The Impact Assessment Act has a project list that designates which projects are subject to the impact assessment. In terms of the question, any SMR located within the licensed boundary of an existing class IA nuclear facility, if the proposed project had a combined thermal capacity of 900 megawatts, would be subject to an impact assessment under the Impact Assessment Act. If it was located outside a class I nuclear facility and licensed boundary and had a capacity greater than 200 megawatts thermal, it would also be subject to an Impact Assessment Act IA.
Having said that, any project that goes through the CNSC, any licence application that goes through the CNSC, is subject to an environmental projection review under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act.
To the second part of the question, these reviews ensure that impacts on the environment from proposed projects are limited and manageable, and that the environment and the health of persons continue to be protected. Also, the environmental protection reviews ensure that the public and the indigenous—