Our priority is protecting people and the environment
Discover howCanada's plan
Nuclear energy has powered our homes, businesses and cities for decades. Today, Canada is also actively exploring emerging nuclear technologies and the role they may play in meeting the country’s climate change targets.
Used nuclear fuel is a byproduct of nuclear power. It must be safely managed long-term.
Our purpose is to develop and implement, collaboratively with Canadians, a management approach for the long-term care of Canada’s used nuclear fuel that is socially acceptable, technically sound, environmentally responsible and economically feasible. We are also responsible for implementing the plan for Canada’s intermediate-level and non-fuel high-level radioactive waste.
We’re protecting people and the environment, including water, for generations to come.
Canada's used nuclear fuel
What is Canada's plan?
Canada’s plan involves containing and isolating all the country’s used nuclear fuel underground in a deep geological repository. It is supported by international scientific consensus and best practices for managing used nuclear fuel.
Site selection
Today, following a gradual process of narrowing down, two areas remain in the process: the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation-Ignace area in northwestern Ontario and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation-South Bruce area in southern Ontario.
Canada’s plan will only proceed in an area with informed and willing hosts, where the municipality, First Nation and Métis communities, and others in the area are working together to implement it.
Laurie Swami
President and CEO
