Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Current Issues

CNSC monitoring recent events at Chalk River Laboratories (updated February 25, 2010)
Update: Bruce A Unit 1 Alpha Contamination (updated February 19, 2010)
Bruce A Unit 1 Alpha Contamination (updated January 21, 2010)
Uranium Mining: The Facts on a Well-Regulated Industry (updated December 15, 2009)
No radioactive release during fire at MMA facility (updated November 12, 2009)
Tritium in drinking water (updated August 20, 2009)
CANDU reactors are safe: The CNSC responds to a Globe and Mail article on positive coolant void reactivity feedback, a design characteristic of CANDU reactors (updated July 16, 2009)
Depleted Uranium: The Canadian Regulator's Perspective (updated July 10, 2009)
Health of nuclear workers and people living near nuclear power stations in Canada (updated July 3, 2009)
CNSC receives $3 million in lab funding (updated June 24, 2009)
Commission Order to PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Mackenzie pulp mill in BC (updated April 20, 2009)
Health studies done in Port Hope: The Facts (updated April 15, 2009)
Lost and Stolen Sealed Sources and Radiation Devices (updated March 31, 2009)
Imports of Contaminated Steel (updated March 20, 2009)
Advisory Regarding Tritium Safety Signs (updated March 18, 2009)
Radioactivity found in City of Ottawa biosolids material (updated February 23, 2009)
Radioactivity in Ottawa Drinking Water (source: City of Ottawa Web site)