Protocols

Protocols are administrative agreements between the CNSC and a licensee. They provide a detailed process for both parties to follow in order to ensure regulatory compliance for a given project. Protocols outline the framework, milestones and service standards for licensing activities related to the project. See below for a list of the CNSC's protocols.

Bruce Power

• Bruce Power – CNSC Administrative Protocol for the Review of the Innovative LBLOCA Composite Analytical Approach
• Bruce Power Protocol with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for Bruce Power Project 2030

Ontario Power Generation

• Ontario Power Generation - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Staff Protocol for the Darlington New Nuclear Project Licence To Construct Application (Revision 2, August 2024)
• Protocol between Ontario Power Generation and the CNSC for the Pickering Waste Management Facility (PDF) (November 2016)
• Protocol Between Ontario Power Generation and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Staff for the Darlington New Nuclear Project: Pre-Construction and Construction Licence Application Activities (PDF) (December 2021)

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

• Administrative Protocol between Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the CNSC for the Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project (Revision 2 – July 2020)
  • Appendix A (Revision 4, July 2020)
• Administrative Protocol between Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the CNSC for the Whiteshell Laboratories Proposed In Situ Decommissioning of the WR-1 Reactor (PDF) (Revision 1, September 2019)
  • Appendix A (Revision 3, September 2019)
• Administrative Protocol between Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the CNSC for the Near Surface Disposal Facility Project at Chalk River Laboratories (PDF) (Revision 2, December 2019)
  • Appendix A (December 2019)

NB Power

• NB Power–CNSC Staff Protocol on the Application for a Licence to Prepare a Site for an ARC 100 Reactor (Revision 2, July 2023)
• New Brunswick Power Nuclear - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Protocol for a satisfactory rating in the emergency management and fire protection safety and control area (PDF) (August 2011)

Other

• Protocol between the CNSC, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), and NWMO for the Integrated Impact Assessment of the Proposed APM project (147 KB, PDF)
• Operational Protocol for the Gunnar Project – 2016 (PDF) (May 2016)
• Operational Protocol for the Gunnar Project – 2015 (PDF) (February 2015)
• Protocol on the End of Commercial Operation of the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Reactor (PDF) (April 2013)
• Protocol between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and the CNSC for Re-Licensing Activities of AECL-owned sites: The Nuclear Power Demonstration, Gentilly-l and Douglas Point and Waste Management Facilities (PDF) (August 2012)
• Protocol for the GUNNAR Remedial Project: Environmental Assessment and Licensing Activities (PDF) (August 2012)
• Protocol on the operation of the Gentilly-2 nuclear power reactor and radioactive waste facility (PDF) (June 2011)
• Protocol for the Medical Isotope Project (PDF) (February 2011)
• Protocol for the renewal of Gentilly-2 Nuclear Power Plant and Radioactive Waste Facility operating licences (PDF) (December 2010)
• Protocol for the Restart of the NRU Reactor (August 2009)
• Protocol for National Research Universal (NRU) Licensing Activities (Revision 2, December 2010)