CELA is intervening in Canada’s first ever SMR environmental assessment. Critically, the standards set in this case will set the baseline requirements and conditions to be met should SMRs be deployed in communities across Canada. CELA is also supporting civil society groups and Indigenous organizations who stand to be directly affected so that they have access to independent, legal resources.

For related information, please see our Law Reform page: Climate Action and Nuclear Energy – The Case Against Small Modular Reactors in Canada