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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

Current Issues

Letters to the Editor

August 9, 2010: CNSC response to the article entitled "Gentilly-2 : Hydro suspend des contrats" published in Le Nouvelliste on August 6, 2010
June 10, 2010: CNSC response to the article entitled “New nuclear power plants carry more risk, report finds” published in the Ottawa Citizen on May 31, 2010
June 9, 2010: CNSC response to the article entitled “Une question de santé – Dix bonnes raisons de dire non à Gentilly-2” published in Le Devoir on May 31, 2010
May 10, 2010: CNSC response to the letter entitled “CANDU reactors release more tritium” published in the Peace River Record Gazette on April 21, 2010
May 7, 2010: CNSC response to the article entitled “Uranium Update - Revisiting Strateco, their Mistissini opposition and the activism against the proposed uranium exploration project” published in The Nation on April 23, 2010
May 5, 2010: CNSC response to the letter entitled “Neuf questions auxquelles M. Michael Binder devrait répondre” [Nine questions Mr. Michael Binder should answer] published on April 4, 2010, in Le Bulletin régional of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
April 26, 2010: CNSC response to the article entitled “Gentilly-2 : le tritium émis en trop grande quantité?” [Gentilly-2: is too much tritium being released?], published in Le Courrier Sud on April 18, 2010
April 16, 2010: CNSC response to the editorial entitled “Cleaning our own house”, published in the Ottawa Citizen on April 15, 2010
April 1, 2010: CNSC response to an editorial published in Le Droit on March 30, 2010, entitled “Mêlons-nous de nos affaires!” [Let’s mind our own business!]
March 24, 2010: CANDU reactors are operated safely CNSC response to a letter published in Le Bulletin régional on March 12, 2010, entitled “Emballement possible du réacteur CANDU à Gentilly-2”
March 5, 2010: CNSC response to the opinion article published in Le Nouvelliste on March 1, 2010 entitled "Les Québécois peuvent encore dire non"
March 4, 2010: CNSC response to Le Devoir's March 4 2010 article entitled "Les CANDU risquent l’emballement"
July 3, 2009: Letter to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in response to July 3 editorial "Crucial to have rational debate on nuclear issues"
July 1, 2009: Letter to the Globe and Mail in response to the June 29 article “Reactor design puts safety of plants into question”
June 27, 2009: Letter to the Saskatoon StarPhoenix in response to the June 23 article "Nuke plants hike cancer risk: report"

Perspectives on Nuclear Issues

Low-Level Radiation: How the Linear No-Threshold Model Keeps Canadians Safe

NRU Reactor

Tritium Studies

Information updates

CNSC monitoring Northern Saskatchewan forest fires near uranium mines and mills (updated August 4, 2010)
Mahmoud Yadegari sentenced in Ontario Court of Justice for offences under the NSCA (updated July 30, 2010)
Bruce Power's proposed plan to ship 16 steam generators to Sweden (updated July 29, 2010)
Update: Bruce Power's proposed plan to ship 16 steam generators to Sweden (updated July 26, 2010)
CNSC requests additional information from Cameco about its Port Hope Conversion Facility emissions (updated July 15, 2010)
Potential Alpha Exposure of Workers: CNSC Request to all CANDU licensees - AECL and OPG Responses (updated July 12, 2010)
Potential Alpha Exposure of Workers: CNSC Request to all CANDU licensees (updated July 9, 2010)
Heavy Water Spill at Gentilly-2 (updated June 4, 2010)
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)