Participant funding for Cameco’s application to renew its licence for the Port Hope Conversion Facility

Status

This participant funding opportunity is now closed, and funding has been approved.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will conduct a public hearing in Port Hope, Ontario, in November 2026 to consider an application from Cameco to renew its licence for the Port Hope Conversion Facility for a period of 20 years.

The CNSC acknowledges that the Port Hope Conversion Facility is located within the traditional lands and waters of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg. This territory is covered by the Gunshot Treaty (1787–88), the Williams Treaties (1923), and the Williams Treaties Settlement Agreement (2018).

The CNSC is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in:

• reviewing documentation, including CNSC staff’s and Cameco’s Commission member documents
• participating in the Commission hearing by providing new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions to the Commission

Up to $150,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all successful applicants.

Participant funding decision

A funding review committee (FRC) was established to review the funding applications received by the CNSC’s participant funding program administrator and to make recommendations on the allocation of funding to eligible applicants.

The CNSC carefully considered the FRC’s recommendations on the allocation of participant funding and approved the reimbursement of up to $90,780.72 to the following recipients:

Applicant	CNSC-approved funding
Alderville First Nation	$18,241.88
Curve Lake First Nation	$19,001.15
Hiawatha First Nation	$17,596.31
Mississauga First Nation	$5,750
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation	$21,891.38
Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee	$8,300
Total:	$90,780.72

Eligibility and funding criteria

For more information on participant funding and how it works, including details on eligibility and funding criteria, please read the Participant Funding Program Guide.

Contact information

Participant Funding Program Administrator
pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca