Participant funding for Ontario Power Generation's application to amend the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station operating licence for the production of additional isotopes using the target delivery system

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 hearing based on written submissions in spring 2025 to consider an application from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for the amendment of its power reactor operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The amendment being sought would authorize OPG to commercially produce 2 additional medical isotopes using the existing target delivery system. The facility is located in the municipality of Clarington and the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, and the territory covered by the Williams Treaties First Nations.

The CNSC is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in reviewing OPG’s application and associated documents, and in participating in the Commission hearing process by providing topic-specific interventions in writing to the Commission.

Up to $30,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all eligible applicants for the provision of new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions in writing to the Commission. Funding will be awarded for the review of documentation, including CNSC staff’s documents and OPG’s Commission member documents.

Participant funding decision

A funding review committee (FRC) was established to review the funding applications received by the CNSC’s Participant Funding Program (PFP) 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 $30,000 to the following recipients:

Applicant	CNSC approved funding
Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation	$12,420
Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities	$5,970
Curve Lake First Nation	$5,610
Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation	$6,000
Total:	$30,000

Eligibility and funding criteria

For more information on participant funding and how it works, including details on eligibility and funding criteria, please read the PFP guide.

Contact information

Participant Funding Program Administrator
613-415-2814
pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca