On February 24, 2023, Rumina Velshi, CNSC President and CEO, delivered keynote remarks at the 2023 Canadian Nuclear Association conference. She spoke about the CNSC’s global leadership in regulatory readiness, noting three key areas in which the CNSC positively influences its role as a leader: international harmonization and collaboration, ensuring regulatory readiness at home, and demonstrating commitment to building trust.
On February 13, 2023, Rumina Velshi, CNSC President and CEO, delivered a keynote address at the 2023 International Atomic Energy Agency Conference on Effective Nuclear and Radiation Regulatory Systems.
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Today, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to renew the Class IB nuclear fuel facility licence held by Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc.
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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.
As Canada’s nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has been carefully monitoring a situation that began early December 14, 2022, at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (PLNGS) in Point Lepreau, NB.
What is safe? How do we decide what actions are safe enough? When does a reasonable risk veer into an unreasonable one? Who makes this decision? In the case of the use of nuclear energy and substances in Canada, these questions fall to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
Remarks by Rumina Velshi at the NEA Workshop on the Management of Spent Fuel, Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning in SMRs or Advanced Reactor Technologies
On November 1, 2022, Rumina Velshi, CNSC President and CEO, delivered a virtual keynote address at the International Conference on Disruptive, Innovative and Emerging Technologies (DIET) in the Nuclear Industry.