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SECTION IV: OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

CNSC Locations

Report Card on Nuclear Power Plant Performance as of January 2007

CNSC staff assesses licensee programs (“P”) and their implementation (“I”) separately, according to five ratings:

A = Exceeds requirements

B = Meets requirements

C = Below requirements

D = Significantly below requirements

E = Unacceptable

Safety Area/Program	P or	Bruce			Darlington	Pickering		Gentilly-2	Point Lepreau
	I	A	B			A	B
Operating Performance	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Organization and Plant	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Management	I	A	A		B	C	B	B	B
Operations	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Occupational Health and	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Safety (non-radiological)	I	A	B		B	B	B	B	B
Performance Assurance	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Quality Management	P	C	C		B	B	B	B	B
	I	C	B		B	B	B	B	B
Human Factors	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	C
	I	B	B		B	C	B	B	C
Training, Examination,	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
and Certification	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Design and Analysis	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Safety Analysis	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Safety Issues	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Design	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	C	B	B
Equipment Fitness	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
for Service	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Maintenance	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	C	B		B	B	C	B	B
Structural Integrity	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Reliability	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Equipment Qualification	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		C	B	B	B	B
Emergency	P	A	A		A	A	A	A	A
Preparedness	I	A	A		A	A	A	B	B
Environmental	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Protection	I	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
Radiation Protection	P	B	B		B	B	B	B	B
	I	B	B		A	B	B	B	B
Site Security	P	Secret
	I	Secret
Safeguards	P	B		B	B	B	B	B	B
	I	B		B	B	B	B	B	B

Note: “C” grades are highlighted.

Regulatory Documents in Process During 2006-07

S-337, Design Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants	This document provides new design categorization information based on years of regulatory experience and international information. The contents of this document were a priority in 2006-07, and the document will be released for consultation in the first quarter of 2007-08.
S-336, CNSC Safeguards and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Reporting Requirements	This document describes the reporting requirements to attain uniformity of licensee accounting records and reports of controlled nuclear substances, including special fissionable and source material, equipment and information. This draft regulatory standard was issued in September 2006 for public comment, and the comment period closed in December 2006. Issuance is planned for early 2008.
G-320, Assessing the Long-Term Safety of Radioactive Waste Management	This document was issued in 2006 and assists applicants for new licences and for licence renewals in assessing the long-term safety of radioactive waste management on the environment and on the health and safety of people. The document addresses long-term care and maintenance considerations, post-decommissioning objectives, assessment criteria, assessment strategies and level of detail, the selection of time frames and definition of assessment scenarios, and identification of receptors and critical groups.
G-144, Trip Parameter Acceptance Criteria for Safety Analysis of CANDU Nuclear Power Plants	This document was issued in May 2006. It provides guidance to licensees who operate CANDU nuclear power plants regarding reactor trip parameters to preclude direct or consequential failures of reactor fuel or reactor pressure tubes.
G-306, Severe Accident Management Program for Nuclear Reactors	This document was issued in May 2006 and provides guidance to licensees on the development and implementation of a severe accident management program.
G-360, Life Extension of Nuclear Power Plants	This document informs licensees about the steps and phases to consider when undertaking a project to extend the life of a nuclear power plant. The document addresses key considerations for establishing project scope, as well as managing and executing the project. It was issued for public comment in May 2006 and the comment period closed in July 2006. The document is scheduled for issuance in late 2007.
G–341, Control Of The Export And Import Of Risk-Significant Sealed Sources	The CNSC implemented an enhanced export and import control program for risk-significant sealed sources at the end of 2006-07. The CNSC issued this regulatory document in February 2007 for consultation and will accept comments until December 2007. The document is scheduled for publication by the end of 2007-08.
P-325, Nuclear Emergency Management	This regulatory policy was issued in May 2006. It provides guiding principles and direction for CNSC staff activities relating to nuclear emergency management.

