C N S C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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1 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Ms. Rumina Velshi President and CEO, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities February 27 th, 2019

2 CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION OUR MANDATE Regulate the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect health, safety, and security and the environment Implement Canada's international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy Disseminate objective scientific, technical and regulatory information to the public THE CNSC REGULATES ALL NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN CANADA nuclearsafety.gc.ca 2

3 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION Quasi-judicial administrative tribunal Agent of the Crown (duty to consult) Reports to Parliament through Minister of Natural Resources Commission members are independent and part-time Commission hearings are public and webcast Decisions are reviewable by Federal Court TRANSPARENT, SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING nuclearsafety.gc.ca 3

4 Ms. Rumina Velshi Dr. Sandor Demeter Dr. Marcel Lacroix Ms. Kathy Penney Mr. Timothy Berube Reappointed and named President and CEO for a five-year term effective August 22, 2018 Reappointed March 12, 2018 Five-year term Appointed March 12, 2018 Four-year term Appointed March 12, 2018 Four-year term Appointed March 12, 2018 Four-year term nuclearsafety.gc.ca 4

5 CNSC STAFF LOCATED ACROSS CANADA Licensees: 1,700 Licences: 2,500 Headquarters (HQ) in Ottawa 4 Site Offices at Power Plants 1 site Office at Chalk River 4 Regional Offices Calgary Saskatoon Chalk River Bruce Mississauga HQ Laval Darlington Pickering Point Lepreau nuclearsafety.gc.ca 5

6 MY FOCUS AS THE NEW CNSC PRESIDENT nuclearsafety.gc.ca 6

7 ASPIRE TO BE A WORLD-CLASS REGULATOR SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY Independent Flexible, robust regulatory framework Well-resourced with the capacity, expertise and agility to regulate effectively Forward-looking to stay ahead of the technological curve ready for emerging technologies nuclearsafety.gc.ca 7

8 EMPLOYER OF CHOICE Earning the commitment of CNSC employees Safe work environment Respect and support Enriching, energizing and meaningful careers Opportunities for growth Competitive compensation and benefits nuclearsafety.gc.ca 8

9 STRENGTHENING SAFETY CULTURE Strong safety culture in licensees nuclear operations CNSC strengthening its regulatory safety oversight culture Need to ensure strong safety culture at licensees senior executive/ Board levels nuclearsafety.gc.ca 9

10 PROMOTING WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) CAREERS nuclearsafety.gc.ca 10

11 CANADA S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS nuclearsafety.gc.ca 11

12 STATUS OF CANADA S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS BRUCE NGS A & B (ONTARIO) Licence expires September 30, operating reactors, 6232 Mwe capacity Refurbishment plan: 2 completed, 6 to be carried out by 2033, $13B cost Bruce Nuclear Generating Station: Bruce A (at top); Bruce B (at bottom) nuclearsafety.gc.ca 12

13 STATUS OF CANADA S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS DARLINGTON NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (ONTARIO) Licence expires on November 30, operating reactors + 1 refurbishment, 3512 MWe capacity Refurbishment project began in October 2016 and is scheduled for completion by 2026 New build licence to prepare site expires 2022 Darlington Nuclear Generating Station nuclearsafety.gc.ca 13

14 STATUS OF CANADA S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PICKERING NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (ONTARIO) Licence expires on August operating reactors, 3100 MWe capacity Permanent shutdown in 2024 Pickering Nuclear Generating Station nuclearsafety.gc.ca 14

15 STATUS OF CANADA S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS POINT LEPREAU GENERATING STATION (NEW BRUNSWICK) Licence expires on June 30, operating reactor, 705 Mwe capacity Refurbishment completed returned to service November 2012 Point Lepreau Generating Station nuclearsafety.gc.ca 15

