The Future is Now: Coming improvements in the CNSC licensing process and streamlining your licence

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)is striving to modernize the way it works. Timely updates of regulatory documents ensure that the regulatory framework aligns with international requirements, includes operational experience and the comments of licensees. Work is underway to support the innovation of new technologies, from small modular reactors and proton therapy to those developments being made at universities and clinics. The CNSC is building processes that can address licensing of devices, projects, and experiments, from benchtop to commercialization.

Another CNSC modernization initiative relates to improvements in the digital tools used by staff in day-to-day operations. This may mean simpler licence applications, improved sharing of digital materials and may end the reliance on mailing physical documents. Through this process there are many opportunities to streamline CNSC licenses, making it easier to manage and improve daily operations at licensed facilities. Working together, the CNSC and licensees can ensure that we all learn and adapt to the challenges of the future while protecting the environment and ensuring nuclear safety and security for all people in Canada.

This presentation will address the modernization undertaken by the CNSC and its potential impact on licensees.