First, it advocated for small modular reactors to be exempt from environmental assessment. Yet the commission is supposed to protect us.
Then it wants to authorize plans to bury reactors, even though this is contrary to International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines.
Moreover, when it examines new projects for the so‑called small modular reactors, it does not even consider the nature of the waste they will produce or whether it can be stored in a deep geological layer. In fact, the commission only examines the supplier's concept, which does not take into account the nature of the waste at all. This should not be decided at the licensing stage, but at the prototype design stage.
Finally, the commission is not prescriptive enough. It leaves it to the polluters to decide on the classification of waste and the management solution. Sometimes this solution is neither expensive nor good, and it does not protect the public.