Completed Access to Information Requests

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s completed Access to Information requests processed by its Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Office are listed below.

The list contains summaries of completed requests for which documents have been retrieved or treated. The list is provided in chronological order, by year, month and by request number. Requests focusing on personal information or third-party proprietary information are not included.

2013 | 2012 | 2011

2013

April 2013
Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2012-00003	Internal documents regarding the probabilistic risk assessments for the Bruce A and B nuclear power plants in 2011.	All disclosed	245
A-2012-00004	Internal documents regarding the review of the Darlington probabilistic risk assessment in 2011.	All disclosed	6
A-2012-00039	Documents regarding MCP Altona, and its voyage from the Port Metro Vancouver to Zhangjiang, China.	Disclosed in part	641
A-2012-00046	Internal correspondence with President Binder regarding the hearings on the proposed continued operation of the Darlington nuclear station between October 15 and November 31, 2012.	Disclosed in part	37
A-2012-00047	Briefings or correspondence provided to CNSC President Michael Binder regarding the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2012.	Disclosed in part	552
A-2012-00048	Internal documentation received related to Coverage B risks related to the Nuclear Liability Reinsurance Account in 2012.	Disclosed in part	44
A-2012-00049	CNSC correspondence sent to the Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada in 2011 and 2012.	Disclosed in part	32
A-2012-00050	CNSC correspondence sent to the Nuclear Insurance Association of Canada between September 2001 and December 2004.	All disclosed	1
A-2012-00052	Internal documentation related to a meeting between the CNSC and Emergency Management Ontario regarding its submission on the Darlington refurbishment environmental assessment in October–November 2012.	Disclosed in part	41
A-2013-00008	All Blackberry messages between Marc Leblanc and Patsy Thompson (including PIN messages) during the Darlington hearings (December 3–6, 2012).	Disclosed in part	4

March 2013
Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2012-00008	Records relating to the thinning of feeder pipes at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, including documents related to the large-scale feeder inspection in the spring of 2011.	Disclosed in part	132
A-2012-00040	List of licences (company name, street address, licence type) for the following licensing categories: waste facilities; Class II nuclear facilities and prescribed equipment; imports and exports; nuclear substances and radiation devices and transportation; uranium mines and mills; research facilities; processing facilities; nuclear power reactors.	All disclosed	114

February 2013
Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A‑2011‑00062	Records related to the repatriation of spent highly enriched uranium fuel from Chalk River Laboratories to the United States – prepared between April 1, 2010, and March 31, 2011.	Disclosed in part	142
A‑2011‑00085	Records related to the repatriation of spent highly enriched uranium fuel from Chalk River Laboratories to the United States – prepared between April 1, 2011, and January 3, 2012.	Disclosed in part	55
A‑2012‑00042	Procurement strategy for Aboriginal business – fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012.	Disclosed in part	231
A‑2012‑00044	Judicial reviews filed in federal court regarding the construction of new reactors at Darlington – from October 2011 to December 2012.	Disclosed in part	76
A‑2012‑00056	Copy of preliminary decommissioning plans for Gentilly-2, dated February 2010.	Nothing disclosed	0
A‑2012‑00058	CNSC letter, G. Rzentkowski to W.M. ElIiott, "Opening of Fukushima Action Items (FAls) on Ontario Power Generation", February 17, 2012	All disclosed	9

