Participant funding for the Nordion (Canada) Inc. 2025 licence renewal application

Status

This participant funding opportunity is now closed, and funding has been approved.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a public hearing from June 17 to 19, 2025, to consider an application from Nordion (Canada) Inc. to renew its operating licence for a period of 25 years. Nordion operates a Class IB facility that manufactures cobalt-60 sealed sources, producing gamma rays that are used in the sterilization and irradiation processes of the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and high-performance material industries. Nordion is located at 447 March Road in Ottawa, Ontario, and on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg peoples.

The CNSC is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in reviewing Nordion’s application and other associated documents, and in participating in the Commission hearing process.

Up to $30,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all eligible applicants for the provision of new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions to the Commission. Funding will be awarded for the review of documentation, including CNSC staff’s documents and Nordion’s Commission member documents, and for participation in the public Commission hearing.

Participant funding decision

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 eligible applicants.

The CNSC carefully considered the FRC’s recommendations on the allocation of participant funding and approved the reimbursement of up to $40,812.34 to the following recipients:

Applicant	CNSC approved funding
Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation	$19,272.84
Kebaowek First Nation	$21,539.50
Total:	$40,812.34

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.

Contact information

Participant Funding Program Administrator 
613-415-2814 
pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca