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Application for certification of subcriticality 12 (1) An application for certification of the calculation referred to in subsection 10 (3) must include (a) a description of the fissile-excepted radioactive material, including its name, chemical form and physical state; (b) the calculation of a value demonstrating that the material will remain subcritical without the need for accumulation control under the conditions described in the IAEA Regulations, including tests performed, principles used, assumptions made, scenarios considered, limitations that should be applied and any data, formulae or analysis tool used; (c) in respect of the calculation, a copy of any applicable approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; (d) in respect of a special form radioactive material, a copy of any applicable approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations or a copy of any applicable certificate; (e) in respect of low dispersible radioactive material, a copy of any applicable certificate; (f) details of the applicable management system; (g) details of any actions needed to be taken before shipment; and (h) any other information necessary to demonstrate that the calculation meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations. New application for certification (2) No later than 60 days after the day on which the certificate expires, an applicant may make a new application for certification to the Commission or a designated officer if the calculation of the value has not been modified. The application must include (a) a statement confirming that the calculation of a value demonstrating that the material will remain subcritical without the need for accumulation control under the conditions described in the IAEA Regulations has not been modified and that the tests performed, principles used, assumptions made, scenarios considered, limitations that should be applied and any data, formulae or analysis tool used have not been modified; (b) a copy of any applicable approval issued by the foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations since the last certification; (c) a statement confirming that the details of the applicable management system and any actions needed to be taken before shipment that were previously submitted have not been modified; and (d) any other information necessary to demonstrate that the calculation meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations.
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Application for certification of calculated values 13 (1) An application for certification of the calculation referred to in subsection 10 (4) must include (a) a description of the nuclear substance, including its name, chemical form and physical state; (b) the calculation of the basic radionuclide value, including the principles used, assumptions made, scenarios considered and any data or formulae used to determine the value; (c) a copy of any applicable approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; (d) in respect of an instrument or article, (i) details of the instrument or article that will contain the nuclear substance, including the identification, details of construction and intended uses of the instrument or article and the location of the nuclear substance, (ii) the maximum activity of the instrument or article, (iii) the maximum external radiation level arising from the instrument or article, (iv) details of the management system for the design and production of the instrument or article, and (v) instructions for the use, inspection, maintenance and disposal of the instrument or article; and (e) any other information necessary to demonstrate that the calculation meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations. New application for certification (2) No later than 60 days after the day on which the certificate expires, an applicant may make a new application for certification to the Commission or a designated officer if the calculation has not been modified. The application must include (a) a statement confirming that the calculation of the basic radionuclide value, including the principles used, assumptions made, scenarios considered and any data or formulae used to determine the calculation, has not been modified; (b) in respect of an instrument or article, a statement confirming that the information previously submitted has not been modified or, if it has been modified, the revised information and a statement confirming that the modifications are without technical significance and do not affect safety; (c) a copy of any applicable approval issued by the foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations since the last certification; (d) a statement confirming that the instructions previously submitted in respect of the certified calculation have not been modified; and (e) any other information necessary to demonstrate that the calculation meets the applicable requirements of these Regulations.
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Application for certification 14 (1) The applications for certification referred to in sections 11 to 13 must be made to the Commission or a designated officer. Modifications requiring new certification (2) If the certified design or calculation referred to in section 10 has been modified in a manner that affects the safety of the prescribed equipment referred to in that section, the certificate is void and a new application for certification must be made.
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Notice of refusal to certify 15 (1) The Commission, or the designated officer, must notify a person who has applied for certification of a proposed decision not to certify, as well as the basis for the proposed decision, at least 30 days before making the decision. Right to be heard (2) The notice must include a description of the person’s right to be provided with an opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 17 .
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Notice of decertification 16 (1) The Commission, or the designated officer, must notify a person to whom a certificate has been issued and, in the case of a certificate for a package design, any registered user of a package of that design, of a proposed decision to decertify, as well as the basis for the proposed decision, at least 30 days before making the decision. Right to be heard (2) The notice must include a description of the person’s and the registered user’s right to be provided with an opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 17 .
