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

This participant funding opportunity is open from November 4 to December 20, 2024.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a public hearing from June 11 to 12, 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.

To apply, please submit a participant funding application form. Certain terms and conditions apply. You can submit the form by:

Email: pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

Mail: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
c/o Participant Funding Program Administrator
280 Slater St
PO Box 1046 Stn B
Ottawa ON  K1P 5S9

Fax: 613-995-5086

Deadline for submitting a participant funding application: December 20, 2024

A funding review committee, independent of the CNSC, will consider all applications for funding and make recommendations on the allocation of funds.

For information on how to participate, consult the Participate in a public Commission hearing and Participant Funding Program sections of the CNSC website.

For questions about this specific funding opportunity, contact:

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