This conference focused on activities relevant to Canada’s nuclear industry, however as many of the technical issues involved have broader relevance and have been encountered globally, papers from outside the nuclear industry, as well as international papers, were encouraged.
Topics addressed during the conference include:
- Government policies, programs & oversight
- Stakeholder engagement
- Indigenous participation in the nuclear industry
- Uranium mining & milling waste management
- Low level, intermediate level & mixed waste management
- Used nuclear fuel & high-level waste management
- Waste characterization, processing, packaging & waste minimization
- Waste transportation
- SMR waste
- Environmental remediation
- Decommissioning strategies & projects
- Other potential tracks
Thank you to all the delegates, speakers and exhibitors for making the NWMDER 2023 such an overwhelming success.
The team and I are already planning for the next conference, which we hope will build on the success of NWMDER 2023 as we strive to bring Canada’s leading Nuclear Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Restoration Conference to an even wider and more international audience
Ian Wigginton, NWMDER 2023 Chair
The 5th Canadian Conference on Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Restoration was held August 27-31, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Canada. The theme of the conference was Environmental sustainability through timely waste management and decommissioning.
Canada’s premier nuclear waste and decommissioning conference and provided a forum for discussion of the status and proposed future directions of technical, regulatory, environmental, social and economic aspects of radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental restoration for nuclear facilities. It served to improve communication among specialists, managers, policy makers and other stakeholders in these activities, and to foster international collaboration to benefit society.
The conference was organized into three days of plenary sessions, concurrent technical tracks and poster sessions with a business exhibition to showcase technology, equipment and services. Optional post-conference technical tours to Canadian facilities engaged in nuclear waste management, decommissioning and/or environmental restoration were wait-listed.
The conference involved 432 participants from 11 countries.
Organizing Committee
Organizing Committee Chairs
Conference Chair: Ian Wigginton, Kinectrics Inc.
Plenary Program Chair: Khashayar Ghandi, University of Guelph
Technical Program Chair: Peter Keech, NWMO
Poster Session Chair: Mehran Behazin, NWMO
Conference Treasurer: Mohinder Grover, M.S. Grover and Associates
Sponsorships & Exhibits Chair: Katie Hanlon, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Communications Chair: Katie Hanlon, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Conference Proceedings Chair: Peter Keech, NWMO
Student and Early Career Professionals Committee Chair: Hannah Oreskovic, University of Guelph
Organizing Committee Members
Meggan Vickerd, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Grace Snell, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Muhammad Saim, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Thao Do, Kinectrics Inc.
Brendan Mahoney, NWMO
Dakota Kochie, NWMO
Nuala Zietsma, Ontario Power Generation
Holly Lalonde, Ontario Power Generation
Skye Anderson, Ontario Power Generation
Dylan Verburg, Ontario Power Generation
Claire Tully, University of Western Ontario