Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires est un réseau national d'organisations canadiennes préoccupées par les déchets radioactifs de haute activité et l'énergie nucléaire.
Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires is a national network of Canadian organizations concerned about high level radioactive waste and nuclear power.
Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires is a national network of Canadian organizations concerned about high level radioactive waste and nuclear power.
COMMENT PERIOD ON NEW MEGA-NUCLEAR FOR PORT HOPE ENDS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11
A federal review of Ontario Power Generation's proposed 10,000 MW nuclear generating station was launched on January 12th with the announcement of a 30 day comment period on the Initial Project Description, closing on February 11th. OPG has not identified the reactor design, excluded the required review of alternatives to the project and has not publicly released cost estimate for the Wesleyville plant. Read a briefing note HERE.
The Impact Assessment Agency web page about OPG's mega-nuclear project includes key documents and notices related to the review, as well as posting of public comments, including the summary of the Initial Project Description and a link to apply for Participant Funding. Comments can be submitted through the IAAC comment portal or by email sent to [email protected]. The comment period closes February 11.
A federal review of Ontario Power Generation's proposed 10,000 MW nuclear generating station was launched on January 12th with the announcement of a 30 day comment period on the Initial Project Description, closing on February 11th. OPG has not identified the reactor design, excluded the required review of alternatives to the project and has not publicly released cost estimate for the Wesleyville plant. Read a briefing note HERE.
The Impact Assessment Agency web page about OPG's mega-nuclear project includes key documents and notices related to the review, as well as posting of public comments, including the summary of the Initial Project Description and a link to apply for Participant Funding. Comments can be submitted through the IAAC comment portal or by email sent to [email protected]. The comment period closes February 11.
IMPACT ASSESSMENT LAUNCHED OF NWMO'S NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSPORTATION AND BURIAL PROJECT
January 2026 - A federal review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s nuclear waste transportation and burial project was launched on January 5th with a 30 day comment period on the Initial Project Description closing on February 4th. The NWMO has excluded transportation from its Initial Project Description, proposing that transportation issues not be part of the federal review. Read more HERE.
Important Links and Documents for Initial Project Description Review and Comment Period Closing Feb 4
The Impact Assessment Agency web page about the NWMO DGR project review includes key documents and notices related to the review, as well as posting of public comments. The current comment period is on the Initial project description, and there are two versions: the summary document is 92 pages long, and the full document including the Initial Project Description is 1,322 pages BUT only the first 262 pages of that document is the detailed (well, more detailed than the summary) version of the Initial Project Description. There is also a 10 page summary at the beginning of the full IPD. For context, read We the Nuclear Free North's January 6 E-Bulletin. View the following links on the Impact Assessment Agency's website: Summary IPD Full IPD Public Comments All Records
January 2026 - A federal review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s nuclear waste transportation and burial project was launched on January 5th with a 30 day comment period on the Initial Project Description closing on February 4th. The NWMO has excluded transportation from its Initial Project Description, proposing that transportation issues not be part of the federal review. Read more HERE.
Important Links and Documents for Initial Project Description Review and Comment Period Closing Feb 4
The Impact Assessment Agency web page about the NWMO DGR project review includes key documents and notices related to the review, as well as posting of public comments. The current comment period is on the Initial project description, and there are two versions: the summary document is 92 pages long, and the full document including the Initial Project Description is 1,322 pages BUT only the first 262 pages of that document is the detailed (well, more detailed than the summary) version of the Initial Project Description. There is also a 10 page summary at the beginning of the full IPD. For context, read We the Nuclear Free North's January 6 E-Bulletin. View the following links on the Impact Assessment Agency's website: Summary IPD Full IPD Public Comments All Records
73 Organizations Send Open Letter to PM and Ministers Calling for Oversight of Nuclear Waste Projects
December 16 - 73 organizations representing a broad segment of Canadian society have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister and federal ministers of Environment and Climate Change and Energy and Natural Resources calling for more federal oversight of the nuclear industry in general and of nuclear waste projects most immediately. A federal review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's project to transport, process, bury and eventually abandon all of Canada's high-level nuclear fuel waste in the heart of Treaty 3 Territory in northwestern Ontario. The letter asks that the federal ministers provide direction that the review not commence until Eagle Lake First Nation's legal challenge of the site selection has been heard in court, and that the review be full, fair and comprehensive and include all project activities.
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In November 2020 Natural Resources Canada launched a review of Canada's Radioactive Waste Policy. Hundreds of Canadians and Canadian civil society organizations participated in a series of roundtable discussions with Natural Resources Canada and thousands submitted comments. In February 2022 Natural Resources Canada released a draft of their radioactive waste policy and thousands of comments were received by the April deadline. In April a national collaborative of public interest groups released "An Alternative Policy for Canada on Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning." Read more HERE In late 2022 Natural Resources Canada stated that the release of the final Radioactive Waste Policy would be delayed until 2023. The policy was released in April 2023. |
April 2023 - Civil Society Groups have Rejected Canada’s Radioactive Waste Policy, expressing profound disappointment in the federal government quietly released the radioactive waste policy. Nuclear Waste Watch's news release is HERE.
December 2022 - Nuclear Waste Watch has produced an analysis of radioactive waste reports released by the House of Commons Environment Committee and by the Office of the Auditor General in the fall of 2022. Read the analysis HERE
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About Nuclear Waste in Canada
Nuclear waste is generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel chain. Low-level radioactive wastes are generated during the mining, milling and refining of uranium, and in the fabrication of uranium fuel bundles for nuclear power production. Low, intermediate and high level radioactive wastes are generated through the production of electricity using nuclear reactors. "Intermediate" level radioactive waste is highly radioactive, but in Canada only the irradiated fuel - also called nuclear fuel waste - is called "high level" waste. There are currently proposals by the nuclear industry for deep geological repositories for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes and for high level nuclear fuel waste.
Nuclear Waste Watch's Position Statement summarizes our concerns and key issues, and our list of Participating Organizations tells you who we are.
Nuclear waste is generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel chain. Low-level radioactive wastes are generated during the mining, milling and refining of uranium, and in the fabrication of uranium fuel bundles for nuclear power production. Low, intermediate and high level radioactive wastes are generated through the production of electricity using nuclear reactors. "Intermediate" level radioactive waste is highly radioactive, but in Canada only the irradiated fuel - also called nuclear fuel waste - is called "high level" waste. There are currently proposals by the nuclear industry for deep geological repositories for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes and for high level nuclear fuel waste.
Nuclear Waste Watch's Position Statement summarizes our concerns and key issues, and our list of Participating Organizations tells you who we are.
