Federal government calls for even more information about OPG's proposed DGR project

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has received a request from the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency (CEAA), to provide additional information regarding its proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low-level and intermediate-level nuclear waste at the Bruce Nuclear site in the Municipality of Kincardine.
 
Fred Kuntz, OPG's manager of corporate relations and communications – Bruce County, said the information being requested relates mainly to questions of clarification, elaboration and some additional analysis on a few key elements of the project. This includes:
 

• Further description of the differences among three potential locations (the proposed location at the Bruce site and the two alternate locations that were studied in 2016), based on various technical, environmental or other criteria.
• Further analysis of potential cumulative effects of two repositories (OPG’s DGR and a separate facility being explored by NWMO for used fuel), if they were to be located in the same region.

To date, OPG has responded to 585 requests for additional information; these additional 23 requests bring the total to 608.

“OPG is reviewing the request, to determine how much time is needed to respond with the additional information," said Kuntz. "We will develop that timeline in the next few days and advise the agency accordingly.”

For more information about this project, check the following link: www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/document-eng.cfm?document=118537
 
Relicensing of Western Waste Management Facility - Today (April 12), OPG appeared before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), in Ottawa, for a hearing on its application for a 10-year renewal of its licence to operate the Western Waste Management Facility, at the Bruce site.
 
Did you know? OPG supports biodiversity projects across Ontario. For example, OPG and its conservation partners have planted more than 6.5-million trees and shrubs on 3,000 hectares of land since 2000. In the past three years, OPG’s Regional Biodiversity Program has created, enhanced or restored more than 175 hectares of wetlands and wildlife habitats.