DGR Transition to the NWMO

Effective January 1, 2009, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) contracted with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to manage development of the DGR. The NWMO is responsible for taking the DGR project through the regulatory approvals process, on behalf of OPG. As part of the agreement, OPG staff that had been working on the DGR project became NWMO employees.

OPG remains the sole owner of the DGR and the DGR project will continue to proceed as originally planned with all commitments being honoured, including that the DGR will only accommodate OPG's low and intermediate level waste.