16 CANADA S URANIUM MINES AND MILLS nuclearsafety.gc.ca 16

17 MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE URANIUM MINING OPERATIONS (SASKATCHEWAN) Cigar Lake Mine (Cameco) Licence expires June 20, 2021 McClean Lake Mine/Mill (Orano) Licence renewed until June 30, 2027 Key Lake Mill (Cameco) McArthur River Mine (Cameco) Rabbit Lake Mine/Mill (Cameco) Operations indefinitely suspended Key Lake Mill McArthur River Mine nuclearsafety.gc.ca 17

18 CANADA S NUCLEAR LABORATORIES nuclearsafety.gc.ca 18

19 CANADA S NUCLEAR LABORATORIES CHALK RIVER LABORATORIES (ONTARIO) Licence expires on March 31, 2028 Commission hearing for renewal of Chalk River Laboratories operating licence took place in January 2018 Chalk River Laboratories nuclearsafety.gc.ca 19

20 CANADA S NUCLEAR LABORATORIES THREE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS UNDER WAY FOR DECOMMISSIONING PURPOSES Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) Project (Chalk River, ON) Decommissioning of the Whiteshell Reactor #1 (Pinawa, MB) Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Closure Project (Rolphton, ON) Proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility, Chalk River Laboratories nuclearsafety.gc.ca 20

21 KEY TIMELINES NSDF Project description submitted by CNL Apr 1, 2016 Two 60-day comment periods held on draft EIS (French version provided June 2017) Mar. Aug CNSC transmits to CNL all comments and info requests on draft EIS Sep. 14, 2017 CNL updates project description (NSDF will contain low-level waste only) Oct. 27, 2017? CNL continues to work on providing responses to comments on the draft EIS Nov present NPD Project description submitted by CNL Apr 1, day comment period held on draft EIS Nov Feb CNSC transmits to CNL all comments and info requests on draft EIS Mar. 15, 2018? CNL continues to work on providing responses to comments on the draft EIS Apr present WHITESHELL Project description submitted by CNL Jun 2, day comment period held on draft EIS Oct. Dec CNSC transmits to CNL all comments and info requests on draft EIS Jan. 5, 2018? CNL continues to work on providing responses to comments on the draft EIS Apr present nuclearsafety.gc.ca 21

22 WASTE MANAGEMENT nuclearsafety.gc.ca 22

23 WASTE MANAGEMENT ONTARIO POWER GENERATION (OPG) WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES Western Licence valid until May 31, 2027 Pickering Licence valid until August 31, 2027 Darlington Licence valid until April 30, 2023 OPG used fuel dry storage containers at the Western Waste Management Facility nuclearsafety.gc.ca 23

24 WASTE MANAGEMENT PORT HOPE AREA INITIATIVE Port Hope and Port Granby Implementation phase (facility construction ongoing) Port Hope waste nuclear substance licence Valid until December 31, 2022 Port Granby waste nuclear substance licence Valid until December 31, 2021 Aerial view of Port Hope and Port Granby nuclearsafety.gc.ca 24

25 OPG DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY (DGR) FOR LOW-LEVEL AND INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL WASTE Joint review panel environmental assessment report May 2015 In November 2015, Minister of Environment and Climate Change requested additional information and further studies on environmental assessment On August 21, 2017, the Minister requested additional information from OPG on the potential cumulative effects of the DGR project on physical and cultural heritage of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) the SON considers this as reconciliation in action nuclearsafety.gc.ca 25

26 NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (NWMO) NWMO Learn more communities 1. South Bruce 2. Hornepayne 3. Huron-Kinloss 4. Ignace 5. Manitouwadge FINDING A SITE FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE There are 5 communities remaining in the NWMO s Learn More process (out of 22 original communities 19 in Ontario, 3 in Saskatchewan) 2023 A single preferred site is identified 2028 Licence applications submitted 2040 to 2045 Operations begin nuclearsafety.gc.ca 26

