REGDOC-1.2.2: Canadian Nuclear Facility Licence Application Guide

REGDOC-1.2.2 is a licence application guide published by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). It identifies the information required to apply for a licence to prepare, construct, operate, or decommission a Class IB nuclear processing facility. The document sets out requirements and guidance for submitting a formal application to demonstrate qualifications and provisions for safety, security, and environmental protection.

Use Cases

• Preparing a formal licence application based on the specified information requirements
• Assessing qualification and safety provisions for nuclear facility operations based on the guide's criteria
• Understanding regulatory obligations for processing isotopes of uranium, thorium, or plutonium

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
• Provides specific guidance for Class IB facilities handling quantities greater than 10^15 Bq per year
• Available under the OGL-CA-2.0 open license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data format is PDF, which may require extraction for structured analysis
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire

Collection Method

Regulatory document creation

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 11:11:09.724889

Geography

Canada