Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has filed an application with Canada’s nuclear regulator for a new 24-year licence for the Chalk River labs.
CNL’s current licence for Chalk River expires on March 31, 2028.
If granted, the new licence would run to March 31, 2052.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission plans to hold hearings on CNL’s application next fall, November 15-19, 2027.
In a letter to the safety commission opening CNL’s application, John Osborne, the company’s chief nuclear officer and site licence holder, says that Chalk River has been Canada’s “premier centre of nuclear research for more than seven decades.”
In that time, the labs have earned “international recognition for pioneering science that spans the invention of the CANDU reactor, leadership in medical isotope production, and Nobel-linked advances in neutron science.”
“Building on this foundation, CNL continues to deliver world-class research and technology at CRL in support of national priorities in clean energy, health, and environmental stewardship,” he says…
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