The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station was Canada’s first full-scale nuclear power plant. It was a joint project between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), as owner, and Ontario Hydro (now Ontario Power Generation), as operator.
The 200 megawatt CANDU® reactor ran from 1967 until 1984 when it was permanently shut down having achieved its objectives. As a prototype nuclear reactor, Douglas Point demonstrated that a CANDU® nuclear plant could be scaled up for commercial power generation, a legacy that helped Ontario get where we are today with roughly half our energy coming from clean, reliable, low-cost nuclear power.
By 1986, the fuel had been removed and reactor coolant drained in accordance with regulatory requirements. The fuel was transferred to dry storage by the end of 1987. Since then the facility has been in a safe shutdown state, referred to as the “storage with surveillance” phase of decommissioning.
The next phase of decommissioning is being planned to both reduce and minimize the risks to the health, safety and security of the public, workers and the environment.
Final decommissioning will eventually lead to the removal of the entire facility.

What's new
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has postponed the public hearing to consider our application to amend Douglas Point's waste facility licence to a decommissioning licence from August 19 and 20, 2020, to November 25 and 26, 2020.
See the Revised Notice of Public Hearing.
See CNL's Commission Member Document for the November 2020 hearing.
See the Application for Licence Amendment.