Participant funding for Ontario Power Generation’s application to refurbish the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and renew its Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and Waste Management Facility licences

Status

This participant funding opportunity is open from July 21 to September 15, 2025.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a 2-part public hearing on April 1, 2026, and the week of June 22, 2026, to consider an application from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to authorize the refurbishment of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (PNGS), and to renew the power reactor operating licence for the PNGS and the waste facility operating licence for the Pickering Waste Management Facility. Both facilities are located at the Pickering nuclear site, in Pickering, Ontario, on the traditional lands and waters of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg, the Gunshot Treaty (1877–88), 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 OPG’s application and associated documents, and in participating in the Commission hearing process.

Up to $250,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all successful applicants for the provision of new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions to the Commission. Funding will be awarded for the review of documentation, including CNSC staff’s documents and OPG’s Commission member documents, and for participation in the public Commission hearing.

Applying for funding

The deadline to submit a participant funding application is September 15, 2025.

A funding review committee, independent of the CNSC, 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