Uranium Mines and Mills Regulations (SOR/2000-206)

• 6. (1) An application for a licence to operate a uranium mine shall contain the following information in addition to the information required by section 3 and subsection 4(2):

  • (a) the results of any commissioning work;

  • (b) a description of the structures, components, systems and equipment at the mine, including any changes to their design and their design operating conditions as a result of the commissioning;

  • (c) the proposed policies, methods and programs for operating and maintaining the mine; and

  • (d) the proposed methods for handling, storing, loading and transporting nuclear substances and hazardous substances.

• (2) An application for a licence to operate a uranium mill shall contain the following information in addition to the information required by section 3 and subsection 4(2):

  • (a) the results of any commissioning work;

  • (b) a description of the structures, components, systems and equipment at the mill, including any changes to their design and their design operating conditions as a result of the commissioning;

  • (c) the proposed policies, methods and programs for operating and maintaining the mill;

  • (d) the proposed methods for handling, storing and loading concentrates and uranium-bearing material, both solid and liquid;

  • (e) the proposed operating schedule;

  • (f) the daily and annual design capacity of the mill, and the expected recovery and composition of mill feed, concentrates and tailings; and

  • (g) a description of the proposed operation of the waste management system.

7. An application for a licence to decommission a uranium mine or mill shall contain the following information in addition to the information required by section 3 and subsection 4(2):

• (a) a description of and the proposed schedule for the decommissioning work, including the proposed starting date and the expected completion date of the decommissioning work and the rationale for the schedule;

• (b) the land, buildings, structures, components, systems, equipment, nuclear substances and hazardous substances that will be affected by the decommissioning;

• (c) the proposed measures, methods and programs for carrying on the decommissioning; and

• (d) a description of the planned state of the site upon completion of the decommissioning work.

8. An application for a licence to abandon a uranium mine or mill shall contain the following information in addition to the information required by sections 3 and 4 of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations:

• (a) the program to inform persons living in the vicinity of the site of the mine or mill of the general nature and characteristics of the anticipated effects of the abandonment on the environment and the health and safety of person;

• (b) the results of the decommissioning work; and

• (c) the results of the environmental monitoring programs.