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Opportunity to be heard 17 (1) The Commission, or the designated officer, must provide the person referred to in section 15 or 16 or the registered user referred to in section 16 with an opportunity, in respect of the proposed decision, to be heard either orally or in writing if, within 30 days after the date of the notice, they request that opportunity. Notification of final decision (2) Every person and registered user who is notified in accordance with section 15 or 16 must be notified of the final decision and the reasons for it.
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Producing package of certified design 18 Every person who produces a package of a certified design must (a) produce the package in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate; and (b) clearly mark the package with the certificate number, design number and serial number.
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Application for registration 19 (1) A person who intends to use a package of a certified design must apply to the Commission to register their use of the package. Information for registration (2) The Commission must register the applicant’s intended use of the package on receipt of an application containing the following: (a) the applicant’s contact information, including, as applicable, their name, postal address, email address, telephone number and fax number; (b) the name of a person who can be contacted for transport purposes; (c) the number of any licence that the applicant holds in respect of the contents of the package; (d) the number of any applicable approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; (e) the package’s design and serial numbers; and (f) a statement confirming that the applicant possesses the instructions necessary to prepare the package for shipment, as set out in the certificate for the package design. Confirmation (3) An applicant may use the package only if they have received confirmation from the Commission that their use of the package has been registered.
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Producing special form radioactive material 20 (1) Every person who produces special form radioactive material must (a) use a certified design and produce the material in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate; and (b) clearly mark the material, or any source holder to which it is permanently attached, in a unique, legible and durable manner. Transporting special form radioactive material (2) A person may transport special form radioactive material only if it has been produced in accordance with a certified design or a design approved by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations. Prior approvals (3) Every person who possesses special form radioactive material, the design of which was approved under the 1973, 1973 (as amended), 1985 or 1985 (as amended in 1990) edition of the IAEA Regulations, must ensure that the material was produced before January 1, 2004 and that it is used in compliance with section 24 .
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Producing low dispersible radioactive material 21 (1) Every person who produces low dispersible radioactive material must (a) use a certified design and produce the material in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate; and (b) clearly mark the material in a unique, legible and durable manner. Transporting low dispersible radioactive material (2) A person may transport low dispersible radioactive material only if it has been produced in accordance with a certified design.
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Instrument or article having alternative activity limit 22 (1) Every person who produces an instrument or article that has an alternative activity limit for an exempt consignment must use the applicable certified calculation and produce the instrument or article in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate. Transporting instrument or article having alternative activity limit (2) A person may transport an instrument or article that has an alternative activity limit for an exempt consignment only if it has been produced using the applicable certified calculation.
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Producing fissile-excepted radioactive material 23 (1) Every person who produces fissile-excepted radioactive material that requires a certified calculation of a value demonstrating that the material will remain subcritical must do so in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate. Transporting fissile-excepted radioactive material (2) A person may transport fissile-excepted radioactive material that requires a certified calculation of a value demonstrating that the material will remain subcritical only if it has been produced in accordance with the requirements set out in the certificate.
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Management system 24 Every person who designs, produces, tests, uses, inspects, maintains or repairs prescribed equipment must (a) implement and maintain a management system in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; (b) keep a record documenting the system and of any information collected under it; and (c) retain the record for a period ending two years after the day on which the prescribed equipment is removed from service.
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General obligations 25 (1) Every person who transports, or presents for transport, radioactive material must comply with the requirements of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations . Consignor’s responsibilities (2) Every consignor, other than a consignor of an excepted package, must comply with the requirements of the IAEA Regulations in respect of (a) the provision of information for carriers; (b) the notification of competent authorities; and (c) the possession of certificates and instructions. Advising consignee (3) The consignor must advise the consignee that the material is going to be transported. Carrier’s responsibilities (4) Every carrier of radioactive material must (a) comply, in respect of transport and storage, with the requirements of the IAEA Regulations except in respect of placarding; (b) transport the material in accordance with the consignor’s instructions; and (c) implement and maintain work procedures to ensure compliance with these Regulations and keep a record documenting those procedures.
