Participant Funding Program decision – Cameco Corporation’s request to revoke current licence and to release the Beaverlodge Project to the Institutional Control Program

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on April 8, 2024, that they are offering up to $100,000 under the Participant Funding Program (PFP). This funding was to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public, and interested parties in reviewing Cameco’s licence revocation application, and in participating in the Commission hearing process by providing written and oral interventions to the Commission.

The Beaverlodge Project is located near Uranium City in northern Saskatchewan and is situated within historic Treaty 8 (1899) territory, the Homeland of the Métis, and is within the traditional territories of the Dene, Cree, and Métis peoples.

Background

The CNSC made participant funding available to:

• for the provision of new, distinctive, and valuable information to the CNSC through informed and topic-specific interventions
• to assist interested parties to reviewing Cameco’s licence revocation application, and in participating in the Commission hearing process

A funding review committee (FRC) was established to review the funding applications received by the CNSC’s PFP administrator and to make recommendations on the allocation of funding to the applicant.

On July 17, 2024, the FRC reviewed the 4 PFP applications received by the CNSC, requesting a total of $293,773.95.

Eligibility and funding criteria

For more information on participant funding and how it works, including details on eligibility and funding criteria, please read the PFP guide.

CNSC participant funding decision

The CNSC carefully considered the FRC’s recommendation on the allocation of participant funding and approved the reimbursement of up to $188,258.95.

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Nuclear Transparency Project	$10,000
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation	$60,000
Métis Nation–Saskatchewan	$30,258.95
Ya’thi Néné Land and Resource Office	$88,000
TOTAL	$188,258.95

Additional information

Participant Funding Program Administrator, CNSC
Tel.: 613-415-2814
Email: pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca