PCB Regulations

Marginal note:Nuclear facilities

• 15.1 (1) A person may use equipment that contains PCBs at a nuclear facility, as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, as long as all necessary measures are taken to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect of the PCBs on the environment and on human health and

  • (a) the equipment is in an area, room or enclosure to which subsection 21(1) of the Radiation Protection Regulations applies; or

  • (b) the equipment contains radioactive PCBs.

• Marginal note:Damage

  (2) If any of the equipment is damaged such that it releases PCBs, the owner of the equipment must immediately clean up any resulting contamination and immediately take measures to prevent any further release of PCBs from the equipment.