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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has formally withdrawn its site preparation and construction licence application for a deep geologic repository (DGR) for low and intermediate-level waste at the Bruce nuclear site. It has also terminated the federal environmental assessment process for the repository.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 30 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/OPG-terminates-environmental-assessment-process-fo
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said it remains committed to seeking safe and permanent disposal of nuclear waste after the members of Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) voted not to support plans for a deep geologic repository (DGR) for low and intermediate-level waste at the Bruce nuclear site. OPG said in 2013 that it would not build the DGR without the support of the First Nation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/OPG-to-explore-alternatives-to-deep-geologic-repos