Participant funding for the BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. mid-term update

Status

This participant funding opportunity is open from November 28, 2025, to January 23, 2026.

Participant funding notice

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will conduct a public meeting in May 2026, at which BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (BWXT NEC) will provide a mid-term update on licensed activities at its Toronto and Peterborough facilities.

The BWXT NEC Toronto facility is located in the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The BWXT Peterborough facility is situated on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and the traditional territory of the Williams Treaties First Nations.

BWXT NEC holds 2 separate Class IB licences for its Toronto and Peterborough facilities. Both licences expire on December 31, 2030. The mid-term update will cover the first 5 years of the 10-year licensing periods for both facilities. In addition to the update from BWXT NEC, CNSC staff will present an assessment of BWXT NEC’s performance over the current licence periods for both facilities.

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 BWXT NEC’s Commission member documents
• participating in the Commission meeting by providing new, distinctive and valuable information through informed and topic-specific interventions to the Commission

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

Applying for funding

The deadline to submit a participant funding application is January 23, 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 meeting 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