Port Hope: Commission Tribunal Information

The Commission Tribunal makes licensing decisions for major nuclear facilities based on statutory requirements and written or oral submissions made at public hearings. It also considers environmental assessments to verify that a proposed activity will not pose an unreasonable risk to the environment.

Find out more about the CNSC’s environmental assessment process, the Commission Tribunal and how to get involved.

Public hearings about licensing the Port Hope and Port Granby projects of the Port Hope Area Initiative

2009

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited: Application for a Waste Nuclear Substance Licence for the Port Hope Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project (August 2009)

Notice

Hearing Transcripts
August 26, 2009 (PDF)

News Release
October 16, 2009

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited: EA Screening Report for Port Granby Project (August 2009)

Notice
August 17, 2009 (PDF)

Record of Decision
August 17, 2009 (PDF)

News Release
August 17, 2009

Read more about the completed environmental assessment for the Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project.

Public hearings about licensing major nuclear facilities in Port Hope

2008

Zircatec Precision Industries: Application to Amend Zircatec Precision Industries Inc.’s Licence to Produce Two New Types of Nuclear Fuel at its Fuel Fabrication Facility (June 2008)

Hearing Transcripts
June 12, 2008 (PDF)

Record of Decision
July 08, 2008 (PDF)

News Release
July 8, 2008

Zircatec Precision Industries Inc.: Application to amend the Fuel Fabrication Operating Licence for its facility in Port Hope (November 28, 2008)

Record of Decision
November 28, 2008 (PDF)

Cameco Corporation: Operating Licence Renewal Hearing Uranium Conversion Facility (November 2006)

Cameco Corporation (Cameco) operates a uranium conversion facility, a Class IB Nuclear Fuel Facility, in Port Hope, Ontario. In 2006, it applied to have its operating licence renewed for a period of five years.

Hearing Transcripts
October 4, 2006 (PDF)
November 28, 2006 (PDF)
November 29, 2006 (PDF)

Record of Decision
November 28, 2006 (PDF)

News Release
February 26, 2007

Zircatec Precision Industries: Operating Licence Renewal Hearing for Nuclear Fuel Facility (November 2006)

Zircatec Precision Industries (now Cameco Corporation) operates a Nuclear Fuel Facility in Port Hope, Ontario. In 2006, it applied to renew its operating licence renewed for a period of five years.

Hearing Transcripts
October 4, 2006 (PDF)
November 30, 2006 (PDF)

Record of Decision
November 30, 2006 (PDF)

News Release
February 26, 2007

2008

Cameco Corporation’s Vision 2010 Decommissioning Project (November 2008)

Cameco Corporation (Cameco) intends to redevelop its Port Hope Conversion Facility in Port Hope, Ontario. The purpose of the Vision 2010 project would be to decommission a number of old or underutilized buildings; remove contaminated soils, building materials and stored historic wastes; transport those soils and wastes to storage and disposal sites; and construct new replacement buildings.

Environmental Assessment

Hearing Transcript
November 6, 2008 (PDF)

Port Hope Area Initiative (January 2007)

The proposed project includes the remediation of sites containing low-level radioactive wastes, as well as the management of waste in a long-term low-level radioactive management facility.

Environmental Assessment

Hearing Transcript
January 24, 2007 (PDF)

Record of Decision
January 24, 2007 (PDF)

News Release
March 15, 2007