Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 — 26
Packages for transport 26 (1) A consignor may present for transport and a carrier may transport (a) radioactive material if the material is contained in (i) an excepted package, (ii) a Type IP-1, Type IP-2 or Type IP-3 package, (iii) a Type A package, (iv) a Type B or Type C package of a certified design, (v) a package of a certified design used to transport fissile material, or (vi) a package of a certified design used to transport 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride; (b) the following if a licence has been issued for that purpose under subsection 24(2) of the Act: (i) a nuclear substance contained in a large object, (ii) a nuclear substance whose transport does not meet all of the requirements of these Regulations, (iii) a nuclear substance whose transport requires a special use vessel, (iv) a nuclear substance whose transport requires multilateral approval of shipments in accordance with the IAEA Regulations, and (v) a package that is in transit and is of a design that has been approved as a Type B(U)-96 or Type C-96 package by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; (c) unpackaged LSA-I material or an unpackaged SCO-I, in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; and (d) a package that contains 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride and that is of a design that has been approved as a Type H(U)-96 package by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations. Activity or mass limits (2) The activity or mass of the radioactive material contained in the package must be within the applicable limit for that type of package as set out (a) in the IAEA Regulations; (b) in any applicable certificate; and (c) in any applicable approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations. Previously not requiring certification (3) Despite subsection (1), a package that does not require certification by the Commission and whose design meets the requirements of the 1985 or 1985 (as amended in 1990) edition of the IAEA Regulations may be used if (a) the package meets the applicable requirements of section 25 ; and (b) the packaging was neither manufactured nor modified after December 31, 2003. Previously certified (4) Despite subsection (1), a package manufactured to a package design certified under the requirements of the 1973, 1973 (as amended), 1985 or 1985 (as amended in 1990) edition of the IAEA Regulations may continue to be used if (a) the package meets the applicable requirements of section 25 ; (b) its manufacture began before (i) January 1, 1996, for designs that meet the requirements of the 1973 or 1973 (as amended) edition of the IAEA Regulations, or (ii) January 1, 2007, for designs that meet the requirements of the 1985 or 1985 (as amended in 1990) edition of the IAEA Regulations; or (c) it contains fissile material that meets the applicable requirements for fissile material of the editions of the IAEA Regulations issued after 2009. Requirements (5) For packages prepared in accordance with the requirements of an edition of the IAEA Regulations before the 2012 edition, if the material was considered fissile-excepted radioactive material under that earlier edition, and if it is neither excluded from the definition of fissile material nor excepted from the provisions applicable to fissile material in the editions of those Regulations issued after 2009, the package may be transported, provided that it is under exclusive use and the following formula yields a result of less than one: (A/B) + (C/D) where A is the mass in grams of uranium-235; B is 400 if the fissile material is mixed with substances that have an average hydrogen density less than or equal to water, or 290 in all other cases; C is the mass in grams of all other fissile nuclides, as defined in the IAEA Regulations; and D is 250 if the fissile material is mixed with substances that have an average hydrogen density less than or equal to water, or 180 in all other cases.