Bruce Power Inc. application for a transport licence for the shipment of steam generators to Sweden

On April 1, 2010, The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) received a transport licence application from Bruce Power. The company proposes to transport 16 steam generators by ship through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden for recycling in the fall of 2010.

Latest updates

• March 28, 2011: Bruce Power delays steam generator shipments (source: Bruce Power)
  

• March 7, 2011: The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is aware that the Canadian Environmental Law Association and the Sierra Club of Canada have filed applications with the Federal Court of Canada for a judicial review of the Commission's recent decision to grant Bruce Power a licence to transport decommissioned steam generators to Sweden.
  
  Unless the Federal Court rules otherwise, the Commission's decision stands and is in effect.
  
  
• March 4, 2011
  • Steam Generators: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - The Three Rs of Radioactive Waste
  • New CNSC fact sheet: Regulating Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants in Canada (PDF)
    
    
• February 23, 2011: Steam Generators: The CNSC Environmental Assessment
  
  
• February 11, 2011: Video of CNSC technical briefing - The purpose of the briefing was to provide the media with the background information and the scientific data upon which the decision was based.
  

• February 10, 2011: CNSC to hold technical briefing on steam generator shipment
• February 4, 2011: CNSC Announces Decision to Issue a Transport Licence and Certificate to Bruce Power Inc. for the Transport of 16 Decommissioned Steam Generators to Sweden

• February 4, 2011: Details on the Commission deliberations and decision
  • Record of Proceedings, including Reasons for Decision (PDF)
• February 4, 2011: Information Update
  • Commission decision on Bruce Power’s plan to ship 16 steam generators to Sweden
• November 30, 2010: Ramzi Jammal, CNSC Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, gave a presentation to the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne on the safe transport of radioactive material, and Bruce Power’s proposal to transport steam generators to Sweden for recycling. (PDF)>
• November 19, 2010: Ramzi Jammal, CNSC Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer gave a presentation to representatives of the City of Montreal about the safe transport of radioactive materials. (PDF)
  
• September 28-30, 2010: Public Hearing Webcast
  
• September 28, 2010: Browse hearing documents for the Bruce Power Inc. application for a licence to package and transport under special arrangement:
  • September 28, 2010
  • September 29, 2010

• July 26, 2010: Presentation to Owen Sound City Council by Ramzi Jammal, CNSC Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, on the topic of the transportation of steam generators from the Bruce Power nuclear site to Sweden for recycling.

• CNSC Information Updates on Bruce Power’s proposed plan to ship 16 steam generators to Sweden for recycling:

• July 29, 2010 
• July 26, 2010
• July 14, 2010

Highlights

• The Commission has issued a transport licence and certificate to Bruce Power to ship 16 steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden, where they will be processed to reduce their volume.

• The Commission is confident that Bruce Power’s plan to ship 16 generators to Sweden can be completed safely and that the risk to persons and the environment is negligible.

• The licensing decision was based on detailed plans provided by the project proponent and a thorough assessment of that plan by CNSC staff. Commission members also considered the interventions of nearly 80 interveners.

• No licence would be issued by the Commission unless it is confident that the activity or project is safe for the health, safety and security of Canadians and the environment.

Steam generator being transported near the plant as part of the refurbishment