Following a two-day public hearing, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision to renew for a period of ten years the Nuclear Fuel Facility Operating Licence for Cameco Corporation's facility located in Blind River, ON. The licence will be valid from March 1, 2012 to Feb. 28, 2022. The full release is available online. … Read more
Following a two day public hearing, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision to renew the Power Reactor Operating Licence issued to New Brunswick Power Nuclear for its Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, for the period between Feb. 17, 2012 until June 30, 2017. The commission concurrently revokes operating licence PROL 17.01/2012. In addition, … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has released its Fukushima Task Force Report and proposed Management Response. The Task Force concluded that Canadian nuclear power plants are safe. The CNSC has agreed to undergo an international peer review by participating in an Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission led by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The public … Read more
Following a two-day public hearing, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision to renew the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Chalk River Laboratories Operating Licence for a period of five years. The licence will be valid from November 1, 2011 until October 31, 2016. The full release is available online. Call 613-947-0247.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission strengthened its partnerships with foreign nuclear regulators during the 55th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency's General Conference, an annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, held from September 19 to 23, 2011. During the conference, the CNSC took the opportunity to sign arrangements, including memoranda of understanding, and to … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has established an external advisory committee to assess the organization's processes and responses in light of the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear incident. Committee members will review the commission's processes including the immediate response to the Fukushima incident, its connections with the rest of government and international organizations and … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision to renew for a five-year period the operating licence issued to Hydro-Quebec for its Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station, and to merge it with its waste management facility operating licence. The merged licence will be valid from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2016, and provides for the … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced the establishment of an operational task force that will evaluate the operational, technical and regulatory implications of the March 11, 2011 nuclear crisis in Japan in relation to Canada's nuclear power plants. The task force is chaired by Dr. Greg Rzentkowski and is comprised of senior nuclear experts in … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced that it will renew the Power Reactor Operating License issued to New Brunswick Power Nuclear for its Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station for a period of one year. The Commission said that the previous license met the section 24 requirements of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act. The full … Read more
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced its decision to issue a transport licence and certificate to Bruce Power for the transport of 16 decommissioned steam generators to Sweden. Call 613-996-6860.
