Mission

The mission of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is to regulate the use of nuclear energy and materials to protect health, safety, security and the environment and to respect Canada's international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

On May 31, 2000, when the former Atomic Energy Control Board became the CNSC, it was provided with a stronger mandate to carry out its job. Under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, the CNSC's mandate involves four major areas:

• regulation of the development, production and use of nuclear energy in Canada;
   
• regulation of the production, possession, use and transport of nuclear substances, and the production, possession and use of prescribed equipment and prescribed information;
   
• implementation of measures respecting international control of the development, productions, transport and use of nuclear energy and substances, including measures respecting the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices; and
   
• dissemination of scientific, technical and regulatory information concerning the activities of the CNSC, and the effects on the environment, on the health and safety of persons, of the development, production, possession, transport and use of nuclear substances.