Deep Geologic Repository

The Deep Geologic Repository in Kincardine, Ontario is Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) proposed nuclear waste site, located in the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario. The deep geological repository would be designed to manage low and intermediate level radioactive waste, produced from the continued operations at the Bruce, Pickering and Darlington nuclear generating stations in Ontario. Low level waste (LILW-SL, Short lived) consists of industrial items that have become contaminated with low levels of radioactivity during routine clean-up and maintenance activities at nuclear generating stations. Intermediate level radioactive waste (LILW-LL, Long lived) consists primarily of used nuclear reactor components such as the ion-exchange resins and filters used to purify reactor water systems. The DGR would be located 680 metres or 2230 feet below the surface, beneath very thick layers of limestone and shale rock which have remained stable – in spite of geologic upheavals,

See also

• Schacht Asse II
• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant