Participant funding for Bruce Power’s application to operate pressure tubes beyond 300 000 effective full-power hours

Status

This participant funding opportunity is open from November 10, 2025, to January 12, 2026.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will conduct a hearing based on written submissions in July 2026. The hearing is to consider an application from Bruce Power to amend the licensing basis of the power reactor operating licence for the Bruce A and B nuclear generating stations to operate pressure tubes beyond the current limit of 300 000 effective full-power hours (EFPH), up to a maximum of 310 000 EFPH. The Bruce A and B nuclear generating stations are in the Municipality of Kincardine on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, on the traditional and treaty territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, and the traditional harvesting territories of the Métis Nation of Ontario Region 7 and the Historic Saugeen Métis peoples.

The CNSC is offering participant funding to assist Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and interested parties in:

• reviewing documentation, including CNSC staff’s and Bruce Power’s Commission member documents
• providing new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic ‑specific interventions in writing to the Commission

Up to $50,000 in participant funding will be disbursed among all successful applicants.

Applying for funding

The deadline to submit a participant funding application is January 12, 2026.

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