Participant funding for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' application to amend the Gentilly-1 Waste Facility licence

Status

This participant funding opportunity is open from May 12 to July 11, 2025.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will conduct a hearing based on written submissions in July 2026 to consider an application from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) for the amendment of its waste facility decommissioning licence for the Gentilly-1 Waste Facility. The amendment being sought would authorize CNL to proceed with activities related to the decommissioning These proposed activities are also subject to a federal lands assessment under the Impact Assessment Act. The CNSC will be acting as an authority for this assessment. As a prerequisite to the licensing decision, the Commission must make a decision as to whether the proposed activities are likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The Gentilly-1 Waste Facility is located in the municipality of Bécancour, Quebec, and on the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the Wabanaki Confederacy and the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat.

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

Up to $75,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all successful applicants. Funding will be awarded for:

• the review of documentation, including documentation related to the federal lands assessment and CNSC staff’s and CNL’s Commission member documents
• participation in the Commission hearing, where applicants will be given the opportunity to provide new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions in writing to the Commission

Applying for funding

The deadline to submit a participant funding application is July 11, 2025.

A funding review committee will consider all applications for funding and make recommendations on the allocation of funds.

To apply, please submit a participant funding application form. Certain terms and conditions apply. You can submit the form by:

• Email: pfp@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

• Mail: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
  c/o Participant Funding Program Administrator
  280 Slater St
  PO Box 1046 Stn B
  Ottawa ON K1P 5S9

For information on how to participate, consult the Participate in a public Commission hearing and Participant Funding Program sections of the CNSC website.

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