List of nuclear waste storage facilities in Canada

Last updated

Nuclear waste is stored in Canada at the following locations:

SiteLocation(s)LicenseeClass(es) of wasteStatus
Best Theratronics Manufacturing Facility Kanata, Ontario Best TheratronicsIntermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Blind River Refinery Blind River, Ontario CamecoLow-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station Tiverton, Ontario Bruce PowerHigh-level radioactive waste (wet storage), non-used nuclear fuelOperating [1] [2]
BWX Technologies Fuel Manufacturing Peterborough, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

BWX Technologies Nuclear Energy CanadaLow-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Facility Port Hope, Ontario Cameco Low-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Chalk River Laboratories Chalk River, Ontario CNLHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), intermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteOperating/storage with surveillance [1]
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station Clarington, Ontario OPGHigh-level radioactive waste (wet storage)Operating [1]
Darlington Waste Management Facility Clarington, Ontario OPGHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), intermediate-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Douglas Point Waste Management Facility Tiverton, Ontario CNLHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), intermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteStorage with surveillance [1]
Gentilly-1 Waste Management Facility Gentilly, Quebec CNLHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), low-level radioactive wasteStorage with surveillance [1]
Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station Gentilly, Quebec HQHigh-level radioactive waste (wet storage), intermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteStorage with surveillance [1]
Gentilly-2 Waste Management Facility Gentilly, Quebec HQHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage)Operating [1]
Greater Toronto AreaGreater Toronto Area, Ontario AECL/Regional Municipality of Peel, OntarioLow-level radioactive waste from past practicesOperating [1]
McMaster Nuclear Research Reactor Hamilton, Ontario McMaster University High-level radioactive waste (wet storage)Operating [1]
National Research Universal Chalk River, Ontario CNLHigh-level radioactive waste (wet storage)Storage with surveillance [1]
Nordion Manufacturing Facility Kanata, Ontario Nordion Intermediate-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Nuclear Power Demonstration Renfrew County, Ontario CNLIntermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteStorage with surveillance [1]
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Pickering, Ontario OPGHigh-level radioactive waste (wet storage)Operating [1]
Pickering Waste Management FacilityPickering, OntarioOPGHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), intermediate-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station Maces Bay, New Brunswick New Brunswick Power High-level radioactive waste (wet storage)Operating [1]
Point Lepreau Waste Management FacilityMaces Bay, New BrunswickNew Brunswick PowerHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage), intermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Port Hope Conversion Facility Port Hope, Ontario Cameco Low-level radioactive wasteOperating [1]
Port Hope Long-Term Waste Management FacilityPort Hope, OntarioCNLLow-level radioactive waste from past practicesOperating [1]
Port Granby Long-Term Waste Management Facility Port Granby, Ontario CNLLow-level radioactive waste from past practicesOperating [1]
Radioactive Waste Operations Site 1 Tiverton, Ontario OPGIntermediate-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive wasteStorage with surveillance [1]
Welcome Waste Management FacilityPort Hope, OntarioCNLLow-level radioactive waste from past practicesOperating [1]
Western Waste Management FacilityTiverton, OntarioOPGHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage)Operating [1]
Whiteshell Laboratories Pinawa, Manitoba CNLHigh-level radioactive waste (dry storage)Decommissioning [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "Radioactive waste". Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission . 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  2. ↑ ONTARIO. ROYAL COMMISSION ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANNING (1978). INTERIM REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ELECTRIC POWER PLANNING ON NUCLEAR POWER IN ONTARIO - A RACE AGAINST TIME. Robarts - University of Toronto. Toronto : Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.