful effects of exposure. The overall objectives of this Industrial Research Chair program are to train the next generation of nuclear scientists and engineers in health physics by providing them with a unique and industry relevant educational experience and to improve radiation protection science for nuclear energy workers and for the protection of the environment through innovative research. The aim of this research is to develop novel radiation measuring instruments that can provide instantaneous information on the radiation conditions within a power plant, nuclear laboratory or the environment and where necessary to couple these devices with robotic tools so that remote monitoring, hazard visualization and work-planning can be carried to ensure that radiation hazards are kept as low as possible and well within regulatory limits with the least loss of efficiency. The research program is also designed to advance our basic understanding of the health risks incurred by nuclear energy workers, the public and non-human species due to low-level radiation exposure and to reduce scientific uncertainties for this topical and controversial issue.