Nuclear Liability and Compensation Regulations (SOR/2016-88)

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

nuclear fuel conversion facility

nuclear fuel conversion facility means a facility for the storage or processing of unirradiated enriched uranium. (installation de conversion de combustible nucléaire)

nuclear fuel production facility

nuclear fuel production facility means a facility for the production of nuclear fuel containing unirradiated enriched uranium. (installation de production de combustible nucléaire)

nuclear fuel waste management facility

nuclear fuel waste management facility means a facility for the storage or management of nuclear fuel that has been removed from a nuclear reactor and that has a quantity of fissionable materials that meets any of the following conditions:

• (a) contains any quantity of natural or depleted uranium that was irradiated only in a thermal-neutron reactor, if the facility does not contain any other fissionable materials nor significant quantities of graphite, heavy water, beryllium, or other moderators more effective than light water;

• (b) does not exceed 500 g of contained ²³³U, 700 g of ²³⁵U, 450 g of ²³⁹Pu, or 450 g of any combination of those three isotopes, if the facility does not contain any other fissionable materials nor significant quantities of graphite, heavy water, beryllium, or other moderators more effective than light water; or

• (c) does not exceed 80% of the appropriate smallest critical mass. (installation de gestion des déchets de combustible nucléaire)

nuclear fuel waste processing facility

nuclear fuel waste processing facility means a facility for the

• (a) processing of nuclear fuel that has been removed from a nuclear reactor; or

• (b) storage or management of nuclear fuel that has been removed from a nuclear reactor and that is not eligible to be stored or managed at a nuclear fuel waste management facility. (installation de traitement des déchets de combustible nucléaire)

power reactor

power reactor means a nuclear reactor with the capacity to produce electricity for commercial purposes. (réacteur de puissance)

radioactive waste management facility

radioactive waste management facility means a facility for the storage, management or processing of material that has been made radioactive by exposure to radiation consequential on or incidental to the production or use of nuclear fuel, other than natural uranium or depleted uranium and excluding nuclear fuel that has been removed from a nuclear reactor. (installation de gestion des déchets radioactifs)

reactor of less than 1 MW

reactor of less than 1 MW means a nuclear reactor with the capacity to produce less than 1 MW of thermal output. (réacteur de moins de 1 MW)

reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW

reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW means a nuclear reactor with the capacity to produce from 1 MW to 7 MW of thermal output, inclusive. (réacteur de 1 MW à 7 MW)

reactor of over 7 MW

reactor of over 7 MW means a nuclear reactor, other than a power reactor, with the capacity to produce more than 7 MW of thermal output. (réacteur de plus de 7 MW)