Participant Funding Program decision - CNSC staff meeting with Curve Lake First Nation to discuss the draft report produced by the KI Pill Working Group

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) offered funding under its Participant Funding Program (PFP) to support CNSC meetings on matters of regulatory interest to facilitate a meeting between Curve Lake First Nation and CNSC staff. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Potassium Iodide (KI) Pill Working Group’s draft report on the Emergency Distribution of Potassium Iodide Within the Ingestion Planning Zone (IPZ) of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.

Background

The CNSC made PFP support available to:

• enhance Indigenous and stakeholder participation in the CNSC’s environmental assessment and licensing processes
• help Indigenous peoples, the public, and stakeholders bring valuable information to the Commission

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

The FRC member was:

• Steve Burgess, retired director of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

The FRC reviewed the PFP application received by the CNSC, requesting a total of $4,400.

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 the CNSC staff meeting with Curve Lake First Nation to discuss the draft report produced by the KI Pill Working Group and has approved the reimbursement of up to $4,400 for the following recipient.

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Curve Lake First Nation	$4,400
Total	$4,400

Additional information:

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