January 2013
Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A‑2012‑00017	Documents relating to the meeting between CNSC President Michael Binder and Ramzi Jammal with Cameco on the following dates: March 28, 2012; May 3, 2011; December 16, 2010; October 27, 2010; August 16, 2010; March 25, 2010 and February 2, 2010.	Disclosed in part	176
A‑2012‑00033	Correspondence created in 2004 and 2005 with the NWMO on the inclusion of Ordovician sedimentary rock as a potentially suitable site for a high‑grade deep geological repository.	All disclosed	126
A‑2012‑00036	Reports or studies created in 2004 and 2005 on Ordovician sedimentary rock as a potentially suitable site for a high‑grade deep geological repository.	All disclosed	483
A‑2012‑00051	CNSC Management Committee 2012 meeting minutes.	All disclosed	126
A‑2012‑00057	Pickering NGS A and B: Mitigation measures to reduce rates of fish mortality; new action item 2008‑4‑14, July 15, 2009.	All disclosed	11
A‑2012‑00060	Pickering NGS A and B: Mitigation measures to reduce rates of fish mortality; new action item 2008‑4‑14, October 7, 2008.	All disclosed	3
A‑2012‑00061	Pickering NGS A and B: Studies leading to decision to implement mitigation measures to reduce fish mortality from thermal effects related to the cooling water discharge; new action item 2008‑4‑13, October 7, 2008.	All disclosed	2
A‑2012‑00062	Pickering NGS A and B — intake fish mortality mitigation; action item 2008‑4‑14 (2434)	All disclosed	5
A‑2012‑00063	CNSC expectation regarding the path forward for resolution of action item 2008‑4‑13	All disclosed	9

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00078	All electronic documents, including emails and attachments to emails, from January 2009 to present (March 3, 2012), regarding VITA and VITA-CNSC.	Disclosed in part	686
A-2012-00034	Draft versions of CNSC review panel decision on OPG deep geologic repository (DGR) environmental assessment document 2006-1023-DECIS-OPG-DGR-DRAFT.	Nothing disclosed	0
A-2012-00035	Records related to the inclusion or exclusion of a potential high-grade waste DGR as a cumulative effect or potential project for study in the environmental assessment for a low or intermediate deep ground repository proposed by Ontario Power Generation.	Disclosed in part	161
A-2012-00037	Copy of an application for CNSC licence (NSRD_14697) that was submitted by RP Now Inc. in May–September of this year (2012). Specifically looking for any equipment RP Now Inc. may have included in the application as a requirement for this licence.	All disclosed	5

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2012-00031	Documents related to the recent staffing action for the position 4620-17 Senior Communications Project Officer.	Disclosed in part	1022
A-2012-00038	Temporary Help Services (THS) Supply Arrangement (SA) and Standing Offer (SO) callups issued in the National Capital Region for the months of April 2012, May 2012, June 2012, July 2012 and August 2012.	All disclosed	33

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2012-00030	Documents sent and received by Aurèle Gervais, Sunni Locatelli and Michael Binder between June 1, 2012, and June 5, 2012, regarding media coverage of timelines for environmental assessments by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission	Disclosed in part	79
A-2012-00032	Requests for Temporary Help Service Call-ups for the years 2011–12.	Disclosed in part	87

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2012-00002	All internal documents, as well as documents to Ontario Power Generation regarding the Integrated Safety Review for the proposed refurbishment of the Darlington nuclear station between January 1, 2012, and April 1, 2012.	Disclosed in part	341
A-2012-00012	Quarterly reports for Pickering A and B, Bruce A and B, Gentilly-2 and Point Lepreau nuclear stations for 2011.	Disclosed in part	2721
A-2012-00021	All records of correspondence to and from Christopher Barnes on or related to the low and intermediate level waste Deep Geological Repository and/or a high grade Deep Geological Repository between January 2006 and December 2008.	Disclosed in part	13

