Please read carefully. This Agreement imposes obligations upon you.

Atomic Energy Canada Limited (“AECL”) provides a web site (currently located at http://www.aecl.ca) (the "Site"). AECL provides the Site to you subject to your compliance with the Terms and Conditions below. PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE. BY USING THE SITE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

1. Modifications to the Terms and Conditions
   
   AECL reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time. Notice of any changes to the Terms and Conditions will be posted on this screen. You agree to review the Terms and Conditions periodically and, in any event, each time such notice is posted. Your continued use of the Site will constitute agreement to abide by and be bound by the Terms and Conditions as modified.
    
   
2. No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
   
   As a condition of your use of the Site, you represent and warrant that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions.
     
3. Ownership of Content
   
   The materials used and displayed on the Site, including but not limited to text, software, photographs, graphics, illustrations, artwork, video, music, sound, and names, logos and trade-marks are the property of AECL or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trade-mark and other laws. Any such content may be displayed solely for your personal, non-commercial use and you agree not to modify, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any such material without the prior written permission of AECL.
    
4. Disclaimer
   
   YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SITE AND ANY DATA AND/OR INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN ‘AS IS’ BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, AECL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR THE SUITABILITY, ACCURACY, VALIDITY OR RELIABILITY OF THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE.
    
5. Limitation on Liability
   
   TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL AECL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE, BASED ON CLAIMS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OR CORRUPTION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN PREPARATIONS OR TRANSMISSIONS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SITE WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
     
6. Chatrooms and Submitting Information
   
   The Site may contain bulletin board services, chatrooms, news groups, forums or other such communication services designed to enable you to communicate with the public or with a particular group (collectively, “Chatrooms”). You agree that while visiting the Site or participating in any Chatroom available on the Site you will not do any of the following:
• Post, transmit or otherwise distribute information constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise use the Site, including any Chatrooms, in a manner which is contrary to law or would serve to restrict or inhibit any other user from using or enjoying the Site or the Internet;
• Post or transmit any information or software that contains a virus, cancelbot, trojan horse, worm or other harmful or disruptive component;
• Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;
• Collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent;
• Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the Site which is protected by copyright, or other intellectual property or proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightholder; or
• violate any applicable laws or regulations.

You shall be responsible for, and hereby indemnify and hold harmless AECL, its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, agents and employees against any claim arising from any material that you post, input, upload, provide, submit or transmit (“Submitted Information”) to the Site or to AECL through e-mail or otherwise. Always use caution when providing personally identifying information about yourself in any Chatroom or otherwise. Any Submitted Information will be treated as non-confidential subject to our privacy policy. You assume full responsibility and liability for any Submitted Information and you grant AECL a fully transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide and royalty free licence to use, edit, copy, publish and distribute the Submitted Information in any medium, existing currently or future technology yet to be developed, and for any purpose. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of any Submitted Information. By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, submitting or transmitting your Submitted Information you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights thereto including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, submit or transmit the Submitted Information.

AECL has no obligation to monitor the Site and in particular any Chatroom on the Site. However, you agree that AECL has the right to monitor the Site electronically from time to time and, subject to applicable privacy laws, to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental request, to operate the Site properly, or to protect itself or its end users. AECL reserves the right to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this Agreement. AECL reserves the right to terminate your access to any Chatroom at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

You acknowledge that AECL does not control the information available in any Chatroom and that such communications are not considered to be reviewed, screened, approved by or endorsed by AECL, and that the authors of such communications are solely responsible and liable for their content.

7. Third Party Sites
   
   AECL may provide links to third party websites. These links are provided for convenience only and we do not endorse or approve the information contained in those sites or guarantee its accuracy or timeliness. The content in any linked site is not under our control and if you choose to access any such website, you do so at our own risk.
    
8. General Provisions
   
   This Agreement, including any documents referenced herein, constitutes the entire agreement between AECL and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and AECL with respect to the Site. A printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be advisable in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. AECL’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provisions or right. If any of the provisions contained in this Agreement are determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions contained herein. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.