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From: NOE Susan(SM) - BRUCE POWER <Susan.NOE@brucepower.com>

Sent: June 28, 2019 11:28 AM

To: Torrie, Brian (CNSC/CCSN); Sigouin2, Luc (CNSC/CCSN); Poirier2, Julie (CNSC/CCSN);

Gallant, Alexis (CNSC/CCSN); Consultation (CNSC/CCSN)

Subject: CNSC Correspondence: NK21-15195 / NK29-15981 / NK37-03228 - Bruce Power

comments on draft REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume I: Management of

Radioactive Waste

Attachments: NK21-15195_NK29-15981_NK37-03228.pdf

Good morning,

The attached correspondence has been issued by Bruce Power and is being provided electronically for your convenience. The official hard copy of the correspondence will be provided separately.

Thank you,

Susan

Susan Noe | Business Support Representative | Licensing l B10-02E | Bruce Power | T: 519.361.2673 ext.11625

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Bruce PowerInnovation at work

June 28, 2019

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Mr. B. TorrieDirector General, Regulatory Policy DirectorateCanadian Nuclear Safety CommissionP.O. Box 1046280 Slater StreetOttawa, OntarioK1P 5S9

Dear Mr. Torrie:

Bruce Power comments on draft REGDOC-2.1 1.1,Waste Management, Volume I: Management of Radioactive Waste

The purpose of this letter is to provide Bruce Power’s comments on draft REGDOC2. 11. 1, Waste Management, Volume 1: Management of Radioactive Waste.

Following a collaborative review of the draft document with our industry peers, we havecompiled a series of detailed observations and requests for clarification in Attachment Afor the CNSC’s consideration. In general, licensees found the language in some sectionsof the draft to be either unclear or imprecise. In some areas, references were made toregulatory documents that have not yet been published and key terms were either notdefined or their definitions not included or aligned with those in REGDOC-3.6, Glossaryof CNSC Terminology.

More specifically, Bruce Power encourages the CNSC to clearly differentiate between a“waste generator” and a “waste owner” by amending the opening paragraph in Section 2to read, “Under Canada’s Radioactive Waste Policy Framework, waste owners arerequired to ensure the safe and secure management of radioactive waste and to makearrangements for its long-term management. This includes waste generated by anotherlicensee and transferred under a commercial agreement to a waste owner to process,store and dispose.”

This would clarify that radioactive waste management may be the responsibility of morethan one licensee and that robust agreements are in place to ensure it is managedsafely and securely. We believe clear, accessible language equates to improvedcompliance and public understanding of the scientific rigor that forms industry’s wastemanagement programs.

NK21-CORR-00531 -15195 Bruce Power Meury Burton, Senior Director. Regulatory Attars

NK29-CORR-00531-15981 P.O. Box 1540 BlO 2nd Floor E. Tiverton ON NOG 2T0NK37C0RR0053103228 Telephone 519-361-5291 Facsimile 519-361-4559

maury,burton a brucepowercom

2Mr. B. Torrie June 28, 2019

If you require further information or have any questions regarding this submission,please contact Steve Cannon, Senior Strategist, Regulatory Affairs, at (519)-361-6559,or steve.cannon@brucepower.com.

Yours truly,

aury BurtonSenior Director, Regulatory AffairsBruce Power

cc: CNSC Bruce Site Office (Letter only)

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Attachment A

Bruce Power comments on draft REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume I:Management of Radioactive Waste

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Bruce PowerInnovation at work

June 28, 2019

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Mr. B. TorrieDirector General, Regulatory Policy DirectorateCanadian Nuclear Safety CommissionP.O. Box 1046280 Slater StreetOttawa, OntarioK1P 5S9

Dear Mr. Torrie:

Bruce Power comments on draft REGDOC-2.1 1.1,Waste Management, Volume I: Management of Radioactive Waste

The purpose of this letter is to provide Bruce Power’s comments on draft REGDOC2. 11. 1, Waste Management, Volume 1: Management of Radioactive Waste.

Following a collaborative review of the draft document with our industry peers, we havecompiled a series of detailed observations and requests for clarification in Attachment Afor the CNSC’s consideration. In general, licensees found the language in some sectionsof the draft to be either unclear or imprecise. In some areas, references were made toregulatory documents that have not yet been published and key terms were either notdefined or their definitions not included or aligned with those in REGDOC-3.6, Glossaryof CNSC Terminology.

More specifically, Bruce Power encourages the CNSC to clearly differentiate between a“waste generator” and a “waste owner” by amending the opening paragraph in Section 2to read, “Under Canada’s Radioactive Waste Policy Framework, waste owners arerequired to ensure the safe and secure management of radioactive waste and to makearrangements for its long-term management. This includes waste generated by anotherlicensee and transferred under a commercial agreement to a waste owner to process,store and dispose.”

This would clarify that radioactive waste management may be the responsibility of morethan one licensee and that robust agreements are in place to ensure it is managedsafely and securely. We believe clear, accessible language equates to improvedcompliance and public understanding of the scientific rigor that forms industry’s wastemanagement programs.

NK21-CORR-00531 -15195 Bruce Power Meury Burton, Senior Director. Regulatory Attars

NK29-CORR-00531-15981 P.O. Box 1540 BlO 2nd Floor E. Tiverton ON NOG 2T0NK37C0RR0053103228 Telephone 519-361-5291 Facsimile 519-361-4559

maury,burton a brucepowercom

2Mr. B. Torrie June 28, 2019

If you require further information or have any questions regarding this submission,please contact Steve Cannon, Senior Strategist, Regulatory Affairs, at (519)-361-6559,or steve.cannon@brucepower.com.

Yours truly,

aury BurtonSenior Director, Regulatory AffairsBruce Power

cc: CNSC Bruce Site Office (Letter only)

Attach.

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Attachment A

Bruce Power comments on draft REGDOC-2.11.1, Waste Management, Volume I:Management of Radioactive Waste

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ofthe

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