Durham Nuclear Awareness is inviting you to join an online preparatory session to support public participation in the upcoming review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission of an application by Ontario Power Generation for the operation of the four CANDU reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Ontario in the Municipality of Clarington.
Tuesday, April 29th, 7 pm eastern
Registration is required. Go HERE to register or copy and paste the link https://tinyurl.com/36fj7w32.
You will receive a confirmation email with the link to join the Zoom meeting on April 29th. Please join a few minutes before seven.
Background and Links
Ontario Power Generation is applying to renew the operating license for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station and May 8th is the deadline to send written comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. If you would like to make a presentation during the hearing – either in person at the hearing in Ajax or by zoom – you have to make that request by May 8th.
- The hearing documents are on the CNSC web site under “Commission Activities” (then click on hearings and scroll by date) HERE and are copied and pasted below.
There are a LOT of documents! One of the key documents is the report Ontario Power Generation prepared for the CNSC prior to the the Part 1 hearing in March. It is HERE. Another key document is the report prepared by CNSC staff at the same time. It is HERE.
If you start with the CSNC report, you will find their summary at the beginning, and several other interesting reports included in the very long pdf document. For example:
- at pdf page 139 you will find the Environmental Protection Review Report
- at pdf page 465 you will find the 2024 update to the 2020 Environmental Risk Assessment.
- the Darlington NGS Probabilistic Safety Assessment Report starts at pdf page 644
- the DARLINGTON NGS PERIODIC SAFETY REVIEW SUMMARY REPORT starts at 768
- a Supplemental Update in Support of the Licence Renewal Application starts at pdf 826
- the May 2024 application to renew the license starts at pdf 929
- Published on April 14, 2025
- Published on April 3, 2025
- Published on March 21, 2025
- CMD 25-H2.A – Presentation from CNSC Staff – Ontario Power Generation – Application from Ontario Power Generation to renew power reactor operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (PDF, 40 pages, 1.12 MB)
- CMD 25-H2.1A – Presentation from Ontario Power Generation – Application from Ontario Power Generation to renew power reactor operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (PDF, 33 pages, 9.65 MB)
- CMD 25-H2.1B – Supplementary information from Ontario Power Generation Inc. (PDF, 3 pages, 324 KB)
- Published on February 25, 2025
- CMD25-H2.1 – Submission from Ontario Power Generation – Application to renew power reactor operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (PDF, 246 pages, 22.7 MB)
- CMD 25-H2 – Submission from CNSC staff – Application from Ontario Power Generation to renew power reactor operating licence for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (PDF, 1249 pages, 38.9 MB)
- Published on August 30, 2024
- Published on August 1, 2024
