The proposed repository would be located beneath OPG’s Bruce nuclear facility in Kincardine, Ont. OPG plans on storing low and intermediate waste from its Bruce, Pickering, and Darlington power stations at the proposed repository, which would be located 680 meters (approximately 744 yards) below the surface in an isolated rock formation of shale and limestone. The project has drawn the ire of citizens on both sides of the border because of its proximity to the Great Lakes, one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water. Michigan’s congressional delegation previously wrote to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene and block the project, and last month, they introduced a resolution in the Senate and House against the project.
Canadian DGR Environmental Report Due Today
The Joint Review Panel overseeing the environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s planned deep geologic repository in Ontario is expected to release today its environmental report on whether the project should move forward. The Panel closed the record on the public comment period back in November, but due to the large public comment interest, it announced it would submit its report no later than May 6, 2015. Following the submittal of the report, the federal government then must decide whether to give the go-ahead, which would allow the review panel to issue a license to prepare the site and construct the facility.
Ontario Power begins refurbishment of Pickering Nuclear Station
An AtkinsRéalis company, in a joint venture with Aecon Group Inc, has won a three-year, $1.7 billion contract Monday for a refurbishment project at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Pickering nuclear plant. Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis’ subsidiary that designs and builds Canada Deuterium Uranium – or CANDU – reactors, will start work on Unit 5 as […]