Canadian regulators bracing for surge in oversight duties

摘要

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission President Linda Keen says "a perfect storm of demands" on her agency is developing across the spectrum of activities in the nuclear industry in the coming years. "The nuclear industry is growing at an unprecedented rate, creating a perfect storm of demands for heightened regulatory oversight across all sectors, such as aging nuclear power plants, expanding uranium activities, health care and industrial radiography. At the same time, the demand for new reactors is creating a significant increase in the CNSC's workload," she said in an annual report tabled in Parliament March 29.