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Designating Radionuclides as a Chemical of Mutual Concern under

16 May 2022

The Inadequate Regulatory Oversight of the CNSC 1.1 Audit of the Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development The CNSC Assessment asserts that “Canada’s regulatory framework remains current and consistent with the best science”7, and that “assuring compliance with legislation, regulations and licensing requirements is one of the CNSC’s core business processes and is carried. [...] 11 Ibid, para 1.21 2 March 2, 2022 In response, the CNSC agreed to the CESD audit findings and resolved to implement its recommendations.12 However, as of the release date of the CNSC Assessment, the measures implemented by the CNSC have not yet been vetted by the CESD to determine whether the CNSC has adequately addressed the findings of the audit. [...] Without an external audit by the CESD verifying any improvement, the latest CESD evaluation of the CNSC inspection program remains the best evidence of the effectiveness of the CNSC to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for effluent control and monitoring programs in the Canadian nuclear industry. [...] Nevertheless the CNSC concluded this was not a concern because of the decreasing trend in the average harbor uranium concentration.37 The CNSC explained this contradiction by stating that the harbour is not used as a source of drinking water and “[w]ith the removal of the primary source terms... [...] 4.2 Canada’s Commitment to Open and Public Data One of the stated purposes of the GLWQA’s Annex 3 is that “knowledge and information concerning the use, creation and release of chemical of mutual concern, and combinations therefore, are fundamental to the sound management of chemicals in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.” While the CNSC’s states in its Assessment that it “ensures reporting transpar.

Authors

Sofija Katic

Pages
16
Published in
Canada