Class I Nuclear Facilities Regulations (SOR/2000-204)

Refusal to Certify

• 11 (1) The Commission or a designated officer authorized under paragraph 37(2)(b) of the Act shall notify a licensee who has applied for the certification of a person and the person in respect of whom certification is being sought of a proposed decision not to certify the person, as well as the basis for the proposed decision, at least 30 days before refusing to certify the person.

• (2) The notice shall include a description of the licensee's and the person's right to be provided with an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the procedure referred to in section 13.

Decertification

• 12 (1) The Commission or a designated officer authorized under paragraph 37(2)(b) of the Act shall notify a person in respect of whom a certificate has been issued and the licensee concerned of a proposed decision to decertify the person, as well as the basis for the proposed decision, at least 30 days before decertifying the person.

• (2) The notice shall include a description of the licensee's and the person's right to be provided with an opportunity to be heard in accordance with the procedure referred to in section 13.

Opportunity to Be Heard

• 13 (1) If a licensee or a person referred to in section 10, 11 or 12 has received a notice and has requested, within 30 days after the date of receipt of the notice, an opportunity to be heard either orally or in writing, the licensee or the person shall be provided with such an opportunity in accordance with the request.

• (2) On completion of a hearing held in accordance with subsection (1), the licensee and the person shall be notified of the decision and the reasons for it.

Records to Be Kept and Retained

• 14 (1) Every licensee shall keep a record of the results of the effluent and environmental monitoring programs referred to in the licence.

• (2) Every licensee who operates a Class I nuclear facility shall keep a record of

  • (a) operating and maintenance procedures;

  • (b) the results of the commissioning program referred to in the licence;

  • (c) the results of the inspection and maintenance programs referred to in the licence;

  • (d) the nature and amount of radiation, nuclear substances and hazardous substances within the nuclear facility; and

  • (e) the status of each worker's qualifications, requalification and training, including the results of all tests and examinations completed in accordance with the licence.

• (3) Every licensee who decommissions a Class I nuclear facility shall keep a record of

  • (a) the progress achieved in meeting the schedule for the decommissioning;

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

  • (c) the manner in which and the location at which any nuclear or hazardous waste is managed, stored, disposed of or transferred;

  • (d) the name and quantity of any radioactive nuclear substances, hazardous substances and radiation that remain at the nuclear facility after completion of the decommissioning; and

  • (e) the status of each worker's qualifications, requalification and training, including the results of all tests and examinations completed in accordance with the licence.

• (4) Every person who is required by this section to keep a record referred to in paragraph (2)(a) to (d) or (3)(a) to (d) shall retain the record for 10 years after the expiry date of the licence to abandon issued in respect of the Class I nuclear facility.

• (5) Every person who is required by this section to keep a record referred to in paragraph (2)(e) or (3)(e) shall retain the record for the period that the worker is employed by the licensee and for five years after the worker ceases to be so employed.

Coming into Force

15 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are approved by the Governor in Council.