Commission Hearings

April 1, 2006-March 31, 2007

Commission documentation is available on the CNSC Web site at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca

Class IA Nuclear Facilities

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited:

• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed construction and operation of a shielded modular above-ground storage facility at the Chalk River Laboratories. Abridged hearing (April 27, 2006)
• Decision to renew the Chalk River Laboratories nuclear research and test establishment operating licence. Two-day public hearing (April 26 and June 28, 2006)
• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed decommissioning of the fuel storage and handling bays at the Chalk River Laboratories. Abridged hearing (October 25, 2006)
• Decision to accept exemptions sought from the Regulations Amending the Nuclear Security Regulations. Closed hearing (December 14, 2006)
• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed decommissioning of the pool test reactor at the Chalk River Laboratories. Abridged hearing (February 7, 2007)

Bruce Power Inc.:

• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed refurbishment for life extension and continued operations of the Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station. One-day public hearing (May 19, 2006)
• Decision to permit the demonstration irradiation phase of the Bruce B new fuel project. Abridged hearing (May 19, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Bruce A and Bruce B Nuclear Generating Stations power reactor operating licences to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (July 14, 2006)
• Decision to accept exemptions sought from the Regulations Amending the Nuclear Security Regulations. Closed hearing (December 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station A power reactor operating licence. Abridged hearing (March 9, 2007)
• Decision to amend the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station B power reactor operating licence. Abridged hearing (March 9, 2007)

Hydro-Québec:

• Decision to amend the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station power reactor operating licence for the temporary amendment to the operating policies and principles. Abridged hearing (August 3, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station operating licence with respect to the implementation of re-qualification testing of certified shift personnel. Abridged hearing (September 14, 2006)
• Decision to renew the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station operating licence. Two-day public hearing (August 16 and November 7, 2006)
• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed modifications to the Gentilly Radioactive Waste Management Facilities and the refurbishment and continued operation of the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station until 2035. One-day public hearing (November 7 and 8, 2006)
• Decision to grant the exemptions sought from the Regulations Amending the Nuclear Security Regulations. Closed hearing (December 14, 2006)

La Corporation de l’École Polytechnique:

• Decision to renew the sub-critical nuclear assembly operating licence for the facility located in Montréal, Québec. One-day public hearing (May 18, 2006)

New Brunswick Power Nuclear Corporation:

• Decision to renew the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station operating licence. Two-day public hearing (February 16 and May 18, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station operating licence to reflect updates in documentation and increase quantity limit of a sealed source. Abridged hearing (October 5, 2006)
• Decision to grant exemptions sought from the Regulations Amending the Nuclear Security Regulations. Closed hearing (December 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (February 16, 2007)

Ontario Power Generation Inc.:

• Decision to amend the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (July 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station A power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (July 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station B power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (July 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station operating licence with respect to the implementation of re-qualification testing of certified shift personnel. Abridged hearing (September 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station A operating licence with respect to the implementation of re-qualification testing of certified shift personnel. Abridged hearing (September 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station B operating licence with respect to the implementation of re-qualification testing of certified shift personnel. Abridged hearing (September 14, 2006)
• Decision to grant exemptions sought from the Regulations Amending the Nuclear Security Regulations. Closed hearing (December 14, 2006)
• Decision to accept environmental assessment guidelines (scope of project and assessment) for the proposed refurbishment and continued operation of Pickering B reactors at the Pickering B Nuclear Generating Station. One-day public hearing (January 24, 2007)
• Decision to amend the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (February 16, 2007)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station A power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (February 16, 2007)
• Decision to amend the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station B power reactor operating licence to reflect updates in documentation. Abridged hearing (February 16, 2007)

Class IB Nuclear Facilities

Cameco Corporation:

• Decision to renew the nuclear fuel facility operating licence for the conversion facility located in Port Hope, Ontario. Two-day public hearing (October 5 and November 28 and 29, 2006)
• Decision to renew the nuclear fuel facility operating licence for the refinery located in Blind River, Ontario. Two-day public hearing (October 5 and December 13, 2006)
• Decision to accept the screening environmental assessment for the proposed modification to the operation of the Blind River refinery incinerator. Abridged hearing (December 7, 2006)

588972 Alberta Limited, operated as Enviropac:

• Decision to confirm the Designated Officer Order issued to 588972 Alberta Limited on September 15, 2006. Opportunity to be heard (December 14, 2006)

MDS Nordion:

• Decision to accept the financial guarantee for the future decommissioning of the nuclear  substance processing facility. Abridged hearing (June 29, 2006)

SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc.:

