CNSC Regulatory Framework Plan 2021-2026
Consultation has concluded
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC's) Regulatory Framework Plan sets out the regulations and regulatory documents that the CNSC plans to develop or amend. The CNSC's regulatory framework consists of laws passed by Parliament that govern the regulation of Canada's nuclear industry, and regulations, licences and documents that the CNSC uses to regulate the industry.
In keeping with the CNSC's commitment to stakeholder engagement, comments on specific documents, regulations and on the Plan are welcome at any time. Comments received will not be formally dispositioned, but will be used by the CNSC to evaluate the need for future amendments, and to make adjustments to the Plan.
The Plan outlines the regulations and regulatory documents that the CNSC will be developing or amending in the coming years. Aligned with the CNSC's corporate priorities, the plan also considers current developments in the nuclear environment. It is reviewed regularly and adjusted as necessary.
The Plan includes all activities, from policy analysis through to the publication of regulations and regulatory documents. Documents are reviewed at least every five years. After review, the CNSC decides if they are still appropriate, or need to be updated.
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Regulatory Framework Plan 2021-2026
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A = Analysis Ap = Approve C = Consult Dc = Decide D = Develop P = Publish H = Hold | Q1 = April - June Q2 = July – September Q3 = October – December Q4 = January - March |
Regulations
Under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA), the Commission has made regulations and by-laws with the approval of the Governor in Council.
Regulations set requirements for all types of licence applications and obligations, and provide for exemptions from licensing. By-laws are in place to govern the management and conduct of the Commission's affairs.
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General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations |
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Radiation Protection Regulations |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations and General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations (Safeguards) | D | D | D | C | D | D | Ap | P |
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Nuclear Security Regulations | C | C | D | D | C | D | Ap | P |
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Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations | D | D | D | D | D | C | D | D | Ap | P |
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Cost Recovery Fees Regulations | A | A | A | A | C | A | D | D | D | C | D | D | D | Ap | P |
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Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations |
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Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations |
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Class II Nuclear Facilities and Prescribed Equipment Regulations SJCSR MAR | Ap | Ap | P |
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Class II Nuclear Facilities and Prescribed Equipment Regulations | A | A | C | C | A | D | D | D | C | D | D | Ap | P |
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Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations |
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Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations |
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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Rules of Procedure |
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1.1 Class IA nuclear facilities
The documents in this series apply to Class IA nuclear facilities which include any facility that has a nuclear reactor.
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REGDOC-1.1.1, Site Evaluation and Preparation for New Reactor Facilities |
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REGDOC-1.1.2, Licence Application Guide: Licence to Construct a Reactor Facility, Version 2 | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-1.1.3, Licence Application Guide: Licence to Operate a Nuclear Power Plant |
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REGDOC-1.1.4, Licence Application Guide: Licence to Decommission Reactor Facilities | D | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-1.1.5, Supplemental Information for Small Modular Reactor Proponents |
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Comment on Category 1.1 Class IA nuclear facilities
1.2 Class IB nuclear facilities
Documents in this series apply to Class IB nuclear facilities. Class IB nuclear facilities include high-power particle accelerators, facilities that process, reprocess or separate uranium, thorium or plutonium and facilities that manufacture a product from uranium, thorium or plutonium.
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REGDOC-1.2.1, Guidance on Deep Geological Repository Site Characterization |
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REGDOC-1.2.2, Licence Application Guide: Processing Facilities | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-1.2.3, Licence Application Guide: Deep Geological Repository NEW* | A | A | Dc |
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Comment on Category 1.2 Class IB nuclear facilities
1.3 Uranium mines and mills
Documents in this series apply to facilities involved in the mining, ore processing and milling of uranium.
Requirements are covered in the Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations.
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REGDOC-1.3.1, Licence Application Guide: Uranium Mines and Mills | D | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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Comment on Category 1.3 Uranium mines and mills
1.4 Class II nuclear facilities
Documents in this series apply to Class II nuclear facilities. These facilities are used in medicine, cancer therapy and research.
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REGDOC-1.4.1, Licence Application Guide: Class II Facilities and Prescribed Equipment | P |
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Comment on Category 1.4 Class II nuclear facilities
1.5 Certification of prescribed equipment
Documents in this series apply to prescribed equipment such as particle accelerators, industrial irradiators and cancer therapy machines.
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REGDOC-1.5.1, Licence Application Guide: Certification of Radiation Devices or Class II Prescribed Equipment |
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Comment on Category 1.5 Certification of prescribed equipment
1.6 Nuclear substances and radiation devices
Documents in this series apply to the use of nuclear substances and devices listed in the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations. Nuclear substances must be licensed when the quantities involved are greater than the exemption thresholds. Radiation devices are devices that contain nuclear substances.
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REGDOC-1.6.1, Licence Application Guide: Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices, Version 2 |
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RECDOC-1.6.2, Radiation Protection Programs for Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Licences | D | D | P |
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Comment on Category 1.6 Nuclear substances and radiation devices
2.1 Management system
The framework that establishes the processes and programs required to ensure the organization achieves its safety objectives and continuously monitors its performance against these objectives and fostering a healthy safety culture.
