Western Waste Management Facility

OPG’s Western Waste Management Facility stores all the low and intermediate level radioactive waste from OPG-owned or operated reactors. Low and intermediate level waste produced at Pickering, Darlington and the Bruce nuclear generating stations is transported by truck to the WWMF for interim storage.

Low level waste is received at the WWMF's Waste Volume Reduction Building where it may be processed through incineration or compaction to reduce its volume. Following volume reduction, low level waste is placed in above ground concrete warehouse-like structures called Low Level Storage Buildings. Intermediate level waste, because of its radiological and physical properties, is not processed for volume reduction.