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Nuclear Security Regulations — (a)
threat and risk assessment means an assessment that (a) identifies sensitive information and the threats to that information; (b) identifies any threat that could (i) compromise the security of a nuclear facility or its operations, (ii) exploit vulnerabilities in a nuclear facility’s nuclear security measures, or (iii) in the case of the transport of Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material, compromise the security of sensitive information or the nuclear material; and (c) evaluates the risks posed by those threats and the adequacy and effectiveness of an existing or proposed nuclear security system or nuclear security measure that is designed to protect against those threats. ( évaluation de la menace et du risque )
Nuclear Security Regulations — (a)
threat item means (a) an object, other than a match or pocket lighter, that is fabricated with combustible materials and that could be used to inflict burn injuries on persons or cause fire damage to property; (b) a component of a weapon, an explosive device or an object referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) any other item that could pose a threat to the security of a nuclear facility. ( article dangereux )
Nuclear Security Regulations — Nuclear Security Regulations
vehicle portal means a portal for the passage of land vehicles that has enclosed sides, a movable barrier at either end and is large enough to accommodate a land vehicle. ( sas pour véhicule )
Nuclear Security Regulations — Nuclear Security Regulations
vital area means an area that is inside a protected area and that contains equipment, systems, structures, components or nuclear substances the sabotage of which could directly or indirectly impact the environment or the health or safety of persons as a result of exposure to radiation or the release of a nuclear substance. ( zone vitale )
Nuclear Security Regulations — Nuclear Security Regulations
weapon has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code . ( arme )
Nuclear Security Regulations — 2
Definition of licensee 2 In this Part, licensee means any of the following persons: (a) a person who, in relation to a high-security site, is licensed under the Act to (i) carry out an activity described in any of paragraphs 26(a), (e) or (f) of the Act; or (ii) produce, refine, convert, enrich, process, reprocess, manage, store or dispose of Category I nuclear material or Category II nuclear material; (b) a person who, in relation to a nuclear facility referred to in paragraph 3 (c) of these Regulations, is licensed under the Act to (i) carry out an activity described in any of paragraphs 26(a), (e) or (f) of the Act; or (ii) produce, refine, convert, enrich, process, reprocess, manage, store or dispose of a nuclear substance; and (c) a person who, in respect of Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material, Category III nuclear material or a nuclear substance referred to in paragraph 3 (d) of these Regulations, is licensed under the Act to (i) carry out an activity described in any of paragraphs 26(a), (e) or (f) of the Act, or (ii) produce, refine, convert, enrich, process, reprocess, manage, store or dispose of a nuclear substance.
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Application of Part 3 This Part applies in respect of (a) Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material and Category III nuclear material; (b) high-security sites; (c) the following nuclear facilities, other than those that are high-security sites: (i) a nuclear fission or fusion reactor or subcritical nuclear assembly, (ii) a plant for the processing, reprocessing or separation of an isotope of uranium, thorium or plutonium, (iii) a plant for the manufacture of a product from uranium, thorium or plutonium, (iv) a plant for the processing or use, in a quantity greater than 10 15 Bq per calendar year, of nuclear substances other than uranium, thorium or plutonium, (v) a vehicle that is equipped with a nuclear reactor, and (vi) a facility for the disposal of Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material that is generated at another nuclear facility; and (d) nuclear substances, other than Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material, that are referred to in any of paragraphs (c), (e) or (f) of the definition nuclear substance in section 2 of the Act, that have an activity greater than or equal to 10 times the D-value for that substance and that is located at a nuclear facility referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.
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Required information 4 An application for a licence in respect of Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material or a nuclear facility, other than a transport licence, must contain, in addition to the information required by section 3 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations or sections 3 to 8 of the Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations , as applicable, (a) a nuclear security plan that contains (i) a description of the proposed nuclear security system, including each nuclear security measure and any characteristics of the design of the nuclear facility that improve its security, (ii) a list that identifies each nuclear security measure that is a critical security measure and that sets out the compensatory measures that will be implemented in the event that it becomes degraded, inoperative or compromised, (iii) a description of the areas where Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material or other nuclear substances are to be produced, used, processed, stored or transported and the location of those areas, (iv) the written arrangements made between the applicant and any off-site response force, (v) the plan and procedures to assess and respond to nuclear security events at the nuclear facility, (vi) the process for controlling access to the nuclear facility and verifying the identity of each person who accesses it, (vii) the processes for determining who, on entering or exiting the nuclear facility, will be searched or screened, and (viii) the cyber security program consisting of the plans, policies and procedures for the protection of the computer systems and electronic components of the nuclear facility against cyber security threats identified in the threat and risk assessment; and (b) the threat and risk assessment.
