Participant Funding Program decision - Cameco Fuel Manufacturing's 1-year licence renewal application

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on April 12, 2021, that it was offering a total of $30,000 under its Participant Funding Program (PFP) to assist Indigenous peoples, members of the public, and stakeholders to participate in the Commission hearing process for Cameco Fuel Manufacturing’s (CFM’s) 1-year licence renewal application.

Background

The CNSC made PFP funding 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 CFM’s licence application

A funding review committee (FRC), independent from the CNSC, was established to review the funding application received by the CNSC’s PFP administrator, and to make recommendations on the allocation of up to $30,000 for the applicant.

The FRC members were:

• Mr. Paul Scott, retired regional director of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s Vancouver office
• Mr. Bruce Young, retired director of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Mr. Steve Burgess, retired director of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

The FRC met to review 1 PFP application received by the CNSC, requesting a total of $8,800.

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 CFM’s 1-year licence renewal application and has approved the reimbursement of up to $8,800 for the following recipient.

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Curve Lake First Nation	$8,800
Total	$8,800

Additional information:

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