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Project Licensing - CNSC

On Friday, October 16, the CNSC announced the approval of a five-year licence for the Port Hope Project. This license approval allows AECL, on behalf of Natural Resources Canada, to proceed with plans that will lead to the removal and long-term management of approximately 1.2 million cubic metres of historic low-level radioactive waste. The waste, currently stored in a number of locations around Port Hope, will be consolidated in an engineered mound west of Baulch Road and south of Highway 401, where it will be safely managed in perpetuity. The approval of the licence initiates a process in which the Municipality and citizens will work with the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) as plans are developed for the removal, transportation and emplacement of waste, the design of long-term management site, and the remediate of current sites. AECL, through PHAI, will oversee the removal of waste and the design and construction of the engineered mound, as well as the final remediation of all temporary storage sites. The granting of the licence means AECL can being to develop a detailed design for the new long-term waste management facility, with the cleanup expected to being in 2011.
CNSC Record of Proceedings, Including Reasons for Decision 

 

A hearing was held in Port Hope on August 26, 2009

More than 120 people attended the hearing and close to 100 individuals, businesses and agencies made written or oral presentations at the hearing. The overwhelming majority of written and oral presentations were in favour of the licence application. See Read excerpts from supportive written and oral interventions 

 

How can I find out about Interventions?

c/o Louise Levert, Secretariat
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
280 Slater St., P.O. Box 1046
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5S9
Phone: (613) 996-9063
Toll Free: 1-800-668-5284
Fax: (613) 995-5086
interventions@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca