Program directory · Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
- Department
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Program code
- BTJ01 (AECB)
- Core responsibility
- Nuclear Regulation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program regulates facilities associated with the nuclear fuel cycle, specifically nuclear processing facilities, nuclear waste management facilities, and uranium mines and mills. The program regulates all the lifecycle stages for these facilities – from site preparation, construction and operation, to decommissioning (or long-term management, in the case of some nuclear waste facilities).
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $93.8M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
No significant changes detected.
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 80% | 2019 | 81% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 64% Delays occurred due mainly to competing internal priorities and subject matter expert availability. In some cases, there were delays caused by the time licensees needed to provide information to the CNSC and the time needed to analyze samples (e.g., soil). | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 73% In 2020-21 there were delays in issuance of inspection reports primarily due to uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to new challenges including the logistics of undertaking remote inspection work practices, and COVID-19 related delays such as delays in receiving information from licensees. Other challenges include competing operational priorities such as Commission Member Doc… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 81% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 62% Inspections completed as scheduled, competing priorities caused the delay for the issuance of inspection reports. Completing priorities included the OAG Audit on Waste, licence applications and NSDF CMD. Review, comment and disposition took longer than anticipated to complete | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 80% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 87% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $14.5M | $13.2M |
| 2019-20 | $13.7M | $12.6M |
| 2020-21 | $13.4M | $11.3M |
| 2021-22 | $12.7M | $11.2M |
| 2022-23 | $12.3M | $13.4M |
| 2023-24 | $18.2M | $14.2M |
| 2024-25 | $15.3M | $17.9M |
| 2025-26 | $17.7M | — |
| 2026-27 | $19.6M | — |
| 2027-28 | $19.8M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $19.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 92 | 81 |
| 2019-20 | 87 | 77 |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 73 |
| 2021-22 | 83 | 72 |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 81 |
| 2023-24 | 89 | 85 |
| 2024-25 | 92 | 93 |
| 2025-26 | 102 | — |
| 2026-27 | 108 | — |
| 2027-28 | 110* | — |
| 2028-29 | 107* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $14,487,287 | $14,267,181 | $13,918,086 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $13,728,296 | $13,351,818 | $13,555,776 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $13,441,829 | $13,634,647 | $13,820,581 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $12,729,569 | $13,043,729 | $13,265,987 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $12,253,339 | $12,333,198 | $12,488,975 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $18,174,153 | $18,306,265 | $18,210,075 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $15,334,866 | $15,419,655 | $15,596,126 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $17,737,330 | $18,191,750 | $18,480,655 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $19,571,358 | $19,835,096 | $19,582,320 | ||||||||
| Actual | $13,178,830 | $12,633,566 | $11,272,970 | $11,219,953 | $13,364,239 | $14,215,903 | $17,939,762 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
