Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations

2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of the packaging and transport of nuclear substances, including the design, production, use, inspection, maintenance and repair of packaging and packages and the preparation, consigning, handling, loading, carriage, storage during transport, receipt at final destination and unloading of packages.

(2) These Regulations, except for sections 3, 4, 5 and 6, do not apply in respect of the packaging and transport of a nuclear substance

• (a) [Repealed, SOR/2003-405, s. 4]

• (b) that is implanted in or incorporated into a person or an animal for medical purposes, or that subsists in the remains of a person;

• (c) that is contained in a sample of material taken for bioassay purposes;

• (d) by a licensee on private property for the purpose of the licensed activity, where access to the property is controlled;

• (e) that is contained in human or animal tissue or animal remains, or a liquid scintillation medium, where the specific activity of the nuclear substance averaged over the mass of the material does not exceed 10^-6 A₂/kg;

• (f) that is contained in consumer products where no licence is required under sections 5 to 8 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations, following sale to the end user;

• (g) that is an integral part of a conveyance and required for transport purposes;

• (h) having an activity concentration that does not exceed the values for an exempt material specified in paragraphs 401 to 406 of the IAEA Regulations;

• (i) in a consignment having a total activity that does not exceed the “activity limit for an exempt consignment” specified in paragraphs 401 to 406 of the IAEA Regulations;

• (j) consisting of natural material and ores containing naturally-occurring radionuclides that either are in their natural state, or have been processed only for purposes other than for extraction of those radionuclides, and that is not intended to be processed for use of those radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the “activity concentration for an exempt material” values specified in paragraphs 401 to 406 of the IAEA Regulations;

• (k) that is contained in a check source where no licence is required under section 8.1 of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations, following sale to the end user; or

• (l) that is contained in a radiation device where no licence is required under paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations, following sale to the end user.