Ontario Power Generation
Transportation
Over 40 Years of Safe Transportation
OPG makes about 800 shipments of radioactive materials per year. Of these, only about 30 per cent are low and intermediate level nuclear waste. The remainder consists of items like resins and filters and contaminated water. We take the responsibility for our shipments seriously, and we have an exceptional safety record. After thousands of shipments and millions of kilometers, not a single gram of radioactive material has ever been released to the environment from these operations.
Making Absolutely Sure
Our transportation packages are licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and OPG complies fully with Canadian regulations regarding “Transportation of Dangerous Goods” and the transport of “Nuclear Substances”. In addition, our trucks, transportation packages and programs are maintained and tested to the highest standards, and adhere to the International Atomic Energy Agency regulations for the “Safe Transport of Radioactive Material”.
As well, OPG conducts regular audits and safety assessments of our transportation practices to make absolutely sure they conform to Transport Canada’s regulations. In addition to regular inspections and maintenance, we also have an emergency response plan that is audited internally and by Transport Canada.
Communicating Our Program
Our relationship with the people of Ontario is very important to us. The safe transportation of nuclear materials is done in a very transparent manner and over the past 30 years OPG has been providing information on Radioactive Material Transportation to the public through a variety of methods. OPG ensures ongoing communication with police, fire and other emergency management and municipal officials along our transportation routes through face to face presentations. For the general public, information about transportation is covered in presentations given to community group meetings and at the visitor centres.
Brochure
Click below to download our Radioactive Material Transportation brochure.
Environmental Policy
Download our Waste Management Environmental Policy.