CNSC publishes REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for Duty: Managing Worker Fatigue

CNSC publishes REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for Duty: Managing Worker Fatigue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 21, 2017 – Ottawa, ON

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has published regulatory document REGDOC-2.2.4, Fitness for Duty: Managing Worker Fatigue.

REGDOC-2.2.4 sets out requirements and guidance of the CNSC with respect to managing worker fatigue for workers at high-security sites, as defined in the Nuclear Security Regulations. For the purpose of this regulatory document, nuclear safety encompasses security.

This document is intended to form part of the licensing basis for a regulated facility or for a regulated activity, either as part of the conditions and safety and control measures in a licence, or as part of the safety and control measures to be described in a licence application and the documents needed to support that application.

The CNSC regulates the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect the health, safety and security and the environment; to implement Canada’s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy; and to disseminate objective scientific, technical and regulatory information to the public.