CNSC Participant Funding Program decision - CNSC Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Generating Sites: 2017

CNSC Participant Funding Program Decision (PDF 164 KB)

On April 30, 2018, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced that it was offering a total of $35,000 under its Participant Funding Program (PFP) to assist members of the public, Indigenous peoples and stakeholders in reviewing CNSC staff's Regulatory Oversight Report for Canadian Nuclear Power Generating Sites: 2017 (2017 NPGS Report), and submitting written comments to the Commission. The deadline for submitting participant funding applications to the CNSC was June 29, 2018.

Background

Participant funding was made available by the CNSC:

• to help stakeholders provide new, distinctive and valuable information to the Commission through informed and topic-specific interventions
• to assist interested parties in reviewing CNSC staff's 2017 NPGS Report and submitting written comments to the Commission

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 $35,000 for eligible applicants.

The FRC members were:

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

The CNSC received two PFP applications requesting a total of $13,646.15, and these applications were reviewed by the FRC on August 14, 2018.

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 (PDF 616 KB).

CNSC participant funding decision

The CNSC has carefully considered the FRC's recommendations on the allocation of participant funding for the 2017 NPGS Report, and has approved the reimbursement of up to $11,920 to the following recipients:

Applicant	Maximum amount of available funding
Gordon Dalzell	$2,000
Canadian Environmental Law Association	$9,920
TOTAL	$11,920

Additional information

Adam Zenobi
Participant Funding Program Administrator, CNSC
Tel.: 613-992-8469
Email: pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca