Deep Geologic Repository Project

Managing nuclear waste has been a growing issue in the recent years. These issues are being addressed and the NWMO (Nuclear Waster Management Organization) and OPG (Ontario Power Generation) are attempting to create and operate a Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for the long-term management of low and intermediate level nuclear waste. This project is estimated to become a 14 year long process.

This deep geological disposal facility would operate on the Bruce Nuclear Site within the municipality of Kincardine, Ontario. The DGR would manage about 200,000 cubic metres of waste produced from the continued operation of OPG-owned nuclear generations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington, Ontario.

Having made their original proposition in 2005, the organizations have already submitted the Project for and Environmental Assessment (EA) assessment and are now undergoing a Public Comment Period. Expecting to receive permission from the EA to build the DGR in 2014, and anticipating another 5 to 7 years to construct the facility, the NWMO and OPG are hoping to start receiving waste, earliest in 2019.