It is still years away, but Ontario Power Generation is taking the initial steps to get a BILLION dollar facility approved for the Bruce site to bury nuclear waste.
The project is called the Deep Geologic Repository.
OPG Media Relations spokesperson Marie Wilson says the plan calls for low and intermediate nuclear waste to be buried 680 metres underground.
The facility would have two shafts underground, and it will hold 160 thousand cubic metres of waste.
Currently, OPG is involved in a four year study of the geology at the site, and last month there were four renowned experts verifying the study results.
Wilson says so far, it appears the location is good for the proposed complex, but there are several environmental steps that have been taken over the next few years.
If OPG wins approval, the nuclear waste facility would take about 5 years to build, and would be open by 2017.
Wilson emphasized this is not spent fuel bundles, but rather low to intermediate nuclear waste such as clothing worn by workers at the Bruce site, rags and mop heads.