Government Operations committee  I'd like to say that AECL's original submissions contained very few redactions to begin with. After the committee's request, we submitted an updated package that removed virtually all the remaining redactions. Only a very small percentage of the documentation is redacted—approxim

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. I am Fred Dermarkar, president and CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, a federal Crown corporation that works to advance Canada's interests through leading-edge nuclear science and technology and environmental protection init

Environment committee  If I could add to that, just last week, Mr. McBrearty and I were at a session where there was a leader from first nations. One of his comments was that, for him, the path forward is very much about acknowledging the wrongs of the past and moving forward in partnership. It's not a

Environment committee  Perhaps I will start. In my view, it is a very effective system. I would like to put on the record that Canada is a signatory to the Joint Convention on Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management. In that regard, every three years Canada puts itself in front of the world and de

Environment committee  I'm not entirely sure of the numbers you are referring to, Madame Pauzé. But if the inference is to why the costs of the legacy waste liabilities are going up with time, the reason it that as we undertake work to address the legacy liabilities and we start digging into the ground

Environment committee  AECL is actually technology agnostic. Our position right now is that we want to enable the development of new technologies and to make available our sites for demonstration, and our labs for research and development to enable new technologies. Safety cases will be evaluated by t

Environment committee  Our minister, Minister O'Regan, was very clear on this: there is no pathway to net zero without nuclear. I attended a talk by Mr. Carney at the end of October at a U.K. summit, and he repeated that. You might know that he is a special envoy for the UN looking at how to achieve a

Environment committee  What I see, first of all, is that the waste we have right now poses a low risk to the environment. When we have that waste in a properly engineered repository, it will pose an even lower risk to the environment. With this in mind—namely, that engineered repositories lower the ri

Environment committee  Thank you. I want to respond to the question on ATIP. I have confirmed that CNL is not subject to ATIP. However, all of CNL's documents are AECL's documents. AECL is subject to ATIP. In that regard, Mr. McBrearty is vicariously subject to ATIP.

Environment committee  It's a similar idea. We are part of government, but we do not set government policy. We implement government policy. If the government chooses to be organized in a certain way, that's the prerogative of government. AECL does not have an opinion on that.

Environment committee  AECL is subject to ATIP. Was that the question? AECL does publish information on its website that discusses the activities undertaken by AECL through CNL.

Environment committee  My understanding was that CNL was not subject to the provisions of ATIP. We've given you conflicting answers. I would like to verify that. If we can come back to it, between Mr. McBrearty and me, we will verify that with regard to CNL.

Environment committee  Our view at AECL is that nuclear is part of the solution to climate change, and there are three pathways to nuclear. One is the refurbishment that you see going on right now in Ontario, which will ensure that existing reactors continue to operate for a few decades more into the

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. McBrearty; and thank you, Mr. Mazier, for the question. I agree with what Mr. McBrearty said. One of the most powerful elements of the GOCO model is the access it gives us to international experience when we need it. It's not just about the management team, who ar

Environment committee  It will be me, Fred Dermarkar, the president and CEO of AECL, who will be presenting.