Participant Funding Program decision – Application from SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc. to renew its licence

The CNSC announced on August 30, 2021, that it was offering a total of $50,000 under its Participant Funding Program (PFP). This funding was to assist Indigenous peoples, members of the public, and stakeholders to participate in the Commission hearing process for the application from SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc.’s application to renew its Class IB nuclear substance processing facility operating licence.

Background

The CNSC made PFP support available:

• for the provision of new, distinctive and valuable information to the CNSC through informed and topic-specific interventions
• to assist interested parties in participating in the licence application review and the Commission’s public hearing process for SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc.’s application to renew its licence

A funding review committee (FRC), independent from the CNSC, was established to review the funding applications received by the CNSC’s PFP administrator, and to make recommendations on the allocation of up to $50,000 for eligible applicants.

The FRC members were:

• Steve Burgess, retired Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency director
• Yves Leboeuf, retired Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency vice-president of operations
• Kurt Saunders, retired Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency director
• James Taylor, retired Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada senior advisor

The FRC met to review 5 PFP applications requesting a total of $61,489.

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

CNSC participant funding decision

The CNSC has carefully considered the FRC’s recommendations on the allocation of participant funding for the application from SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc. to renew its licence and has approved the reimbursement of up to $39,218 to the following recipients:

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation	$10,375
David Winfield	$1,500
Algonquins of Ontario	$17,743
Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County	$8,100
Anna Tilman	$1,500
Total	$39,218

Additional information:

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