Nuclear facilities in Canada

Nuclear facilities operate all across Canada.

They include:

• uranium mines and mills
• uranium processing facilities
• nuclear power plants
• research reactors
• particle accelerators
• nuclear substances processing facilities

The following facilities are licensed or have a licence application under review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). They are subject to strict regulatory oversight to ensure the safety of all people in Canada and the environment.

Province	Facility	Status	Licensee
Alberta	Peace River	Application under review	Energy Alberta
British Columbia	TRIUMF	Operating	TRIUMF Accelerators Inc.
Manitoba	Whiteshell Reactor 1	Decommissioning	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
New Brunswick	Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station	Operating	New Brunswick Power (NB Power)
New Brunswick	ARC-100 Project	Application under review	New Brunswick Power (NB Power)
Ontario	Best Theratronics Ltd.	Operating	Best Theratronics Ltd.
Ontario	Blind River Refinery	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Ontario	Bruce A and B Nuclear Generating Stations	Operating	Bruce Power
Ontario	Bruce C Nuclear Project	Application under review	Bruce Power
Ontario	BWXT Medical	Operating	BWXT Medical Ltd.
Ontario	BWXT Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility, Peterborough	Operating	BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
Ontario	BWXT Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility, Toronto	Operating	BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
Ontario	Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc.	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Ontario	Chalk River Laboratories	Operating	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Ontario	Darlington New Nuclear Project	Licence to construct	Ontario Power Generation
Ontario	Darlington Nuclear Generating Station	Operating	Ontario Power Generation
Ontario	Douglas Point Waste Facility	Decommissioning	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Ontario	McMaster Nuclear Research Reactor	Operating	McMaster University
Ontario	Near Surface Disposal Facility Project	Application under review	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Ontario	Nordion	Operating	Nordion
Ontario	Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project	Decommissioning	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Ontario	Pickering Nuclear Generating Station	Operating	Ontario Power Generation
Ontario	Port Hope Uranium Conversion Facility	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Ontario	Royal Military College of Canada SLOWPOKE-2 Research Reactor	Operating	Royal Military College of Canada
Ontario	SRB Technologies	Operating	SRB Technologies (Canada) Inc.
Ontario	New Nuclear Wesleyville	Application under review	Ontario Power Generation
Quebec	École Polytechnique de Montréal SLOWPOKE-2 research reactor	Operating	École Polytechnique
Quebec	Gentilly-1 Waste Facility	Decommissioning	Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd.
Quebec	Gentilly-2 Nuclear Facility	Decommissioning	Hydro-Québec
Saskatchewan	Cigar Lake Mine	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Saskatchewan	Canadian Light Source	Operating	Canadian Light Source Inc.
Saskatchewan	Cluff Lake Facility	Decommissioning	Orano Canada Inc.
Saskatchewan	Key Lake Mill	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Saskatchewan	McArthur River Mine	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Saskatchewan	McClean Lake Mill	Operating	Orano Canada Inc.
Saskatchewan	Rabbit Lake Mine and Mill	Operating	Cameco Corporation
Saskatchewan	Rook I	Application under review	NexGen Energy Ltd.
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Research Council SLOWPOKE-2 Research Reactor	Decommissioned	Saskatchewan Research Council
Saskatchewan	Wheeler River	Application under review	Denison Mines Corp.