Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 — 28
Responsibilities of consignors and carriers under IAEA Regulations 28 (1) Consignors and carriers of radioactive material must comply with the IAEA Regulations in respect of (a) requirements to be met before the first shipment and before each shipment; (b) requirements for the transport of other goods; (c) requirements and controls for contamination and for leaking packages; (d) requirements and controls for transport of excepted packages; (e) the determination of the transport index; (f) the determination of the criticality safety index; (g) the limits on the transport index, criticality safety index and radiation levels; (h) the determination of categories for packages, overpacks and freight containers; and (i) the marking and labelling of packages, overpacks and freight containers, except that the figures illustrating labels found in the IAEA Regulations must be replaced by the corresponding illustrations for Class 7 radioactive materials that are set out in the Appendix to Part 4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations . Exceptions (2) Despite subsection (1), a consignor may present for transport and a carrier may transport, by road, radioactive material in a package, or a package within an overpack, that is not labelled in accordance with the IAEA Regulations, if (a) the package or overpack contains or is an exposure device of a model that is certified, and (i) the package or overpack is transported with goods from one consignor only and in a conveyance that is not carrying passengers, (ii) the package or overpack is transported in a conveyance that displays on each side and on each end a placard for Class 7 radioactive materials as set out in the Appendix to Part 4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations , and (iii) both the package and the overpack, if one is used, are clearly marked with the word “RADIOACTIVE” or “ RADIOACTIF ”; (b) the package is an excepted package; or (c) the package or overpack contains only LSA-I material other than uranium hexafluoride and (i) the package or overpack is transported with goods from one consignor only and in a conveyance that is not carrying passengers, (ii) the package or overpack is only loaded at the consignor’s location and unloaded at the consignee’s location, (iii) the package or overpack is transported by road in a conveyance or freight container that displays on each side and on each end a placard for Class 7 radioactive materials as set out in the Appendix to Part 4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations , and (iv) both the package and the overpack, if one is used, are clearly marked with the words “RADIOACTIVE LSA-I” or “LSA-I RADIOACTIF ”. Definition (3) For the purpose of subsection (2), certified and exposure device have the same meaning as in section 1 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations . Exceptions (4) Despite subsection (1), a consignor may present for transport and a carrier may transport radioactive material in accordance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code or the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air . English or French may be used (5) If the English and French versions of the IAEA Regulations each prescribe the use of a word, the word prescribed by either version may be used.