Canadian National Report for the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Canadian National Report -- Final Report

This report demonstrates how Canada continues to meet its obligations under the terms of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. A collaboration by government, industry and the regulatory body, this document focuses specifically on the progress of long-term management initiatives for spent fuel and radioactive waste in Canada, revisions and updates to Canada’s Third National Report and comments and issues raised at the Third Review Meeting. Specifically, it includes additional information on: • Canada’s current priorities regarding long-term management • the inventory of spent fuel and radioactive wastes current to the reporting period • continued implementation and ongoing funding of the Nuclear Legacy Liability Program • the regulatory approval process for Ontario Power Generation deep geological repository for its low- and intermediate-level waste Information in this document is current to March 31, 2011.