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Review and update 5 (1) A licensee must review the nuclear security plan at least once per year and update it to reflect any changes to the information that it is required to contain. Copy to be provided before implementation (2) The licensee must provide a copy of the updated nuclear security plan to the Commission before it is implemented.
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Minimum frequency 6 (1) A licensee must conduct, at least once every five years, a threat and risk assessment specific to each nuclear facility at which they carry on licensed activities. Review and update (2) The licensee must (a) review the threat and risk assessment at least once per year and after any nuclear security event at the nuclear facility or after the licensee becomes aware of a change in any threat that is identified in the assessment or of a new vulnerability or threat; (b) update the threat and risk assessment to implement any changes that were identified in the review as being necessary; and (c) update the nuclear security plan if the changes referred to in paragraph (b) necessitate changes to the information that the plan is required to contain. Modifications to nuclear security system (3) After providing the copy of the updated nuclear security plan under subsection 5 (2), the licensee must make the modifications to its nuclear security system that are necessary to counter any vulnerabilities or threats identified in the threat and risk assessment. Record to be kept (4) For each threat and risk assessment that is conducted, the licensee must keep a record that sets out the results of that threat and risk assessment and each update under paragraph (2)(b). Records to be provided (5) A licensee must provide to the Commission (a) any record referred to in subsection (4) on request of the Commission; and (b) the record of the results of the threat and risk assessment or an update under paragraph (2)(b), as the case may be, within 60 days after the day on which the threat and risk assessment or the update is completed.
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Effective intervention 7 A licensee must implement nuclear security measures that ensure that an effective intervention can be made, taking into account the threats identified in the threat and risk assessment.
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Training program — behaviour of personnel 8 A licensee must develop and implement a training program to ensure that its supervisors are trained to recognize and report behaviour of personnel, including contractors, that could pose a threat to security at a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities.
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Security culture 9 (1) A licensee must implement measures to promote and support security culture. Record to be kept (2) The licensee must keep a record of the security culture measures that it implements.
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Interfaces of safety, security and safeguards 10 (1) A licensee must, to the extent possible, ensure that (a) nuclear security measures and, if any, nuclear material accountancy activities are designed and implemented so as to avoid and resolve conflicts between them and to detect, prevent and deter the unauthorized removal of any Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material from a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities; (b) nuclear security measures do not compromise the environment or the health or safety of persons; and (c) measures taken to protect the environment or the health or safety of persons do not compromise the security of a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities. Process to coordinate measures (2) The licensee must establish, implement and maintain a process to (a) avoid and resolve conflicts between nuclear security measures and, if any, nuclear material accountancy activities; and (b) coordinate nuclear security measures, environmental protection measures and health and safety protection measures. Record to be kept (3) The licensee must keep a record that sets out the process referred to in subsection (2).
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Compensatory measures 11 (1) If a critical security measure for a nuclear facility at which a licensee carries on licensed activities becomes degraded, inoperative or compromised, the licensee must immediately implement compensatory measures that are as effective as that measure was before it became degraded, inoperative or compromised. Records to be kept (2) A licensee must keep a record that sets out the process for implementing the compensatory measures and a record that sets out each instance in which a compensatory measure is implemented.
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Compromise of critical security measure 12 When a licensee becomes aware that a device that is part of a critical security measure is degraded, inoperative or compromised in any way, including by loss, theft or unauthorized transfer, the licensee must (a) replace the device or restore it to its proper functioning as soon as feasible; and (b) determine, on the basis of an investigation, how it became degraded, inoperative or compromised.
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Security guards 13 (1) A licensee must ensure that each security guard at a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities is trained and qualified to carry out their assigned duties. Record to be kept (2) The licensee must keep a record of the training that it provides to each security guard and proof that they are qualified to carry out their assigned duties.