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00013	Copy of documents listed in the request dealing with the shutdown of the NRU Reactor.	Disclosed in part	1373
A-2011-00049	Copy of reports or studies concerning lessons learned from the Japan crisis.	Disclosed in part	412
A-2011-00066	Seismic hazard analysis for CANDU 6 reactors of the type in operation at Gentilly-2 and at Point Lepreau.	Nothing disclosed	0
A-2011-00067	Copies of internal correspondence regarding the privatization of AECL in 2011.	Disclosed in part	33
A-2011-00074	Copies of internal correspondence related to the CNSC's approach communications approach related to the Fukushima disaster. Please include any discussions related to the Joint Review Panel and the relicensing of the Gentilly-2 reactor. The period for this request is between March 11th 2011 and May 30th.	Disclosed in part	504
A-2011-00084	Copies of document regarding communication with the Canada Border Services Agency concerning the shipment of high precision ball bearings seized by CBSA export control officers at Montreal Air Cargo on Sept. 27, 2010.	Nothing disclosed	0
A-2012-00011	Copies of documents from CNSC President Michael Binder's meetings with Bruce Power on July 7, 2009 as well as on January 8 and 16th 2009.	Disclosed in part	12
A-2012-00018	Copies of documents relating to the meeting between CNSC President Michael Binder and Ramzi Jamal with the Canadian Steel Producers Association on the following dates: February 29, 2012, March 24,2011, March 17,2011 and February 7, 2011.	Disclosed in part	43
A-2012-00022	Copies of documents on the siting of a high-grade nuclear waste deep geological repository at the Western Waste Management Facility/ Bruce Power / Eastern Lake Huron shores greater area.	All disclosed	100
A-2012-00023	Copies of documents regarding the suitability of sighting a deep geological repository next to Lake Huron - anything that considers risk assessment of water contamination.	All disclosed	259

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00086	Copies of the Preliminary Decommissioning Program (PDP), cost estimate and Financial Guarantee for Shield Source Inc. (SSI) from 2009 to March 29, 2012.	Disclosed in part	63
A-2012-00009	Copies of the minutes (without attachments) for all meetings of the CNSC Management Committee between January 1 and April 1 2012.	All disclosed	38
A-2012-00013	Copies of documents regarding the pre-licensing of the "Enhanced" CANDU reactor in 2012.	Nothing disclosed	0
A-2012-00016	Copies of Regulatory Document S-298, Effectiveness of Nuclear Response Force Standard.	Disclosed in part	62
A-2012-00019	Copies of all Temporary Help Services (THS) Supply Arrangement (SA) and Standing Offer (SO) call-ups issued in the National Capital Region for the months of October 2011 to March 2012	All disclosed	24

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00051	Contracts issues for THS SO and SA, TBIPS, TSPS, Sole source and PS Online from September 2011 to November 2011	Disclosed in part	192
A-2011-00083	Copy of a list of all contracts awarded by the CNSC to P. Sterne since the 2006–07 fiscal year	All disclosed	1
A-2012-00010	Copies of documents from CNSC President Michael Binder's meeting with Hydro-Québec CEO Thierry Vandal on November 21, 2011	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00015	Copies of records related to the transfer of Yellow Cake uranium from Iraq to Canada in the year 2007-2008	Disclosed in part	485
A-2011-00057	Copies of records related to the contracting of mediation services by the CNSC for Informal Conflict Management Services (ICMS) between April 2011 and December 2011	Disclosed in part	879
A-2011-00077	Copy of an electronic list (MS Excel) of all CNSC license holders.	All disclosed	185
A-2011-00082	Copy of a list of all interview requests and information requests from the media to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission from July 2006 to February 20, 2012	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00042	Copies of records related to licence 11098-2, MDS, 4705 Dobrin, Ville Saint-Laurent, QC	Disclosed in part	108
A-2011-00070	Copies of Executive Committee meetings in 2011	All disclosed	171
A-2011-00073	Copies of records related to the “positive void coefficient” for power reactors in 2011	No records	0
A-2011-00075	Copies of records related to the pre-licensing review of AECL’s “Enhanced” CANDU-6 reactor in 2011	Nothing disclosed	0
A-2011-00076	Copies of records related to the refurbishment of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in 2011	Disclosed in part	231

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00058	Copies of licences for possession of tritium held by federal government institutions	Disclosed in part	368
A-2011-00063	Copies of reports from all Class I nuclear facilities and uranium mines and mills in Canada in response to the Commission's March 21, 2011, request for actions following the serious situation that is occurring at the Fukushima site in Japan	Disclosed in part	1261

