Document History of REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume III: Assessing the Long-Term Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

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Summary

REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume III: Assessing the Long-Term Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, sets out the requirements and guidance for the development and implementation of a reliability program for a nuclear power plant in Canada. The essential elements of a reliability program, including reliability assessment, modelling, evaluation and monitoring, are also described in this document.

This document supersedes G-320, Assessing the Long Term Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, published in 2006, and includes the following updated information:

  1. new title
  2. new cover and inside cover
  3. insertion of standard regulatory document preface
  4. new back page showing the CNSC regulatory document series
  5. replacement of the work “guide” with "document"
  6. updated references (where appropriate), as presented in Table 1 below

Additionally, the following annexes from CSA N-292.0-14, General principles for the management of radioactive waste and irradiated fuel have been included as appendices in the document for information:

  1. Annex A: Radioactive waste classification, exemption, clearance and storage for decay (included in REGDOC-2.11.1, Volume III as appendix B)
  2. Annex B: Methods of waste characterization (included as appendix C)

Status

May 3, 2018: Published.

Document Milestone Dates Links
Consultation June 2005 View comments received from public consultation (PDF)
Publication of G-320 December 2006 View G-320 (PDF)
Publication of REGDOC-2.11.1, Volume III May 3, 2018 View regulatory document

The following references were updated:

Original (G-320) Updated (REGDOC-2.11.1, Volume III)
Canada 1992, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, S.C. 1992, c. 37.

Canada 2012, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, S.C. 2012, c. 37.

Note: associated text has been updated under section 3, Relevant Legislation
CNSC 2004, P-290 Managing Radioactive Wastes, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regulatory Guide, Ottawa, 2004 Reference deleted, as P-290 content has been included as Appendix A
CNSC 2006, Fact Sheet: Federal Environmental Assessments at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, 2006, http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/regulatory_information/other/
backgrounder_EA.cfm		 CNSC 2017, Fact Sheet: Environmental assessments at the CNSC. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Ottawa, 2017, http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Fact_Sheets/Factsheet-EA-at-the-CNSC-eng.pdf
EC 2003, Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999, Priority Substances List Assessment Report Releases of Radionuclides from Nuclear Facilities (Impact on Non-Human Biota) Final Report, May 2003, Environment Canada and Health Canada. Ottawa, 2003. EC 2006, Priority Substances List Assessment Report. Releases of radionuclides from nuclear facilities (Impact on Non-human Biota) Environment Canada. Ottawa, 2006.
HC 2004a, Contaminated Sites Program, Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part I: Guidance on Human Health Preliminary Quantitative Risk Assessment (PQRA), Environmental Health Assessment Services, Safe Environments Program, Health Canada, Ottawa, 2004. HC 2012a, Contaminated Sites Program, Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part I: Guidance on Human Health Preliminary Quantitative Risk Assessment (PQRA Version 2), Environmental Health Assessment Services, Safe Environments Program, Health Canada, Ottawa, 2012.
HC 2004b, Contaminated Sites Program, Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs), Environmental Health Assessment Services, Safe Environments Program, Health Canada, Ottawa, 2004. HC 2010b, Contaminated Sites Program, Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs and Chemical-Specific Factors, Version 2), Environmental Health Assessment Services, Safe Environments Program, Health Canada, Ottawa, 2010.
USEPA 2002, Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook, Interim Report. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington Office, Washington DC, 448 EPA-600-P-00¬002B.01, 2002. USEPA 2008, Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook, Interim Report. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington Office, Washington DC, EPA-600/R-06/096F, 2008.

Contact information

For questions and information related to REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume III: Assessing the Long-Term Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, please contact:

Directorate of Nuclear Cycle and Facilities Regulation

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
P.O. Box 1046, Station B
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5S9

Telephone: 1-800-668-5284 (Canada only)
Fax: 613-995-5086
Email: cnsc.consultation.ccsn@canada.ca

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