Q-2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting hazardous materials

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SCHEDULE 1
(ss. 3 and 31)
MAXIMUM SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OR DENSITY ACTIVITY FOR MATERIALS CONTAINING A SINGLE RADIOELEMENT

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Specific activity
or activity
concentration (kBq/kg
Single radioisotopes or kBq/L)

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Actinium 227 4
Antimony 124 400
Silver 110 400
Arsenic 74 400
Barium 140 400
Beryllium 7 4 000
Bismuth 207 400
Bismuth 210 40
Bromine 82 400
Cadmium 109 400
Calcium 45 400
Calcium 47 400
Carbon 14 4 000
Cerium 144 40
Cesium 134 400
Cesium 137 400
Chlorine 36 400
Chromium 51 4 000
Cobalt 57 400
Cobalt 58 400
Cobalt 60 400
Copper 64 4 000
Tin 113 400
Iron 55 4 000
Iron 59 400
Hydrogen 3 40 000
Indium 114 m 400
Iodine 123 4 000
Iodine 125 40
Iodine 131 40
Iodine 132 400
Iridium 192 400
Krypton 85 4 000
Lanthanum 140 400
Manganese 54 400
Manganese 56 400
Mercury 197 4 000
Mercury 203 400
Molybdenum 99 400
Nickel 63 400
Gold 198 400
Phosphorus 32 400
Lead 210 4
Polonium 210 4
Potassium 40 400
Potassium 42 400
Promethium 147 400
Radium 226 4
Rubidium 86 400
Scandium 46 400
Selenium 75 400
Sodium 22 400
Sodium 24 400
Sulphur 35 400
Strontium 85 400
Strontium 89 400
Strontium 90 4
Technetium 99 400
Technetium 99 m 4 000
Thallium 204 400
Xenon 133 4 000
Xenon 135 4 000
Yttrium 87 400
Yttrium 90 400
Zinc 65 400
Except where otherwise indicated
above, elements whose atomic
number is greater than 89 4
All other radioisotopes not
listed above 40
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* The activity of a radioactive source corresponds to the number of nuclear disintegrations that it undergoes per second and is expressed in kBq. One kBq equals 1,000 disintegrations per second.
O.C. 1310-97, Sch. 1.