Deadline to apply to intervene public hearing on New Brunswick Power Corporation’s application to renew its licence for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station

Revised Notice of Public Hearing and Participant Funding

CNSC to conduct a public hearing on New Brunswick Power Corporation’s application to renew its licence for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a 2-part public hearing on January 26, 2022 and May 11–12, 2022, to consider an application from New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) to renew its nuclear power reactor operating licence for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (NGS) for 25 years. The Point Lepreau NGS is located on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, approximately 40 km west of Saint John, New Brunswick. The Part 2 of the public hearing, originally scheduled for May 4-5, 2022, will now take place
May 11-12, 2022. The current licence, which expires on June 30, 2022, authorizes NB Power to operate the Point Lepreau NGS, which is designed to produce electrical power and consists of 1 nuclear reactor and associated equipment.

Requests to intervene must be filed with the Commission Secretariat by March 28, 2022, using the online request form.


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Event Information

Event Date Mar-28-2022
Event End Date Mar-28-2022
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