Certain Regulations made under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act-Regulations Amending

Vol. 137, No. 26 — December 17, 2003

RegistrationSOR/2003-405 3 December, 2003

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND CONTROL ACT

Regulations Amending Certain Regulations made under the Nuclear Safety and Control ActP.C. 2003-1962 3 December, 2003

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources, pursuant to subsection 44(1)   of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act  , hereby approves the annexed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations made under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, made by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on November 26, 2003.

REGULATIONS AMENDING CERTAIN REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE NUCLEAR SAFETY AND CONTROL ACT

GENERAL NUCLEAR SAFETY AND CONTROL REGULATIONS

1. Paragraph 10(a) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations   is replaced by the following:

(a) in the case of a nuclear substance having a specific activity greater than 70 kBq/kg, the provisions that govern the transport of nuclear substances;

2. Paragraph 20(a) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations is replaced by the following:

(a) a package, special form radioactive material and low dispersible radioactive material, as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations;

PACKAGING AND TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS

3. (1) The definitions "IP-1 package", "IP-2 package", "IP-3 package" and "quality assurance program" in subsection 1(1) of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations   are repealed.

(2) The definitions "A1" and "A2", "certificate", "consignee", "consignment", "containment system", "contamination", "conveyance", "depleted uranium", "excepted package", "fissile material", "IAEA Regulations", "LSA-I material", "LSA-III material", "natural uranium", "packaging", "radioactive material", "SCO-I", "SCO-II", "special arrangement", "special form radioactive material", "specific activity", "Type A package", "Type B package", "unirradiated thorium" and "unirradiated uranium" in subsection 1(1) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

"A1" and "A2" have the respective meanings assigned to those terms by paragraph 201 of the IAEA Regulations. (A1 et A2)

"certificate" means a document issued by the Commission or by a designated officer authorized under paragraph 37(2)(a) of the Act, indicating that a package design, a design for special form radioactive material or a design for low dispersible radioactive material is certified. (homologation)

"consignee" means a person who receives a consignment or a person to whom a consignment is being or is intended to be transported. (destinataire)

"consignment" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 211 of the IAEA Regulations. (envoi)

"containment system" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 213 of the IAEA Regulations. (enveloppe de confinement)

"contamination" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 214 of the IAEA Regulations. (contamination)

"conveyance" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 217 of the IAEA Regulations. (moyen de transport)

"depleted uranium" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 246 of the IAEA Regulations. (uranium appauvri)

"excepted package" means a package that meets the requirements of paragraph 515 of the IAEA Regulations. (colis excepté)

"fissile material" has the meaning assigned to that term by paragraph 222 of the IAEA Regulations. (matière fissile)

"IAEA Regulations" means the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, 1996 Edition (Revised), b...

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