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Commission renews Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ waste nuclear substance licence for the Port Hope Project for a 10-year period

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to renew the waste nuclear substance licence held by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for its Port Hope Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project (Port Hope Project) located in Port Hope, Ontario. The Commission renewed the licence for a period of 10 years.


OAG performance audit concludes low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste is effectively regulated in Canada

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) welcomed the findings of the performance audit carried out by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) on the management of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste, which was tabled in Parliament by the OAG’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.


CNSC amends Cameco’s Beaverlodge waste facility operating licence

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced the Commission’s decision to amend the waste facility operating licence held by Cameco Corporation for the decommissioned Beaverlodge mine and mill site.


Commission seeks additional information regarding Indigenous consultation, for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ application to authorize construction of a near surface disposal facility

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s issuance of a procedural direction in the matter of an application from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL). CNL’s application was for an amendment to its nuclear research and test establishment operating licence for Chalk River Laboratories (CRL), to authorize the construction of a near surface disposal facility for solid low-level radioactive waste at the CRL site. The CRL site is located in Deep River, Ontario.


CNSC renews Class IB nuclear substance processing facility operating licence for SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc. for a 12-year period

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to grant a 12-year renewal of the Class IB nuclear substance processing facility operating licence held by SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc. (SRBT). The SRBT gaseous tritium processing facility is located in Pembroke, Ontario.


CNSC renews the power reactor operating licence for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station for a 10-year period

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to renew, for a period of 10 years, the power reactor operating licence held by New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (PLNGS). The renewed licence authorizes NB Power to continue operating the PLNGS with no changes to the authorized activities.


CNSC and CLFN to co-chair international mentoring workshop for Indigenous girls

| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | news releases

Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced that it will host Canada’s first Nuclear Energy Agency International Mentorship Workshop in May 2023. The event will be co-chaired by CNSC President Rumina Velshi and Curve Lake First Nation Chief Emily Whetung.


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