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Export and Import
Health
Contributing to food safety (Feature article)
Could your collectible item contain radium?
Map of nuclear facilities
Medical uses of nuclear technologies (Video)
Polonium-210 (FAQ)
Radiation and health (Mythbuster)
Radioactive sources safely used in Canada for the benefit of all Canadians (Fact sheet)
Radon (FAQ)
Tritium (FAQ)
Tritium studies (Fact sheet)
General
Environmental assessments at the CNSC (Fact sheet)
Alarm response guidelines for radiation portal monitoring systems (Fact sheet)
Canada’s historical role in developing nuclear weapons (Fact sheet)
CNSC Hearing: Licence amendment for AREVA’s McClean Lake Operation (Fact sheet)
CNSC historical timelinefor General section (CNSC Online module)
Counterfeit, fraudulent and suspect items (Feature article)
Eldorado studies
MythbustersGeneralIndustrial and Medical Applications (Mythbusters)
Household smoke detector safety and disposal (Fact sheet)
Minkes whales to honey bees (Feature article)
Naturally occurring radioactive material (Fact sheet)
Natural background radiation (Fact sheet)
Participant funding program
Radiation
Naturally occurring radioactive material (Fact sheet)
Radiation and health (Mythbusters)
Radioactive sources safely used in Canada for the benefit of all Canadians (Fact sheet)
What is radiation? (Video)
Medical applications
MythbustersGeneralIndustrial and medical applications (Mythbuster)
Mines and mills
Uranium mining and milling: The facts on a well-regulated industry (Fact sheet)
Uranium mining and processing (Mythbuster)
Nuclear power plants
CNSC regulated facilities
Decommissioning of nuclear power plants (Fact sheet)
Map of nuclear power plants
Nuclear power plants (Mythbuster)
Nuclear power plants safety systems (Video)
Nuclear power plants and solar flares (Fact sheet)
Regulating radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in Canada (Fact sheet)
Understanding nuclear power plants: Total station blackout (Video)
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear in Canada (Video)
Nuclear power plants safety systems (Video)
Transporting nuclear substances (FAQ)
Regulations
CNSC Regulatory Framework (Fact sheet)
Regulating Canada’s geological repositories (Fact sheet)
Regulating the packaging and transport of nuclear substances in Canada (Fact sheet)
Regulating radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in Canada (Fact sheet)
Transport
Uranium
Depleted uranium: The Canadian regulator’s perspective (Fact sheet)
Highly enriched uranium in Canada (Fact sheet)
Radon in Canada’s uranium industry (Fact sheet)
Waste
Regulating radioactive waste from nuclear power plants in Canada (Fact sheet)