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00025	Documentation regarding the decommissioning conducted at Plan 8220204 Block 9 Lot 12, 3911-37 Ave. Whitecourt, Alberta	Disclosed in part	42
A-2011-00030	Copy of daily CNSC inspection reports from on-site inspections of MCP Altona during the decontamination (concentrated uranium) work starting in January 2011	Disclosed in part	641
A-2011-00037	Documentation relating to water hammer within the high-pressure emergency core injection system at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station A	Disclosed in part	1004
A-2011-00043	Documents related to the recovery of depleted uranium rudder counter weights retrieved (or not) from the crash of Canadian Forces CT-114 Tutor aircrafts	No records	0
A-2011-00045	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for October 2011	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00050	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for September 2011	No records	0
A-2011-00052	A copy documents released for the completed ATIP request A-2010-00081	All disclosed	87
A-2011-00053	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for November 2011	All disclosed	3
A-2011-00054	Contracts under the terms of the Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for November 2011	No records	0
A-2011-00056	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for November 2011	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00040	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for September 2011	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00044	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for October 2011	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00046	Contracts under the terms of the Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for October 2011	No records	0
A-2011-00047	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for October 2011	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00032	Copy of an independent report completed for Bruce Power by the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada on the 2009 alpha contamination event	Disclosed in part	194
A-2011-00038	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for September 2011	All disclosed	2
A-2011-00039	Contracts under the terms of the Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for September 2011	No records	0
A-2011-00041	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for September 2011	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00006	Copies of reports from all Class I nuclear facilities and uranium mines and mills in Canada in response to the Commission's March 21, 2011 request for actions following the serious situation that is occurring at the Fukushima site in Japan	Disclosed in part	1261
A-2011-00031	Copy of an electronic list (MS Excel) of all CNSC license holders.	Disclosed in part	143
A-2011-00033	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for August 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00034	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for August 2011.	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00035	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for August 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00036	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for August 2011.	All disclosed	1

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00026	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for July 2011.	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00027	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for July 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00028	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for July 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00029	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for July 2011.	All disclosed	1

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2011-00016	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for May 2011.	All disclosed	1
A-2011-00017	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for May 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00018	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for May 2011.	Disclosed in part	5
A-2011-00019	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for May 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00020	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) standing offer for June 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00022	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for June 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00023	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for June 2011.	All disclosed	4

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2010-00062	Copies of licenses for possession of tritium held by federal government institutions.	Disclosed in part	368
A-2011-00007	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for April 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00012	Ministerial briefing notes relating to Japan between March 8, 2011 and May 9, 2011.	All disclosed	25
A-2011-00014	CNSC files regarding potential licensees located at two properties in the greater Montreal area.	No records	0

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2010-00047	Copies of documents relating to the University of Alberta's licences for the Slowpoke-2 reactor and the Cloverbar Waste Management facility. Copies of documents relating to the Saskatchewan Research Council's licence for the Slowpoke-2 reactor and any nuclear waste facility licence.	Disclosed in part	2186
A-2010-00080	Copies of documents related to the Japanese nuclear crisis and the Fukushima Daiichi Power plant between 2009 to April 4, 2011.	Abandoned by requester	0
A-2010-00081	Copies of document that discusses the risk of seismic activity to Canada's nuclear power reactors.	All disclosed	87
A-2011-00008	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for April 2011.	Disclosed in part	3
A-2011-00009	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Standing Offer for April 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00010	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for April 2011.	All disclosed	1

Request Number	Summary of Request	Disposition	Number of Pages Disclosed
A-2010-00074	Copy of final report by the AECB on the permanent shutdown of the Gentilly-1 nuclear power plant circa late 1970s.	All disclosed	93
A-2010-00079	Copy of CNSC contract 87055040397 with Bruce Carson and Associates.	Disclosed in part	21
A-2011-00001	Contracts processed in the National Capital Region under any standing offer/supply arrangement for temporary help services for March 2011.	Disclosed in part	5
A-2011-00002	Purchase orders in the National Capital Region for the procurement of temporary help services for March 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00003	Documentation indicating all appointments of term and casual employees in the National Capital Region for March 2011.	No records	0
A-2011-00004	Contracts under the terms of the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Standing Offer for March 2011.	No records	0