• Decision to modify reporting requirements for the nuclear substance processing facility located in Pembroke, Ontario. Abridged hearing (July 14, 2006)
• Decision to amend the Designated Officer Order issued to SRBT on August 15, 2006. Opportunity to be heard (August 28, 2006)
• Decision not to renew the operating licence for the gaseous tritium light source facility located in Pembroke, Ontario. Two-day public hearing (October 25 and November 27, 2006)

Zircatec Precision Industries Inc.:

• Decision to renew the Class IB nuclear fuel facility operating licence for the nuclear fuel bundle fabricating facility located in Port Hope, Ontario. Two-day public hearing (October 4 and November 30, 2006)

TRIUMF Accelerators Inc.:

• Decision to renew the operating licence for the TRIUMF particle accelerator facility located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Two-day public hearing (December 13 and March 7, 2007)

Uranium Mines and Mills

AREVA Resources Canada Inc.:

• Decision to accept screening environmental assessment for the proposed ferric sulphate production at the McClean Lake Operation. Abridged hearing (October 25, 2006)

Cameco Corporation:

• Decision to amend the Key Lake Operation uranium mill operating licence. One-day public hearing (January 25, 2007)

COGEMA Resources Inc.:

• Decision to amend licences to reflect the name change from COGEMA Resources Inc. to AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Abridged hearing (May 19, 2006)

Rio Algom Limited:

• Decision to amend the financial guarantee for the historic closed mine sites in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Abridged hearing (September 14, 2006)
• Decision to accept screening environmental assessment for the proposed replacement of the Stanleigh Effluent Treatment Plant. Abridged hearing (March 7, 2007)

Waste Management Facilities

Cameco Corporation:

• Decision to amend the Beaver Lodge Waste Facility operating licence to extend the expiry date. One-day public hearing (January 25, 2007)

Hydro-Québec:

• Decision to amend the radioactive waste facility operating licence for the facility located in Bécancour, Québec. One-day public hearing (March 7, 2007)

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office:

• Decision to accept screening environmental assessment for the proposed Port Hope long-term low-level radioactive waste management project. Abridged hearing (January 24, 2007)

Ontario Power Generation Inc.:

• Decision on the report and recommendation to the federal Minister of the Environment for the environmental assessment regarding the proposal to construct and operate a deep geologic repository within the Bruce Nuclear Site in Kincardine, Ontario. One-day public hearing (October 23, 2006)

Information Sources

For further information or to request publications, contact:

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Office of Communications and Regulatory Affairs
280 Slater Street, P.O. Box 1046, Station B
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 5S9

Telephone: 613-995-5894 or 1-800-668-5284 (within Canada) Fax: 613-995-5086
e-mail:  info@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

The following information is available on the CNSC Web site at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca

Information on the plans, priorities, and activities of the CNSC may be found in:

• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Annual Report
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Report on Plans and Priorities
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Departmental Performance Report

The CNSC administers the following Acts and associated regulations:

• Nuclear Safety and Control Act, 1997, c.9
• Nuclear Liability Act, 1985, c. N-28

For further information you may also consult the CNSC Web site at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca

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[1]  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission or CNSC refers to the total organization. The tribunal component is referred to as the Commission and the staff component as CNSC staff.

[2] Type I inspections are on-site audits and evaluations of a licensee’s programs, processes and practices.  Type II inspections are routine (item-by-item) checks and rounds that typically focus on the outputs, or performance of licensee programs, processes and practices.  Findings from Type II inspections play a key role in identifying where a Type I inspection may be required to determine systemic problems in licensee programs, processes or practices.

[3] Compliance and licensing results are based on a subset of the performance data available.

[4] Using the CNSC’s risk-informed approach to regulation, initial priority was given to the completion of reports whose results were of greater significance.

[5] CNSC workload increases were observed as a result of the rapid expansion of nuclear medicine facilities in Canadian hospitals

[6] For power reactors, unless major issues arise, findings from field inspections and control room inspections will be reported on a quarterly basis, within 40 business days of end of quarter.

[7] The screening and hearing processes do not apply to operations of the Directorate of Nuclear Substances Regulation.

[8] The magnitude of public interventions in some licensing decisions required an extension of the time to complete the hearing process.

[9] All reports experienced delays of a few days due to delays in final approvals and in document production.  All delays were pre-cleared and were acceptable to the Treasury Board Secretariat.

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