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Is the Canadas federal nuclear regulatory agency, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), an independent, trustworthy regulator?

April 26, 2017agency Canadian cnsc Commission Federal independent nuclear regulatory safety

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Is the Canadas federal nuclear regulatory agency, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), an independent, trustworthy regulator?

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No. According to an independent consultant’s report, the CNSC “has in the past put more focus on communicating with licensees than with non-government organizations and the broader public.” In January 2008, The Harper government fired former CNSC president Linda Keen over her insistence that Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) ensure that its NRU reactor meet nuclear safety standards and replaced her with their own political appointee.