The new Canadian \u201cPackaging and Transportation of Nuclear Substances Regulations (PTNSR) 2015<\/em>\u201d, under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA), were published in the Canada Gazette II July 1, 2015.<\/p>\n This re-write follows through on the proposed amendment of June 2014 and follow-up discussions by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).<\/p>\n Background is available in Barbara\u2019s Blog from last year \u00bb<\/p>\n The goal of the PTNSR 2015 is to update the reference to the international (IAEA) regulations, clarify definitions\/language and address some Canadian-specific issues (again, as with other regulations, \u201charmonized with\u201d is not necessarily \u201cidentical to\u201d!).<\/p>\n The update of the PTNSR has resulted in a re-organization of section headings and expansion to 42 sections.<\/p>\n The PTNSR now refer to the IAEA Regulations \u201cas amended from time to time\u201d rather than a specific edition. Consequently there are some changes to definitions- e.g. some are irrelevant since the detail in the IAEA contains the required definition; others are now defined within expanded sections of the PTNSR 2015.<\/p>\n Included in the new regulation are additional obligations for consignor\/carrier\/consignee radiation protection programs. Criteria for workplace\/individual monitoring measurements (based on a workplace assessment) have been added. Additionally, notification and documentation requirements have been incorporated into the expanded Radiation Protection Program sections (31-34). New requirements for employees to provide personal information, coupled with protection of that information, have also been added.<\/p>\n Licensing and certification requirements have been expanded and provision has been made for radionuclides where the isotope is not listed in the IAEA regulations, or a consignor wishes to apply for limits higher than those listed in the IAEA table. Wording has been included in section 6 to clarify that the CNSC licensing exemption, for in \u201ctransit\u201d, transportation of packages subject to foreign competent authority approval, does not apply IF there are any stops in Canada.<\/p>\n LSA classification criteria now take into account the higher potential uranium and thorium content in Canadian ores, increasing the allowable percentage to 3% for LSA I classification.<\/p>\n Qualified exemptions have been added (section 2, 3) for waste loads that may contain low-level radioactive components so that movement can occur to allow characterization to be done to allow safe disposal.<\/p>\nModernization-Harmonization<\/h2>\n
Detailed Radiation Protection Programs<\/h2>\n
Clarification<\/h2>\n
Additional changes specifically relating to TDG are:<\/h3>\n