📋 Tender Overview
current and upcoming national policies for integrating sustainability in government operationsstrategies being developed and implemented within each organisation to achieve net-zero carbon emissionssocio-economic initiatives underway to help ensure that the communities affected by the management of legacy nuclear sites are not disadvantagedplans and actions being undertaken to ensure resiliency of legacy nuclear sites to climate change effectsthe use of more sustainable materials for example mass timber in the construction of new facilities to support the decommissioning program and future use of sitesThrough this work the trilateral partnership is meeting one of its primary objectives of enhancing collaboration and collective approaches to sustainability and climate resilience while reducing negative impacts on communities and the environment arising from the decommissioning and remediation of legacy nuclear sites.A main principle of this shared approach is engaging with local communities and governments indigenous peoples and other stakeholder groups to identify optimum approaches for long-term stewardship of land and natural resources.In the coming year the leaders from the three organisations intend to continue to share experiences and plans in critical areas of sustainability such asdeveloping and implementing holistic cost accounting principles into nuclear legacy projects to demonstrate the long-term value of increased up-front capital costsaddressing culture issues through climate change literacy and educational activitiesimplementing energy efficiency measuresmoving towards carbon pollution free electricity CFE and zero-emission fleetsreturning cleaned up land to local communities for economic development conservation and recreationThis cooperative effort is being conducted under a Statement of Intent signed in March 2020 by DOE NDA and AECL for the Exchange of Information Concerning Management of Radioactive Waste.
