Published Guidance Documents

Published guidance documents have been finalized to provide practical guidance to licensees and applicants on how to meet the regulatory requirements of the CNSC.

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Guidance documents issued after December 2009 are published in accordance with the CNSC's new regulatory framework.

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List of active, published guidance documents

Document number	Title	Issued	Format
GD-314	Radiation Protection Program Design for the Transport of Nuclear Substances	April 2012
GD-379	Guide for Applicants and Intervenors Writing CNSC Commission Member Documents (The document was formerly known as INFO-0808) See related templates: External Commission Member Document (CMD) Template for Licensing Decisions (PDF) External Commission Member Document (CMD) Template for Other Submission Types (PDF)	March 2012
GD-310	Guidance on Safety Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants	March 2012
RD/GD-352	Design, Testing and Performance of Exposure Devices	January 2012
RD/GD-371	Licence Application Guide, Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices	November 2011
RD/GD-289	Licence Application Guide, Class II Non-radiotherapy Accelerator Facilities	May 2012
RD/GD-369	Licence Application Guide – Licence to Construct a Nuclear Power Plant	August 2011
RD/GD-207	Licence Application Guide – Service Class II Prescribed Equipment (see related form)	June 2011
GD-327	Guidance for Nuclear Criticality Safety	December 2010
RD/GD-254	Application Guide – Certification of Radiation Devices or Class II Prescribed Equipment (see related form)	December 2010
RD/GD-120	Licence Application Guide - Radiotherapy (see related form)	November 2010
GD-336	Guidance for Accounting and Reporting of Nuclear Material	June 2010
GD-52	Design Guide for Nuclear Substance Laboratories and Nuclear Medicine Rooms (see related form)	May 2010
GD-150	Designing and Implementing a Bioassay Program	May 2010