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REGDOC-2.1.1, Management System |
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REGDOC-2.1.2, Safety Culture |
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Comment on Category 2.1 Management system
2.2 Human performance management
The framework that establishes the processes and programs required to ensure the organization achieves its safety objectives and continuously monitors its performance against these objectives and fostering a healthy safety culture.
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REGDOC-2.2.1, Human and Organizational Factors | D | D | D | D | D | C | D | D | D | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.2.2, Personnel Training, Version 2 |
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REGDOC-2.2.3, Personnel Certification, Volume I: Radiation Safety Officers, Version 2 | A | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.2.3, Personnel Certification, Volume II: Exposure Device Operators |
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REGDOC-2.2.3, Personnel Certification, Volume III: Certification of Reactor Facility Worker, version 2 | D | D | D | C | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.2.3, Personnel Certification, Volume IV: Certification Examination and Requalification Testing of Reactor Facility Workers | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | C | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for Duty, Volume I: Managing Worker Fatigue |
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REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for duty, Volume II: Managing Drug and Alcohol Use |
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REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for Duty, Volume III: Nuclear Security Officer Medical, Physical, and Psychological Fitness |
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REGDOC-2.2.5, Minimum Staff Complement | A | A | A | A | Dc | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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Comment on Category 2.2 Human performance management
2.3 Operating performance
A safe and secure operation of the regulated facility with adequate regard for health, safety, security, environmental protection and international obligations. This includes an overall review of the conduct of the licensed activities and the activities that enable effective performance.
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REGDOC-2.3.1, Conduct of Licensed Activities: Construction and Commission Programs |
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REGDOC-2.3.2, Accident Management | A | A | A | C | A | D | C | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.3.3, Periodic Safety Reviews |
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REGDOC-2.3.4, Operations Programs for NPPs | A | A | Dc | D | C | D | D | P |
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2.4 Safety Analysis
Safety Analysis is a systematic evaluation of the potential hazards associated with the conduct of a proposed activity or facility and that considers the effectiveness of preventative measures and strategies in reducing the effects of such hazards.
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REGDOC-2.4.1, Deterministic Safety Analysis, Version 2 | A | A | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.4.2, Probabilistic Safety Assessment | C | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.4.3, Nuclear Criticality Safety, Version 2 |
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REGDOC-2.4.4, Safety Analysis for Class IB Facilities | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.4.5, Nuclear Fuel Safety | D | D | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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2.5 Physical design
Relates to the activities that impact on the ability of systems, components and structures to meet and maintain their design basis given new information arising over time and taking changes in the external environment into account.
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REGDOC-2.5.1, General Design Considerations |
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REGDOC-2.5.2, Design of Reactor Facilities, Version 2 | C | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.5.2, Design of Reactor Facilities, Version 3 |
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REGDOC-2.5.4, Design of Uranium Mines and Mills, Version 2 |
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REGDOC-2.5.5, Design of Radiography Installations |
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REGDOC-2.5.6, Design Guide for Rooms Where Unsealed Nuclear Substances are Used | D | D | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.5.7, Design of Exposure Devices |
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Comment on Category 2.5 Physical design
2.6 Fitness for service
The activities that impact on the physical condition of systems, components and structures to ensure that they remain effective over time. This includes programs that ensure all equipment is available to perform its intended design function when called upon to do so.
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REGDOC-2.6.1, Reliability Programs for Nuclear Power Plants |
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REGDOC-2.6.2, Maintenance |
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REGDOC-2.6.3, Aging Management |
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REGDOC-2.6.4, Fitness for Service, Chemistry Control NEW* | Dc | D | D | D | D | C | D | D | P |
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Comment on Category 2.6 Fitness for service
2.7 Radiation protection
The implementation of a radiation protection program in accordance with the Radiation Protection Regulations. This program must ensure that contamination and radiation doses received are monitored and controlled.
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REGDOC-2.7.1, Radiation Protection | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.7.2, Dosimetry, Volume I: Ascertaining Occupational Dose | D | P |
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REGDOC-2.7.2, Dosimetry, Volume II: Technical and Quality Assurance Requirements for Dosimetry Services |
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REGDOC-2.7.3 Radiation Protection Guidelines for Safe Handling of Decedents |
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Comment on Category 2.7 Radiation protection
2.8 Conventional health and safety
The implementation of a program to manage workplace safety hazards and to protect personnel and equipment.
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REGDOC-2.8.1, Conventional Health and Safety |
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Comment on Category 2.8 Conventional health and safety
2.9 Environmental protection
Programs that identify, control and monitor all releases of radioactive and hazardous substances and effects on the environment from facilities or as the result of licensed activities.
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REGDOC-2.9.1, Environmental Protection: Environmental Principles, Assessments and Protection Measures |
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REGDOC-2.9.2, Environmental Protection: Controlling Releases to the Environment | C | C | D | D | D | D | P |
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Comment on Category 2.9 Environmental protection
2.10 Emergency management and fire protection
The emergency plans and emergency preparedness programs that exist for emergencies and for non-routine conditions. This also includes any results of exercise participation.
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REGDOC-2.10.1, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response |
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REGDOC-2.10.2, Fire Protection | H | D | D | P |
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2.11 Waste management
The internal waste-related programs that form part of the facility's operations up to the point where the waste is removed from the facility to a separate waste management facility. Also covers the planning for decommissioning.
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