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Section III: Supplementary Information

3.1 Financial Highlights

**($ thousands)**
Condensed Statement of Financial Position (As at March 31)³	% Change	2009	2008
Assets		39,086	30,465
Total Assets	28%	39,086	30,465
Total		39,086	30,465
Liabilities		47,730	37,313
Total Liabilities	28%	47,730	37,313
Equity		(8,644)	(6,848)
Total Equity	26%	(8,644)	(6,848)
Total	28%	39,086	30,465

**($ thousands)**
Condensed Statement of Operations (For the year ended March 31)³	% Change	2009	2008
Expenses		131,959	113,438
Total Expenses	16%	131,959	113,438
Revenues		87,015	72,576
Total Revenues	20%	87,015	72,576
Net Cost of Operations	10%	44,944	40,862

³ The CNSC’s accounts are independently audited annually by the Office of the Auditor General. The financial statements, including Reports on Plans and Priorities, Departmental Performance Reports, and Annual Reports, can be found at the following CNSC Web site: http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/readingroom/reports/index.cfm

3.2 Financial Highlights Chart

This image illustrates the CNSC�s 2008-09 expenses by program sub-activity.

The overall distribution of CNSC expenditures has remained largely constant since 2007-08 with the notable exception of the Licensing and Certification program activity which has grown from 23% of total expenditures in 2007-08 to 35% in 2008-09. Previously the second largest program activity at the CNSC, Licensing and Certification now represents the largest activity due primarily to the growth in regulatory licensing activities and pre-licensing design reviews of new nuclear power plants and uranium mines.

3.3 List of Supplementary Information Tables

The following tables can be found online on the CNSC’s Web site:

Sources of Respendable and Non-Respendable Revenue
User Fees/External Fees
Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
Internal Audits and Evaluations
Regulatory Activity Plan

3.4 Other Items of Interest

External Performance Standards

Activity	Performance Standard	Target	Results 2005-06	Results 2006-07	Results 2007-08	Results 2008-09⁴
Compliance⁵
Verification: upon completion of the verification activity, the CNSC will:
Issue Type I Inspection Report⁶	Within 60 business days	80%	50%	58%	69%	63%
Issue Type II Inspection Report	Within 40 business days	80%	86%	90.0%	85%	89%
Issue Desktop Review Report	Within 60 business days	90%	70%	79%	95%	88%
Enforcement: upon an order being made, the CNSC will
Confirm, amend, revoke or replace the order (see Regulatory Guide – G-273)	Within 10 business days	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Licensing⁴– for requests pertaining to an existing licence, the CNSC will
Screen the request for completeness and issue notification that the licensing request is / is not complete	Within 20 business days	90%	100%	97%	56%	88%
Issue a licensing decision when a public hearing is not required (assuming an environmental assessment under the CEAA is not required)	Within 80 business days	80%	97%	98%	83%	99%
Issue a licensing decision when a public hearing is required (assuming an environmental assessment under the CEAA is not required) (see INFO-0715)⁷	Within 160 business days	90%	100%	83%	100%	85%
Access to Information
Respond to requests under the Access to Information Act (ATI) and Privacy Act	Within legislated time periods as stated in the acts	100%	94%	ATI – 82% Privacy – 100%	ATI – 61% Privacy – 100%	ATI – 74% Privacy – 83%⁸
External Communication
Place public hearings advertisements	Within deadlines stipulated in the regulations	100%	95%	100%	100%	100%
Response time to public inquiries	Same-day acknowledgement, with response time for completion of request depending upon complexity:	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Low – same day	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
	Medium – within 5 business days	100%	95%	95%	95%	95%
	High – within 10 business days	100%	80%	75%	80%	85%

⁴ In FY 2008-09 the calculation method changed from averaging performance percentages across different Operations areas to performance based on total number of activities conducted by all Operations areas.

⁵ Compliance and licensing results are based on performance data available for fiscal year 2008-09.

⁶ Using the CNSC’s risk-informed approach to regulation, initial priority was given to the completion of reports whose results were of greater significance.

Nuclear Power Industry Safety Performance Reports and Report Cards

The CNSC’s Nuclear Power Industry Safety Performance Reports and Report Cards can be found on the CNSC’s Web site .

⁷ The hearing process does not apply to licensing and certification activities that are related to nuclear substances, radiation devices, Class II facilities, prescribed equipment, transport and packaging.

⁸ Compared to 2007-08, the CNSC improved its performance with respect to ATI in 2008-09. With respect to Privacy, the CNSC had six requests, and was late with one of them, resulting in the 83% success rate.