2026 Symposium Scientific Program & Poster Abstracts

2026 CRPA-CARST Scientific Program & Poster Abstracts

Abstracts are listed alphabetically by Presenter and are in English only

Presentations and Symposium photos are available on the members’ website

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Agbeve, Richard

Standardized Air Kerma Testing for Personal Dosimeters at the National Research Council of Canada

Aguirre, Linda

Radon Risk Communication: From Scientific Data to Public Understanding

Alam, Dr. Saiful

Implications of Revised Skin Contamination Dose Coefficients for High Energy Alphas

Aubé, Diane

Implications of Revised Skin Contamination Dose Coefficients for High Ener

Bertho, Dr. Jean-Marc – Poster

OpenRadiation, a collaborative network of ambiant dose rate measurements by and for the citizen

Bewer, Dr. Brian

Quantifying Isotope Activities Using a Gamma Spectrometer Survey Meter

Borjas Padilla, Viridiana – Poster

Emission Laminography for Radiological Assessment of Concrete Slabs

Bose, Ralph

Providing a Contamination & Clearance Whole Body Monitor Application Example for β Radiation Detection

Chauhan, Dimpal

A Highly Sensitive Radon Emanation Measurement System at SNOLAB for Material Screening

Chen, Dr. Jing

UNSCEAR New Evaluation of Public Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

Curry, Erin

Take Action on Radon – Beyond Testing: The Next Steps to Protecting Canadians from Radon

Cuthill, Cody

NORM in the Oil and Gas Industry

Danforth, Dr. John

Understanding health risks from radon gas inhlation that are experienced by Canadians whose jobs occur in other people’s houses (part of Cross-Canada Radon Survey presentation)

Datta Gupta, Dr. Suvadra

Standardized Mortality Ratios for Lung Cancer in the Canadian Uranium Workers Study (CANUWS) – part of Building and Analyzing the Canadian Uranium Workers (CANUW) Study Cohort: Data Linkage, Mortality and Cancer Incidence presentation

Denny, Michelle – Poster

Parametric Shielding Analysis of a Flexible Accelerator-Driven Subcritical System

Drakes, Ann – Student Paper Contest Winner

Feasibility Assessment of 3D Neutron Flux Reconstruction for Reactor Physics and Radiation Protection in a Graphite-Moderated Subcritical Assembly Core Using Multi-Material Scintillator Arrays and GEANT4

Farenhorst, Benjamin

Using AI to analyze Radon chips for faster more reliable results

Gaskin, Dr. Janet

UNSCEAR 2024 Report, Annex B: Evaluation of Public Exposure to Ionizing Radiation – Updated Global Assessment of Radon and Thoron

Goodarzi, Dr. Aaron

Cross-Canada Surveying of Radon Exposure in the Residential Buildings of Urban and Rural Communities from 2026 to 2030 (part of Cross-Canada Radon Survey presentation)

Griffin, David – Poster

An economic evaluation of the costs of radon testing and mitigation weighed against the healthcare system savings associated with lung cancer prevention

Guerini, Clauzi

Training for the Real World: Implementing Practical Incident Command Processes for Spills and Contamination Events

He, Dr. Zhengzhong

A rapid measurement method for the deposition velocity of thoron progeny based on an imaging plate

Ikram, Bisma

Building the Canadian Uranium Workers Study Cohort: Integrating Seven National Databases to Advance Occupational Radiation Research in Canada – part of Building and Analyzing the Canadian Uranium Workers (CANUW) Study Cohort: Data Linkage, Mortality and Cancer Incidence presentation

Jakabová, Vanda

Practical Lessons Learned from Radon Exposure Assessment in Swedish Underground Mines

Lemieux, Alexander

Regulatory action and ongoing research relating to consumer-grade electronic radon monitors (ERMs)

Lim, Roderick

Practical MARSSIM Application: Characterization and Final Release, Beyond Statistics

Liu, Yuanyuan

In vivo measurement of Pb-210 activity in skull to reconstruct cumulative radon exposure by the TRACE group

Maclennan, Aimee

Mitigating the Risk of Radiological Dust: A Multidisciplinary Challenge

Manickam, Vivek

Addressing a gap in the Transport of Radioactive Material Regulations – Surface Contamination Limits

McIntosh, Bryan

Tools or Toys? Evaluating Five Inexpensive Consumer Geiger Counters

Mekarski, Dr. Pawel

Technical and Outreach Updates from Health Canada’s National Radon Program

Ménard, Caroline

Navigating Complex End-of-Life Scenarios in Nuclear Medicine – REGDOC-2.7.3, Radiation Protection Guidelines for the Safe Handling of Decedents

Ménard, Caroline

Navigating Complex End-of-Life Scenarios in Nuclear Medicine – REGDOC-2.7.3, Radiation Protection Guidelines for the Safe Handling of Decedents

Moats, Dr. Kenneth

The Dose from Environmental Exposure to Radiation (DEER) Report

Onikosi, Adetayo

Risk-Informed Application of Radon Monitoring and Mitigation in LLRW Remediation: Port Hope Area Initiative

Pearson, Dr. Dustin

An update on the 2023-2028 Canadian national trial for measuring radon decay products in toenail clippings to assess long-term, personalized radon exposure dosimetry (part of Cross-Canada Radon Survey presentation)

Philibert, Kelcey

Detector to Data: Inside SRC’s Radon Analysis Process

Philibert, Kelcey

Detector to Data: Inside SRC’s Radon Analysis Process

Preston, Brent

Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety: New or changing industry regulatory expectation and objectives

Purcell, Brandon

CCS Lung Cancer Action Plan

Sadowski, Jason

Dangers of Using Artificial Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance and Efficiency

Shoushtarian, Ali

Refined Policy Approach for Part 6 (Training) of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

Silveira, Dylan

Development of the spectral decomposition algorithm for the analysis of HPGe gamma spectra collected from low-level waste samples

Singh, Joe – Student Paper Contest Finalist

Enhancing Radiation Protection in Radioisotope Shipping Through Nested Shielding Inserts

Tappia, Dr. Paramjit

New Horizons in Radon-Related Lung Cancer Screening

Tiarti, Sid – Student Paper Contest Finalist

Radon in the Workplace: Estimating the Effective Radiation Dose

Verma, Bethany

“My Radon Risk”: An Interactive Radon Platform for Risk Communication

Wang, Athena

EMF: Non-Ionizing Radiation: Health Effects and Exposure Guidelines

Warkentin, Pam

Dynamic Regulation in Canada’s Maturing Radon Landscape

Zic, Josip

Dangers of Using Artificial Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance and Efficiency