General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations

30 (1) Every licensee who becomes aware of any of the following situations shall immediately make a preliminary report to the Commission of the situation and of any action that the licensee has taken or proposes to take with respect to it:

• (a) interference with or an interruption in the operation of safeguards equipment or the alteration, defacement or breakage of a safeguards seal, other than in accordance with the safeguards agreement, the Act, the regulations made under the Act or the licence; and

• (b) the theft, loss or sabotage of safeguards equipment or samples collected for the purpose of a safeguards inspection, damage to such equipment or samples, or the illegal use, possession, operation or removal of such equipment or samples.

(2) Every licensee who becomes aware of a situation referred to in subsection (1) shall file a full report of the situation with the Commission within 21 days after becoming aware of it, unless some other period is specified in the licence, and the report shall contain the following information:

• (a) the date, time and location of becoming aware of the situation;

• (b) a description of the situation and the circumstances;

• (c) the probable cause of the situation;

• (d) the adverse effects on the environment, the health and safety of persons and the maintenance of national and international security that have resulted or may result from the situation;

• (e) the effective dose and equivalent dose of radiation received by any person as a result of the situation; and

• (f) the actions that the licensee has taken or proposes to take with respect to the situation.

(3) Every person in possession of uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium must file a report with the Commission, on an annual basis, containing the following information:

• (a) the uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium items in their possession, the masses and how they were determined; and

• (b) the chemical and physical forms of the uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium in their possession.

(4) Every person referred to in subsection (3) must file a report with the Commission within one business day of the occurrence or establishment of the occurrence of any inventory changes containing the following information:

• (a) the uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium items subject to the inventory change, the masses and how they were determined;

• (b) the chemical and physical forms of the uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium subject to the inventory change; and

• (c) the import or export licence number, if applicable.

(5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), a person is not required to report on the following:

• (a) uranium or thorium naturally occurring in soil, rock or ore;

• (b) uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium in transit through Canada; and

• (c) uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium in a non-nuclear end-use form that is practicably irrecoverable.

(6) Every person who conducts nuclear fuel cycle-related research and development activities or nuclear-related manufacturing activities in accordance with the safeguards agreement must file a report with the Commission, on or before March 15 of each year, containing the following information:

• (a) a description of the activities including the scale of operations, as applicable; and

• (b) the location where the activities are being carried out.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), every person required to make reports referred to in subsection (3), (4) or (6) must retain all records supporting those reports.

(8) If a person who is required to retain records under subsection (7) ceases to be in possession of uranium, plutonium-239 or thorium as set out in subsection (3) or ceases to conduct the activities set out in subsection (6), they must continue to retain all records supporting those reports for a period of five years beginning on the day on which they filed those reports with the Commission.

(9) The retention period established in subsection (7) does not have the effect of varying any other longer period specified in the Act, the regulations made under the Act or a licence for the retention of these records.

(10) Every person referred to in subsection (3) or (6) must consent and submit to verification activities conducted by the Commission and the IAEA.