CNSC Power Reactor Operating License Reform

Abstract

CNSC staff introduced a new Power Reactor Operating Licence (PROL) in order to strengthen the regulatory oversight of power reactor operation, while increasing regulatory effectiveness and efficiency by focusing on risk-significant issues and reducing purely administrative efforts. The PROLs have been simplified by incorporating a more risk-informed approach and by eliminating cascading references to working level licensee documentation and regulatory expectations.To ensure that there is a common understanding for each requirement specified in the PROL, CNSC staff prepared a Licence Conditions Handbook (LCH), which provides technical details and compliance verification criteria on how licence conditions are to be met.