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Consultation has concluded
Consultation on REGDOC-2.9.2, Controlling Releases to the Environment, closed on August 11, 2021.Thank you to everyone who submitted comments..
Draft REGDOC-2.9.2, Controlling Releases to the Environment, is now open for feedback on comments received during consultation. Feedback on comments received will close on August 11, 2021.
Draft REGDOC-2.9.2 was open for public consultation until July 27, 2021. From July 28 to August 11, reviewers are invited to provide feedback on the comments received during consultation.
The CNSC held a webinar on April 9, 2021 to provide an overview of the core elements of draft REGDOC-2.9.2, Controlling Releases to the Environment, and of the public consultation process. The presentation for that webinar has now been posted, for information only, and may provide additional clarity on the intent of this regulatory document.
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How the CNSC Regulates
Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Relevant legislation
1.4 National and international standards
1.5 CNSC contact information
2. Background
2.1 Relationships and interactions between environmental protection measures
2.1.1 Radiation protection principles and controls on releases to the environment
2.1.2 Relationships between environmental protection measures
2.2 Upper values of normal operations, action levels and licensed release limits
2.2.1 Upper value of normal operation
2.2.2 Licensed release limits
2.2.3 Action levels for environmental protection
3. Environmental control measures
3.1 Controlling releases to the environment (from all facilities and activities)
3.2 New facility or activity, or existing facility or activity undergoing a major modification
3.3 Existing facility or activity under normal operation
4. Best Available Technology and Techniques Economically Available (BATEA)
4.1 Requirements for conducting a BATEA assessment
4.2 Required elements of a BATEA assessment
4.3 Guidance for a BATEA assessment
4.3.1 Documentation of the BATEA assessment and results
5. Licensed Release Limits
5.1 Requirements for establishing and documenting licensed release limits
5.2 Requirements for responding to licensed release limit exceedances
5.3 Requirements for revising licensed release limits
6. Action Levels for Environmental Protection
6.1 Requirements for setting action levels
6.1.1 Contaminants and physical stressors
6.1.2 Other environmental controls
6.1.3 Documenting development of the action levels
6.2 Requirements for responding to action level exceedances
6.3 Guidance for action levels
7. Commissioning a Treatment System
8. Adaptive Management
8.1 Requirements for adaptive management
8.2 Guidance for adaptive management
8.2.1 Components of an adaptive management plan
8.2.2 Components of an interim pollution prevention plan
Appendix A: Standard Conditional Clearance Levels
A.1 Basis for the calculation of the generic conditional clearance levels
Appendix B: Establishing Environment Release Targets
B.1 Introduction
B.2 Overview of the process
B.3 Identify final release points
B.4 Identify contaminants and physical stressors that require control
B.5 Calculate the proposed environmental release target
B.5.1 Exposure-based approach for nuclear substances
B.5.2 Exposure-based approach for hazardous substances
B.5.3 Technology-based approach
B.6 Select the most restrictive environmental release targets
B.7 Document and justify the selection
Appendix C: Guidance on Developing a Commissioning Plan and on Confirming Performance of a Treatment System
C.1 Additional guidance for developing a commissioning plan for a treatment system
C.2 Additional guidance for confirming performance of the treatment system
Glossary
References
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