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Spending program

Nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited · Environment, energy and natural resources

In fiscal year 2024–25, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited spent $1.1 billion on Nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management, up from $999 million in 2023–24. That is $35.70 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$1.1B

10.1% of Environment, energy and natural resources spending in 2024–25.

Up $71.1M from $999M in 2023–24.

$35.70per tax filer$25.98per person

Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.

Nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Nuclear decommissioning and radioactive waste management, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$512M
2019–20$557M
2020–21$660M
2021–22$748M
2022–23$779M
2023–24$999M
2024–25$1.1B

Source and basis

  • GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.

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