Pickering Waste Management Facility

Pickering Waste Management Facility

Ottawa – The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced the Commission’s decision to authorize Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to construct and operate the Pickering Component Storage Structure at the Pickering Waste Management Facility (PWMF). OPG has stated that this structure is required for the storage of low- and intermediate-level waste resulting from potential refurbishment activities of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (PNGS)…

Ontario Power’s Pickering waste storage site OK’d by CNSC - ExchangeMonitor

Ontario Power Generation has received approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to construct and operate the Pickering Component Storage Structure at the Pickering Waste Management Facility. The Pickering nuclear plant is located near Toronto.  The Pickering Component Storage unit is required for storage of low- intermediate-level waste that results from refurbishment of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station units 5 to 8 and its future…