Program directory · Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Nuclear Reactors Program
- Department
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Program code
- BTJ02 (AECB)
- Core responsibility
- Nuclear Regulation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program regulates nuclear power plants and research reactors over all lifecycle stages – from site preparation, construction and operation, to decommissioning and abandonment (once operations are ended).
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 Reactors Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $329M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Spending $59.8M, against $47.6M in 2023-24 (+26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
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 | ≥ 95% | 2019 | 96% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 90% Many inspection activities were deferred into the FY 20/21 as they could not be conducted remotely at the beginning of the pandemic. A change control form was used to document the deferrals, and received 2-key agreement. This is a small percentage of activities and the program will be able to recover in FY 20/21. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 82% At a result of the uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a need to reduce the frequency of planned baseline compliance verification activities for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Inspections normally done multiple times annually were only done once annually, and inspection normally done multiple times in a 5-year baseline period were reduced as well. These changes were reviewed, reco… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 89% With 2021-22 being the 4th year in the 5-year baseline, a number of activities were not required due to baseline frequency being already met and/or compliance verification was done through other types of compliance verification activities. These changes were reviewed, recorded and assessed from a risk-informed perspective to ensure no impact to safety and oversight. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 96% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 95% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 93% The target is calculated based on completed baseline Inspections as well as Baseline Compliance Assessments (CA). Including Baseline CA’s in the target began in FY24-25. The combined average of these percentages gives the result of the actual of 93%. See numbers below: Baseline Inspections: For all RPDs in FY24-25, a total of 239 inspections were planned with 235 were completed, 1 in progress a… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 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 | $47.2M | $45.1M |
| 2019-20 | $49M | $46.9M |
| 2020-21 | $50.4M | $42.4M |
| 2021-22 | $49.1M | $43.1M |
| 2022-23 | $48.5M | $43.9M |
| 2023-24 | $47.5M | $47.6M |
| 2024-25 | $52.1M | $59.8M |
| 2025-26 | $61.6M | — |
| 2026-27 | $63.2M | — |
| 2027-28 | $64M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $63.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 298 | 301 |
| 2019-20 | 302 | 294 |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 279 |
| 2021-22 | 301 | 284 |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 272 |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 288 |
| 2024-25 | 313 | 302 |
| 2025-26 | 332 | — |
| 2026-27 | 347 | — |
| 2027-28 | 348* | — |
| 2028-29 | 347* | — |
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 | $47,217,482 | $48,880,322 | $49,845,100 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $48,950,160 | $49,492,859 | $49,671,926 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $50,420,956 | $50,544,222 | $51,241,676 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $49,113,928 | $50,326,035 | $51,183,564 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $48,528,540 | $48,844,819 | $49,461,762 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $47,457,274 | $47,805,511 | $48,420,967 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $52,100,633 | $52,388,702 | $52,988,272 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $61,602,786 | $61,129,775 | $62,100,580 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $63,188,275 | $64,039,784 | $63,223,667 | ||||||||
| Actual | $45,051,657 | $46,899,808 | $42,353,757 | $43,077,730 | $43,879,870 | $47,635,374 | $59,824,250 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
