Status of Pre-Licensing Vendor 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 pre-licensing design review

AECL – EC 6 (Enhanced CANDU):

• Phase 1: Pre-Licensing 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-Licensing 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-Licensing 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)


• Phase 3:  Follow-up – December 2010
• Phase 3 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)


• January 28, 2011 - AECL Press Release (source: AECL)

Westinghouse – AP1000:

• Phase 1: Pre-licensing 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 pre-licensing vendor design reviews  

AECL – EC 6 (Enhanced CANDU):

• Phase 2: Identification of Fundamental Barriers - To be completed in early 2012
• Phase 3: Follow-up – To be completed early 2013

ATMEA – ATMEA 1:

• Phase 1: Pre-Licensing Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements - To be completed early 2013

AREVA – EPR:

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

Babcock & Wilcox – mPower:

• Phase 1: Pre-Licensing Assessment of Compliance with Regulatory Requirements – To be completed late 2013