27 OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS CN S C nuclearsafety.gc.ca 27

28 OTHER LICENSED FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES ISOTOPE PRODUCTION In May 2018, OPG formally notified the CNSC of its intent to produce molybdenum-99 at Darlington Detailed design has started and will be submitted along with the safety case for CNSC review in 2019 NUCLEAR FACILITIES / PRESCRIBED EQUIPMENT Hospitals, cancer clinics, particle accelerators NUCLEAR SUBSTANCE LICENCES Industrial, research, radiography, etc. UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES OVER 2,000 LICENCES ACROSS CANADA MEDICAL, INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH nuclearsafety.gc.ca 28

29 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY EXERCISES Exercise Unified Control took place December 6 7, 2017 at Pickering NGS Exercise Synergy Challenge took place October 3 4, 2018 at Point Lepreau NGS Next exercise scheduled for October 2019 at Bruce EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Ontario s Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP) was approved in December 2017 Implementing plans for Pickering and Darlington were approved Potassium iodide (KI) pill redistribution is being examined nuclearsafety.gc.ca 29

30 MODERNIZING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATIONS Radiation Protection Regulations pre-publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I targeting Spring 2019 REGULATORY MODERNIZATION REGULATORY DOCUMENTS REGDOC , Waste Management, Volume I: Management of Radioactive Waste - targeting public consultation Q1 2019/20 REGDOC , Waste Management, Volume III: Assessing the Longterm Safety of Radioactive Waste Management - targeting public consultation Q1 2019/20 REGDOC , Decommissioning Planning - targeting public consultation Q2 2019/20 nuclearsafety.gc.ca 30

31 SMALL MODULAR REACTORS Example of an SMR technology: Terrestrial Energy Integral Molten Salt Reactor (Courtesy of Terrestrial Energy) Expression of interest from ten vendors for vendor design reviews The CNSC participated as an observer in the pan-canadian SMR Road Map and associated workshops, released in November 2018 A draft licence application guide for SMR facilities will be published Spring 2019 CURRENT OPERATOR INTEREST Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has invited two vendors to advance to the Due Diligence stage for an SMR demonstration project New Brunswick government investing in nuclear research cluster; NB Power has identified two potential SMR vendors nuclearsafety.gc.ca 31

32 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION nuclearsafety.gc.ca 32

33 PEER REVIEW MISSIONS IAEA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MISSION (EPREV) SPRING 2019 The mission will assess operators and all levels of governments nuclear emergency preparedness plans and procedures for Canadian nuclear facilities Visit to OPG in Durham Region, Toronto provincial emergency operations and locations in New Brunswick will be included INTEGRATED REGULATORY REVIEW SERVICE (IRRS) MISSION TO BE HOSTED IN CANADA 2019 The CNSC has requested this mission, and some modules of the IRRS review are expected to focus on Canada s approach to waste management Tours to Pickering and Darlington will likely take place review will impact Government of Canada more than OPG nuclearsafety.gc.ca 33

34 ENGAGEMENT CN S C nuclearsafety.gc.ca 34

35 COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY OUR VISION: TO BE THE TRUSTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY IN CANADA Outreach Indigenous and targeted audiences Digital presence: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, CNSC website Emergency communications Public and media inquiries Regulatory oversight of licensee public communications nuclearsafety.gc.ca 35

36 CNSC S PARTICIPANT FUNDING PROGRAM Gives Indigenous communities, the public, and stakeholders the opportunity to apply for funding to participate in its regulatory processes Open for all public Commission proceedings, meetings and environmental monitoring through a funding application process Eligible recipients must have: a direct, local or Indigenous interest in the project new and distinctive information relevant to the specific matter before the Commission Applications are reviewed by an external committee nuclearsafety.gc.ca 36

37 STRENGTHENING PUBLIC TRUST TRANSPARENCY Open/responsive and understandable information ACTIVE LISTENING Sincere two-way dialogue ENGAGEMENT Public Civil society NGOs Indigenous groups Domestic and international counterparts THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE CONFIDENT THAT THE REGULATOR IS STRONG, INDEPENDENT AND COMPETENT nuclearsafety.gc.ca 37

38 We will never compromise safety it s in our DNA

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