Participant Funding Program decision – Bruce Power's licence amendment for the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to allow the production of lutetium-177

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on January 18, 2021, that it was offering a total of $50,000 through its Participant Funding Program (PFP) to assist Indigenous peoples, members of the public and stakeholders in reviewing Bruce Power’s licence amendment for the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to allow the production of lutetium-177.

Background

The CNSC made PFP support available to:

• provide new, distinctive and valuable information to the CNSC through informed and topic-specific interventions
• assist interested parties in reviewing the licence application and in participating in the Commission hearing process for Bruce Power

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

The FRC members were:

• Paul Scott, retired regional director, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Vancouver office
• Steve Burgess, retired director, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Bruce Young, retired director, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

On February 26, 2021, the FRC met to review 3 PFP applications received by the CNSC, totalling $38,575.

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 has carefully considered the FRC’s recommendations on the allocation of participant funding for Bruce Power’s licence amendment for the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to allow the production of lutetium-177 and has approved the reimbursement of up to $1,000 for the following recipient.

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Anna Tilman	$1,000
Total	$1,000

Additional information:

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