OPG​ in Bruce County – Community Update – March 2022

Opening doors: Tours are resuming – while following COVID-19 safety protocols – at Ontario Power Generation facilities, in support of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) process to develop a lasting solution for used fuel from Canada’s nuclear facilities.NWMO aims to complete site selection in 2023 for a Deep Geological Repository (DGR); it narrowed its original list of 22 interested municipalities to two candidate communities in Ontario, South Bruce and Ignace. This week, members of the South Bruce Community Liaison Committee visited the Western facility of OPG’s Nuclear Sustainability Services, at the Bruce nuclear site, to see how used fuel is processed and stored on an interim basis, pending development of the DGR for service by 2043-45. Read More