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Transport requirements for LSA and SCO 27 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), both LSA material and an SCO must be transported in Type IP-3 packages. No escape of radioactive contents (2) LSA-I material and an SCO-I may be transported unpackaged in accordance with the IAEA Regulations, but must be transported in a manner that ensures that, under routine conditions of transport, there will be no escape of the radioactive contents from the conveyance or any loss of shielding. Transport in accordance with IAEA Regulations (3) LSA material and an SCO may be transported in Type IP-1 packages and Type IP-2 packages in accordance with the IAEA Regulations if the LSA material and the SCO (a) are transported in conveyances that are not carrying passengers; (b) are transported in conveyances or freight containers from one consignor only; and (c) are only loaded at the consignor’s location and unloaded at the consignee’s location.
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Particulars of consignment 29 (1) Every consignor of radioactive material must include in the transport documents for the consignment the particulars of consignment that are required by the IAEA Regulations, which particulars must be clearly and indelibly printed. Exceptions (2) Subsection (1) does not apply (a) to an excepted package if the transport documents contain the following information: (i) the identification of the consignor and consignee, (ii) the United Nations number assigned to the material as set out in the IAEA Regulations, preceded by the letters “UN”, (iii) the proper shipping name as set out in the IAEA Regulations, (iv) the identification mark for the certification described in each of sections 12 to 14 , as applicable, and (v) the identification mark of any applicable special form radioactive material approval issued by a foreign competent authority in accordance with the IAEA Regulations; or (b) to a consignor who provides transport documents that have been prepared in accordance with the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code or the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air . Obligation (3) Every carrier who transports a consignment of radioactive material must ensure that it is accompanied by the transport documents referred to in subsection (1) or (2). Exception for exposure devices (4) The transport documents in respect of radioactive material that is in an exposure device, referred to in paragraph 28 (2)(a), transported in accordance with that paragraph do not need to meet the requirements set out in the IAEA Regulations for the category of the package and transport index.
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Definitions 30 For the purposes of sections 31 and 33 , committed , equivalent dose and radon progeny have the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Radiation Protection Regulations .
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Radiation protection program 31 (1) Every consignor, carrier or consignee of radioactive material, other than one who only handles or transports excepted packages, must implement a radiation protection program and must, as part of that program, (a) keep the amount of exposure to radon progeny and the effective dose and equivalent dose received by and committed to persons as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account social and economic factors, through the implementation of (i) management control over work practices, (ii) personnel qualification and training, (iii) control of exposure to radiation by personnel and the public, and (iv) planning for unusual situations; (b) prevent persons from receiving doses of radiation higher than the radiation dose limits prescribed by the Radiation Protection Regulations ; (c) assess the radiation at the workplace and (i) conduct workplace or individual monitoring if it may reasonably be expected that the doses of radiation received by persons at the workplace will be 1 mSv or more but less than 5 mSv a year, or (ii) conduct individual monitoring if it may reasonably be expected that the doses of radiation received by persons at the workplace will be 5 mSv a year or more; and (d) train the persons referred to in the program on the application of the program. Requirement to keep records (2) Every consignor, carrier or consignee must (a) keep a record documenting their radiation protection program and of any information collected under it; and (b) retain the record for a period ending two years after the day on which the information is collected.
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When dose limit exceeded 32 Every consignor, carrier or consignee who becomes aware that a dose of radiation received by a person may have exceeded an applicable dose limit prescribed by the Radiation Protection Regulations must (a) immediately notify the person and the Commission of the dose; (b) conduct an investigation to determine the magnitude of the dose and to establish the causes of the exposure; (c) take any action required to prevent the occurrence of a similar incident; and (d) within 21 days after becoming aware that the dose limit may have been exceeded, report to the Commission the results of the investigation or the progress that has been made in conducting it.
