Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015 — 1
Definitions 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. A 1 has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( A 1 ) A 2 has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( A 2 ) Act means the Nuclear Safety and Control Act . ( Loi ) activity means the number of nuclear transformations occurring per unit of time, as measured in becquerels. ( activité ) alternative activity limit for an exempt consignment , in respect of an instrument or article, means an activity limit for a consignment that is above the activity limit for an exempt consignment set out in the IAEA Regulations and that has been approved as meeting the exemption criteria set out in those Regulations for an instrument or article. ( autre limite d’activité pour un envoi exempté ) basic radionuclide value means either an A 1 in TBq, an A 2 in TBq, an activity concentration limit for an exempt material in Bq/g or an activity limit for an exempt consignment in Bq, as set out in the IAEA Regulations. ( valeur de base pour un radionucléide ) carrier has the same meaning as in section 1.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations . ( transporteur ) certificate means a document issued by the Commission under paragraph 21(1)(h) of the Act or by a designated officer authorized under paragraph 37(2)(a) of the Act, indicating the certification of (a) a package design; (b) a design for special form radioactive material; (c) a design for low dispersible radioactive material; (d) the calculation of a value demonstrating that fissile-excepted radioactive material will remain subcritical; (e) the calculation of the basic radionuclide value for radioactive material that has a basic radionuclide value that is not listed in the IAEA Regulations; or (f) the calculation, for an instrument or article that has an alternative activity limit for an exempt consignment, of the alternative activity limit. ( document d’homologation ) confinement system means the assembly of fissile material and packaging components intended to preserve criticality safety. ( système d’isolement ) consignee has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( destinataire ) consignment has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( envoi ) consignor has the same meaning as in section 1.4 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations . ( expéditeur ) containment system has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( enveloppe de confinement ) contamination has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( contamination ) conveyance has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( moyen de transport ) criticality safety index has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( indice de sûreté-criticité ) effective dose has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Radiation Protection Regulations . ( dose efficace ) excepted package means a package that is designed in accordance with the applicable requirements of the IAEA Regulations. ( colis excepté ) exclusive use has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( utilisation exclusive ) fissile-excepted radioactive material means fissile radioactive material that is (a) excepted from being classified as fissile in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; or (b) contained in a package that is excepted from being classified as fissile in accordance with those Regulations. ( matière radioactive fissile exceptée ) fissile material has the same meaning as in the IAEA Regulations. ( matière fissile ) freight container has the same meaning as in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code . ( conteneur ) IAEA means the International Atomic Energy Agency. ( AIEA ) IAEA Regulations means the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material , published by the IAEA, as amended from time to time. ( Règlement de l’AIEA ) instrument or article means any tool, implement or object, or its components, that encloses nuclear substances and that is fabricated for a particular use other than solely for enclosing those nuclea