Participant Funding Program decision – Application from New Brunswick Power Corporation to renew Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station licence

The CNSC announced on August 16, 2021, it was offering a total of $100,000 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 New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) to renew its Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station power reactor 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 NB Power’s application to renew the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station 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 $100,000 for eligible applicants. The FRC was given the flexibility to recommend funding beyond $100,000 based on the value-added of the funding applications received.

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 8 PFP applications requesting a total of $260,211.18.  

Eligibility and funding criteria

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 NB Power’s application to renew the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station licence and has approved the reimbursement of up to $176,741.98 to the following recipients:

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Dr. Helmy Ragheb	$1,500
Gordon Dalzell	$1,500
Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc.	$45,522.50
Kopit Lodge	$24,255
Canadian Environmental Law Association	$20,630
Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick	$33,701.16
Mi'gmawe'I Tplu'taqnn Incorporated	$49,633.32
Total	$176,741.98

Additional information:

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