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Arrangements with off-site response force 14 (1) A licensee must make written arrangements with an off-site response force that, alone or in conjunction with the on-site nuclear response force, if any, is capable of making, at a nuclear facility at which the licensee carries on licensed activities, an effective intervention against any physical threat identified in the threat and risk assessment. Provisions in arrangements (2) The written arrangements must provide for (a) a process for determining when and how the off-site response force is to be notified when a nuclear security event occurs at the facility; (b) annual visits to the nuclear facility by members of the off-site response force to familiarize them with the facility; (c) the joint development by the licensee and the off-site response force of a contingency plan to facilitate effective interventions by that force; (d) the roles and responsibilities of the licensee and the off-site response force in responding to nuclear security events; and (e) the participation of the off-site response force in security exercises. Arrangements signed (3) The licensee must ensure that the written arrangements are signed by the licensee and a person who is authorized to sign on behalf of the off-site response force.
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Alarm-monitoring 15 (1) A licensee must have alarm-monitoring capability or make arrangements with an alarm monitoring service. Alarm-monitoring service (2) If the licensee has made arrangements with an alarm-monitoring service, those arrangements must provide for the procedure by which the service will notify the licensee or the off-site response force in the event that an alarm signal is received from the nuclear facility.
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Cyber security program 16 (1) A licensee must, for each nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities, implement and maintain the cyber security program referred to in subparagraph 4 (a)(viii). Protection against cyber security threats (2) The licensee must protect the computer systems and electronic components of the nuclear facility against the cyber security threats that are identified in the threat and risk assessment.
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Protection of sensitive information 17 (1) A licensee must protect the sensitive information that is identified in the threat and risk assessment against the threats that are identified in that assessment. Nuclear security measures (2) The licensee must implement nuclear security measures that protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the sensitive information referred to in subsection (1) against the threats that are identified in the threat and risk assessment. Access to sensitive information (3) The licensee must not permit a person to access sensitive information unless the person requires that access to carry out their duties.
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Identity verification, clearance or authorization 18 A licensee must implement measures to protect the following information from loss or theft and unauthorized access, use, disclosure, duplication, alteration or destruction: (a) information that is collected, used, retained or disclosed for the purposes of identity verification; and (b) information that is collected, used, retained or disclosed in relation to a clearance or authorization.
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Category I nuclear material 19 A licensee must only produce, process, use or store Category I nuclear material in an inner area.
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Category II nuclear material 20 A licensee must only produce, process, use or store Category II nuclear material in a protected area.
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Category III nuclear material 21 A licensee must only produce, process, use or store Category III nuclear material in (a) a protected area; or (b) any other area that is equipped with detection, delay and response measures and that is designed and constructed to prevent unauthorized access to the material.
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Other nuclear substances 22 (1) A licensee may only produce, process, use or store a nuclear substance, other than Category I nuclear material, Category II nuclear material or Category III nuclear material, that has an activity that is greater than or equal to 10 times the D-value for that substance in an area within a nuclear facility that is designed and constructed to prevent unauthorized access to the nuclear substance. Security measures (2) In respect of the area referred to in subsection (1), the licensee must (a) maintain a list of the persons who are authorized to access the area; (b) permit only authorized persons to access the area; and (c) implement measures to detect, and assess the necessary response to, (i) any unauthorized access to a nuclear substance in the area, and (ii) any tampering or attempted tampering that could compromise or degrade a nuclear security measure or render it inoperative or ineffective.
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Removal of nuclear substances 23 A licensee must ensure that nuclear substances are not removed from a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities except in accordance with a licence.
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Detection of unauthorized removal 24 (1) If a licensee detects the unauthorized removal of nuclear substances from a nuclear facility at which it carries on licensed activities, it must (a) determine the reason for the unauthorized removal; and (b) assess and immediately respond to the unauthorized removal. Record to be kept (2) The licensee must keep a record that sets out the process by which it will ensure that any unauthorized removal of nuclear substances from the facility is dealt with in accordance with subsection (1).
