Status of Pre-Project Design Reviews

Participating vendors and their review completion dates are outlined below. Please note that completion dates may be adjusted as needed by mutual agreement. 

Completed vendor design review

AECL – EC 6 (Enhanced CANDU):

• Phase 1: Pre-Project Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements – March 2010
  • Phase 1 Executive Summary: Pre-Project Review of AECL’s Enhanced CANDU – EC 6 (PDF) (N.B. Due to the commercially sensitive and proprietary information in the full report, the CNSC is only able to post the Executive Summary)
    
    
  • April 8, 2010 - AECL Press Release (source: AECL)

AECL – ACR-1000:

• Phase 1: Pre-Project Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements – December 2008
  • Phase 1 Executive Summary: Pre-Project Review of AECL’s Advanced CANDU Reactor (ACR-1000) (PDF) (N.B. Due to the commercially sensitive and proprietary information in the full report, the CNSC is only able to post the Executive Summary)
    
    
  • February 20, 2009 - AECL Press Release (source: AECL)
    
    
• Phase 2: Pre-Project Assessment for Any Potential Fundamental Barriers to Licensing - August 2009
  • Phase 2 Executive Summary: Pre-Project Review of AECL’s Advanced CANDU Reactor (ACR-1000) (PDF) (N.B. Due to the commercially sensitive and proprietary information in the full report, the CNSC is only able to post the Executive Summary)
    
    
  • September 10, 2009 - AECL Press Release (source: AECL)

Westinghouse – AP1000:

• Phase 1: Pre-Project Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements – January 2010
  • Phase 1 Executive Summary: Pre-Project Review of Westinghouse’s Advanced Passive Plant Design (AP1000^TM)
    
    
  • February 5, 2010 – Westinghouse Press Release (source: Westinghouse)

Current vendor design reviews  

AECL – EC 6 (Enhanced CANDU):

• Phase 2: Identification of Fundamental Barriers - To be completed in early in 2012

AREVA – EPR:

• Phase 1: Pre-Project Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements - Review is currently on hold, at the request of the vendor

AECL - ACR-1000:

• Phase 3 Follow-up: To be completed by June 2010