COMMENT 1: CELA is of the view that there is an inappropriate weighting of the Safety Control Areas such that CNSC staff ought to be viewing them from the perspective of those that indicate warning signs and red flags in terms of the adequacy of CNL management and conduct of the necessary controls on all of the facilities. [...] COMMENT 3: Many of the issues discussed in the CNSC CMD are of high significance and have to do with competence of CNL to track and manage significant types of waste. [...] The matters reviewed in the CMD are critical issues in terms of confidence in the ability of the operator to handle this waste now and into the future and given the very lengthy time frames implicated by these types of waste these deficiencies are very serious considerations. [...] This is especially concerning in a context of the needed long-term management of decommissioned facilities and the necessity for the regulator and the public to have trust in the capacity of the operator to handle high level waste and fissionable materials across a range of activities. [...] CELA recommends that the Commission members stringently and thoroughly delve into the causes and significance of this area of the report; and demand challenging and detailed, specific steps to show improvement and report back to the Commissioners themselves.
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