Supplementary Information Tables for the 2020–21 Departmental Plan: Corporate Information
Raison d’être
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) was established on May 31, 2000, with the coming into force of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA). It replaced the Atomic Energy Control Board established in 1946 by the Atomic Energy Control Act.
The CNSC is a departmental corporation listed in Schedule II of the Financial Administration Act and reports to Parliament through the Minister of Natural Resources.
Mandate and role
Under the NSCA, the CNSC:
- regulates the development, production and use of nuclear energy in Canada to protect health, safety, security and the environment
- regulates the production, possession, use and transport of nuclear substances, and the production, possession and use of prescribed equipment and prescribed information
- implements measures respecting international control of the development, production, transport and use of nuclear energy and substances, including measures respecting the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices
- is responsible for disseminating objective scientific, technical and regulatory information concerning the CNSC’s activities, and how the development, production, possession, transport and use of nuclear substances affect the environment and the health and safety of persons
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