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Provision of information 33 (1) Every consignor, carrier or consignee must inform every nuclear energy worker that they employ, in writing, (a) of the fact that the worker is a nuclear energy worker; (b) of the risks associated with the radiation to which the worker may be exposed in the course of their work, including the risks associated with the exposure of embryos and foetuses to radiation; (c) of the applicable effective dose limits and equivalent dose limits prescribed by sections 13 and 14, respectively, of the Radiation Protection Regulations ; and (d) of the worker’s radiation dose levels. Obligation to inform (2) In the case of a female nuclear energy worker, the consignor, carrier or consignee must (a) inform her, in writing, that she is required, as soon as she is aware that she is pregnant, to inform her employer of that fact in writing; (b) inform her, in writing, of the applicable effective dose limits prescribed by the Radiation Protection Regulations ; and (c) on being informed of the pregnancy, make any accommodation that will not result in costs or business inconvenience constituting undue hardship to it to comply with the effective dose limits prescribed by section 13 of the Radiation Protection Regulations . Acknowledgement of information (3) Every consignor, carrier or consignee must obtain from each nuclear energy worker that they employ who is informed of the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and subsection (2) a written acknowledgement that the worker has received the information.
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Collection of personal information 34 (1) If a consignor, carrier or consignee collects personal information, as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act , that may be required to be disclosed to the Commission, another government institution, as defined in that section, or a dosimetry service, the consignor, carrier or consignee must inform the person to whom the information relates of the purpose for which it is being collected. Required information (2) Every nuclear energy worker whose work requires that they engage in activities that are subject to these Regulations must provide the following information to their employer: (a) their given names, surname and any previous surname; (b) their Social Insurance Number; (c) their gender; (d) their date, province and country of birth; and (e) their dose record, as applicable, for the current one-year dosimetry period and five-year dosimetry period as those terms are defined in subsection 1(1) of the Radiation Protection Regulations .
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Interpretation 35 For the purpose of sections 36 to 38 , a dangerous occurrence is any of the following situations: (a) a conveyance carrying radioactive material is involved in an accident; (b) a package shows evidence of damage, tampering or leakage of its contents, or its integrity is degraded in a manner that may reasonably be expected to impair its ability to comply with these Regulations or its certificate; (c) radioactive material is lost, stolen or no longer in the control of a person who is required to have control of it under the Act; (d) radioactive material has escaped from a containment system, a package or a conveyance during transport; (e) fissile material is outside the confinement system during transport; (f) the level of non-fixed contamination, as defined in the IAEA Regulations, during transport exceeds the following limits as applicable when averaged over any area of 300 cm 2 of any part of the surface of the package or the conveyance: (i) 4 Bq/cm 2 for beta and gamma emitters and low toxicity alpha emitters, or (ii) 0.4 Bq/cm 2 for all other alpha emitters; (g) there is a failure to comply with the provisions of the Act, the provisions of these Regulations or any licence or certificate that is applicable to a package that may reasonably be expected to lead to a situation in which the environment, the health and safety of persons or national security is adversely affected.
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Obligations in event of dangerous occurrence 36 (1) The consignor, carrier or consignee of a package or radioactive material involved in a dangerous occurrence or any other person who controls any area affected by a dangerous occurrence must immediately (a) limit, to the extent possible, the dispersal of any radioactive material; (b) place barriers, signs or personnel at every point of entry into the affected area to control the entry of persons into that area; and (c) record the name, postal address and telephone number of any person who may have been exposed to or contaminated by radioactive material and request that the person remain available for assessment by an expert in radiation protection. Expert assessment (2) As soon as feasible after a dangerous occurrence has occurred the consignor, carrier or consignee of the package or radioactive material involved in the occurrence must have an expert in radiation protection assess the situation. The expert must report the results of the assessment to the Commission as soon as feasible.