CNL Whiteshell Laboratories Site Tour

Join Women in Nuclear (WiN) Manitoba for an exclusive Nuclear Facility Tour of the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' (CNL) Whiteshell Laboratories Restoration Project (WLRP).

Are you or your organization interested in:

• A career in the nuclear field and in learning more about nuclear professions?
• Seeing the facilities, equipment, and programs involved in a major nuclear project?
• Learning more about the historic operations of a nuclear research site?

With an area of 11,000 acres, the Whiteshell Laboratories site is a former nuclear research and test facility, and one of the biggest environmental restoration projects in Canada. We invite you to explore the campus and discover the impactful contributions of women working in this dynamic environment.

The Whiteshell Laboratories site tour will include guided tours of the Whiteshell Reactor 1 (WR-1), which played a key role in Canada's nuclear history, achieving criticality in 1965 and serving for 20 years as a research reactor that, among other missions, became a testing site for the CANDU fleet. 

The tour will also take visitors to the Hot Cells, the Fire Hall, and an environmentally focused bus tour of the Main Campus and Waste Management Area. 

Participants will also have the opportunity to connect with women working at the Whiteshell Laboratories site and Subject Matter Experts in the nuclear field. We welcome you to learn more about nuclear-related professions and to engage with the WiN Manitoba Leading Group for partnership opportunities.