Radionuclide Information Booklet April 2018 Title of Document Radionuclide Information Booklet © Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) 2018 Cat. No. CC172-162/2017E-PDF ISBN 978-0-660-24178-4 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. Également publié en français sous le titre : Livret d’information sur les radionucléides Document availability This document can be viewed on the CNSC website. To request a copy of the document in English or French, please contact: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 280 Slater Street P.O. Box 1046, Station B Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5S9 CANADA Tel.: 613-995-5894 or 1-800-668-5284 (in Canada only) Facsimile: 613-995-5086 Email: [email protected] Website: nuclearsafety.gc.ca Facebook: facebook.com/CanadianNuclearSafetyCommission YouTube: youtube.com/cnscccsn Twitter: @CNSC_CCSN LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cnsc-ccsn Publishing history April 2018 Version 6.0 Table of Contents Radionuclide Information Booklet ............................................................................................................................. 2 H-3 .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 C-14 .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 F-18 .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Na-22 .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 P-32 ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 S-35 ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Ca-45 ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Sc-46 ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Cr-51 ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Fe-55 ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 Co-57 ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 Co-58 ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 Co-60 ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Ga-67 ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Ge-68/Ga-68 .................................................................................................................................................. 20 Ga-68 ........................................................................................................................................................ 21 Se-75 ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 Sr-90/Y-90 ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 Y-90 ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Mo-99/Tc-99m .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Tc-99m ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Cd-109 ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 In-111 ........................................................................................................................................................ 28 I-123 ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 I-124 ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 I-125 ........................................................................................................................................................ 30 I-131 ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 Sb-124 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 Ba-133 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 Cs-137/Ba-137m ........................................................................................................................................... 35 Ir-192 ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 Tl-201 ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 Am-241 ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 Appendix A: Concrete TVL validation .................................................................................................................... 39 Appendix B: Emergency Procedures ....................................................................................................................... 40 Appendix C: General Safety Precautions ................................................................................................................ 40 References .................................................................................................................................................................. 42 1 Radionuclide Information Booklet The purpose of the Radionuclide Information Booklet is to provide practical information to aid radiation protection specialists at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) licensed facilities. The Radionuclide Information Booklet contains information pages for radionuclides commonly used in the medical, research, and industrial sectors. These information pages may be posted at CNSC-licensed facilities as a convenient way to quickly find information. The information pages within the Radionuclide Information Booklet are organized by atomic number (Z). However, it is important to ensure the most recent information pages are being used, and it is ultimately the user’s responsibility to use the information appropriately. Radionuclides with long decay chains including multiple short-lived progeny are not included in the Radionuclide Information Booklet as their information is too complex to be captured within this format. The following sections describe each of the six parts of the Radionuclide Information Booklet pages. It is important to also consult your CNSC licence, the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations, and the Radiation Protection Regulations for CNSC’s regulatory requirements as the Radionuclide Information Booklet does not replace them. Part 1 – Radionuclide identification This section includes the chemical symbol, common name, atomic weight, and atomic number of the specified radionuclide. Part 2 – Radiation characteristics This section includes the physical half-life and (if applicable) the radioactive progeny. The source of this information is the ENDF/B-VII.1 library (released December 22, 2011) accessed through the Nucleonica Nuclear Science Portal [1]. The energies of the three most abundant emissions and the energies of the three most energetic emissions are provided with their emission probabilities in brackets. The source for this information is the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion File (JEFF) 3.1 or the 8th Table of Isotopes nuclide library accessed through the Nucleonica Nuclear Science Portal [2]. Only energies above 10 kiloelectron volts (keV) or emission probabilities greater than 0.01% were included with the exception of Fe-55, which has no energies above 10 keV. The