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Definition of licensee 25 In this Part, licensee means a person who, in relation to a high-security site, is licensed under the Act to carry out any of the following activities: (a) carry out an activity described in any of paragraphs 26(a), (e) or (f) of the Act; or (b) produce, refine, convert, enrich, process, reprocess, manage, store or dispose of Category I nuclear material or Category II nuclear material.
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Application of Part 26 This Part applies in respect of high-security sites.
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Additional information and documents 27 The nuclear security plan contained in an application for a licence in respect of a high-security site must contain, in addition to the information and documents required under paragraph 4 (a), the following information and documents: (a) in the description of the proposed nuclear security system, a description of the central alarm station, the backup alarm station and the physical barriers, structures, devices and nuclear security measures in respect of each protected area, vital area and inner area in the site; (b) a description of the protected areas, vital areas and inner areas in the site and the potential targets of sabotage and the location of those areas and targets in the site; (c) information about the organizational structure, duties and training of nuclear security officers, the procedures those officers must follow and the minimum number of nuclear security officers and other personnel who will carry out duties related to security at the site; (d) a description of the nuclear security measures that will be implemented by the licensee to ensure that an effective intervention can be made at that site, taking into account the design basis threat and any other threat identified in the threat and risk assessment; (e) a description of the on-site and off-site communications equipment, systems and procedures; (f) the tactical deployment plans developed with the off-site response force and, if any, the on-site nuclear response force, including an analysis of potential pathways for adversaries and security response times; and (g) for each physical barrier and nuclear security measure that is intended to delay adversaries who are described in the design basis threat or the threat and risk assessment, an analysis of the delay time provided by that barrier or measure and the data supporting that analysis.
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Commission to identify threats 28 (1) The Commission must identify any threat involving a person or group that may have the capability, motivation and intent to attempt (a) the sabotage of a high-security site; or (b) the unauthorized removal of Category I nuclear material or Category II nuclear material from a high-security site. Commission to inform licensee (2) The Commission must inform each licensee of the design basis threat.
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Nuclear security system 29 (1) A licensee must design a nuclear security system taking into account the design basis threat and any other threat identified in the threat and risk assessment, evaluate the ability of the system to respond to those threats and make modifications to the system as necessary. Nuclear security measures (2) The licensee must implement nuclear security measures that ensure that an effective intervention can be made, taking into account the design basis threat and any other threat identified in the threat and risk assessment. Record to be kept (3) The licensee must keep a record that sets out the processes it has implemented to design and make modifications to the nuclear security system.
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Number and duties 30 (1) A licensee must have, at all times, a sufficient number of nuclear security officers available at a high-security site to carry out the following duties: (a) conducting patrols of the site, including in the limited access area, if any; (b) controlling and monitoring the movement of persons, property, Category I nuclear materials, Category II nuclear materials, Category III nuclear materials and vehicles at the site, including in the limited access area, if any; (c) conducting searches of persons and everything in their possession, including any land vehicle, when they enter or exit a protected area or inner area; (d) assessing and responding to nuclear security events; (e) apprehending and detaining intruders; (f) observing and reporting on the movements of intruders; (g) assisting in making effective interventions against intruders; (h) operating nuclear security systems and devices; and (i) carrying out any other duties that nuclear security officers are required to carry out under these Regulations. Record to be kept (2) The licensee must keep a record that sets out the duties of its nuclear security officers and give a copy of it to each officer.
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Provision of equipment 31 A licensee must provide each of its nuclear security officers with the equipment, devices and apparel that are necessary to carry out their duties.
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Training, knowledge, skill and qualifications 32 (1) A licensee must ensure that a nuclear security officer does not carry out a duty unless (a) they have the training, knowledge and skill that is necessary to allow them to carry out that duty; and (b) they are qualified to carry out that duty. Continuing training program (2) The licensee must ensure that each of its nuclear security officers participates in a continuing training program that includes training regarding (a) their duties and responsibilities when responding to nuclear security events, including the use of force; (b) the security procedures and nuclear security measures that are relevant to their duties; (c) the design basis threat and any other threat identified in the threat and risk assessment that is relevant to their duties; and (d) the licensee’s obligations under the Act and its regulations that are relevant to their duties. Record to be kept (3) The licensee must keep a record of the training received by each of its nuclear security officers.