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

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 2

  • • 2 (1) The definitions power reactor, reactor of less than 1 MW, reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW and reactor of over 7 MW in section 1 of the Nuclear Liability and Compensation RegulationsFootnote ² are replaced by the following:

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      power reactor

      power reactor means a nuclear reactor with the capacity to produce over 1 400 MW of thermal power to be used in the production of electricity or heat for commercial purposes. (réacteur de puissance)

      reactor of less than 1 MW

      reactor of less than 1 MW means a nuclear reactor, other than a commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less, with the capacity to produce less than 1 MW of thermal power. (réacteur de moins de 1 MW)

      reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW

      reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW means a nuclear reactor, other than a commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less, with the capacity to produce from 1 MW to 7 MW of thermal power, 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 commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less or a power reactor, with the capacity to produce more than 7 MW of thermal power. (réacteur de plus de 7 MW)

    • (2) Section 1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

      commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less

      commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less means a nuclear reactor with the capacity to produce 1 400 MW or less of thermal power to be used in the production of electricity or heat for commercial purposes. (réacteur commercial de 1 400 MW ou moins )

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 3

  • • 3 (1) Subsection 4(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

      • (a.1) commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less;

    • (2) Subsection 4(2) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

      • (a.1) the Commercial Reactor of 1 400 MW or Less Class is a class of nuclear installation at which the facility with the highest risk is a commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less;

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 4

  • 4 Paragraphs 5(a) to (h) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

    • (a) for the Commercial Reactor of 1 400 MW or Less Class, the amount determined by the formula

      A × $600,000 + $60,000,000

      where

      A

      is the thermal power that the reactor is capable of producing, expressed in MW;

    • (b) for the Reactor of over 7 MW Class, $226.8 million;

    • (c) for the Nuclear Fuel Waste Processing Facility Class, $50.4 million;

    • (d) for the Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Facility Class, $16.4 million;

    • (e) for the Nuclear Fuel Conversion Facility Class, $4.2 million;

    • (f) for the Nuclear Fuel Production Facility Class, $2.9 million;

    • (g) for the Reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW Class, $1.6 million;

    • (h) for the Radioactive Waste Management Facility Class, $1.3 million; and

    • (i) for the Reactor of less than 1 MW Class, $0.6 million.

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 5

  • 5 The portion of item 1 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 4 and 5 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4	Column 5
    Item	Facilities	Operator
    1	Station A (1) Power reactors (2) Nuclear fuel waste management facility Station B (1) Power reactors (2) Nuclear fuel waste management facility	Holder of the licence for the Station A power reactors and the Station B power reactors

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 6

  • 6 The portion of item 2 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 3 to 5 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
    Item	Description	Facilities	Operator
    2	The site is located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification numbers 26606-0051(LT), 26606-0052(LT), 26606-0053(LT), 26606-0085(LT), 26606-0134(LT) and 26606-0367(LT), being Parts 1 to 5 on Reference Plan 40R-18819, save and except the Darlington New Nuclear Project lands, which correspond to Parts 1 to 11 on Reference Plan 40R-33099.	(1) Power reactors (2) Nuclear fuel waste management facilities (3) Radioactive waste management facility	Holder of the licence for the power reactors

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 7

  • 7 The portion of item 3 of the schedule to the Regulations in column 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4
    Item	Facilities
    3	(1) Nuclear fuel waste management facility (2) Radioactive waste management facility

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 8

  • 8 The portion of item 4 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 3 to 5 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
    Item	Description	Facilities	Operator
    4	The site is located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification numbers 26326-0136(LT), 26326-0148(LT) and 26326-0149(LT), being part of Parts 1, 5 and 13 on Reference Plan 40R-18858 and Parts 1 and 2 and part of Part 3 on Reference Plan 40R-18880.	(1) Power reactors (2) Nuclear fuel waste management facilities (3) Radioactive waste management facilities	Holder of the licence for the power reactors

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 9

  • 9 The portion of items 5 and 6 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 4 and 5 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4	Column 5
    Item	Facilities	Operator
    5	(1) Power reactor (2) Nuclear fuel waste management facilities	Holder of the licence for the power reactor
    6	(1) Reactor of over 7 MW (2) Nuclear fuel waste processing facilities (3) Nuclear fuel production facilities (4) Radioactive waste management facilities (5) Reactor of less than 1 MW	Holder of the licence for the reactor of over 7 MW

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 10

  • 10 The portion of items 7 to 9 of the schedule to the Regulations in column 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4
    Item	Facilities
    7	(1) Reactor of 1 MW to 7 MW
    8	(1) Reactor of less than 1 MW
    9	(1) Reactor of less than 1 MW

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 11

  • 11 The portion of items 12 and 13 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 3 and 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 3	Column 4
    Item	Description	Facilities
    12	The site is located at 200 Dorset Street East, Port Hope, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification number 51081-0036(LT), being Parts 1 to 3 on Reference Plan 9R-2776.	(1) Nuclear fuel production facility
    13	The site is located at 1 Eldorado Place, Port Hope, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification number 51072-0248(LT), being lands that include parts of lot 2 and 7 of the Broken Front Concession.	(1) Nuclear fuel conversion facility

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 12

  • 12 The portion of items 14 and 15 of the schedule to the Regulations in column 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4
    Item	Facilities
    14	(1) Nuclear fuel waste management facility (2) Radioactive waste management facility
    15	(1) Nuclear fuel waste management facility (2) Radioactive waste management facility

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 13

  • 13 The portion of item 16 of the schedule to the Regulations in columns 3 and 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 3	Column 4
    Item	Description	Facilities
    16	The site is located on the shore of Lake Huron in the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification numbers 33285-0168(LT) and 33285-0171(LT), being Parts 21 and 24 and part of Part 25 on Reference Plan 3R-7352.	(1) Nuclear fuel waste management facility (2) Radioactive waste management facility

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 14

  • 14 The portion of items 17 and 18 of the schedule to the Regulations in column 4 is replaced by the following:

    	Column 4
    Item	Facilities
    17	(1) Nuclear fuel waste management facilities (2) Radioactive waste management facilities
    18	(1) Radioactive waste management facility

• — SOR/2026-198, s. 15

  • 15 The schedule to the Regulations is amended by adding the following after item 18:

    	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
    Item	Site	Class	Description	Facilities	Operator
    19	Darlington New Nuclear Project	Commercial Reactor of 1 400 MW or Less	The site is located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, and is more particularly described in property identification number 26606-0134(LT), being Parts 1 to 11 on Reference Plan 40R-33099.	(1) Commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less	Holder of the licence for the commercial reactor of 1 400 MW or less