Regulation

The Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) is moving to become a more visible and publicly oriented organization. The objective is to interface more with the general public and to take socio-economic considerations into formulation of regulatory policies and decision. In addition, the inner workings of the AECB will be made more transparent to the public. Visibility and transparency will benefit the AECB (and the nuclear industry) only if any new audience agrees with what it sees. To achieve greater acceptance the AECB will need to be seen to be responding to criticisms and as the Ontario Nuclear Safety Review and the Siting Process Task Force on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal. The extent to which the AECB can change in response to these outside bodies will, to significant extent, depend on the acquisition of additional resources