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Nuclear Waste Engineer Salary
in Oakville, Ontario

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$121,853 (CAD)

Average Salary

$59/hr

Average Hourly

$4,338

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Nuclear Waste Engineer is $121,853 a year and $59 an hour in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The average salary range for a Nuclear Waste Engineer is between $83,835 and $148,783. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Nuclear Waste Engineer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Oakville, Ontario.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
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5 Year Change:
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Oakville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Oakville is a town and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton. At its 2021 census the town had a population of 213,759, with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area and one of the most densely populated areas of Canada. According to the town, about 36% do not have English as their mother tongue, and land available for culture and recreation is over 300,000 m (1,000,000 ft).
Description:
  • Researches nuclear engineering problems and utilizes principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and utilization of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.
  • Develops, designs, implements, and studies systems and procedures to reduce volume and dispose of nuclear waste materials and contaminated objects.
  • Oversees construction, testing, and implementation of nuclear waste disposal systems, and resolves operational problems.
  • Analyzes samples of sludge and liquid effluents resulting from operation of nuclear reactors to determine level of radioactivity in substances and potential for retention of radioactivity, using radioactivity counters and chemical and electronic analyzers.
  • Designs and draws plans for systems to reduce volume of waste by solidification, compaction, or incineration.
  • Excludes supervisory positions.
  • Identifies objects contaminated by radiation, such as trash, workers' clothing, and discarded tools and equipment.
  • Refers to State and Federal regulations and technical manuals to determine disposal method required for prevention of leakage or absorption of radioactive waste.
  • Compares costs of transporting waste to designated nuclear waste disposal sites and reducing volume of waste and storing waste on plant site.
  • Confers with equipment manufacturers' representatives and plant technical and management personnel to discuss alternatives and to choose most suitable plan on basis of safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
  • Develops plans for modification of operating procedures to reduce volume and radioactive level of effluents, and writes manuals to instruct workers in changes in work procedures.
  • Advises management on selection of lands suitable for use as nuclear waste disposal sites and on establishment of effective safety, operating, and closure procedures.

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The average pay for a Nuclear Waste Engineer is $121,853 a year and $59 an hour in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The average salary range for a Nuclear Waste Engineer is between $83,835 and $148,783. On average, a Bachelor's Degree is the highest level of education for a Nuclear Waste Engineer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Oakville, Ontario.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Oakville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Oakville is a town and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton. At its 2021 census the town had a population of 213,759, with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area and one of the most densely populated areas of Canada. According to the town, about 36% do not have English as their mother tongue, and land available for culture and recreation is over 300,000 m (1,000,000 ft).
Description:
  • Researches nuclear engineering problems and utilizes principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and utilization of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.
  • Develops, designs, implements, and studies systems and procedures to reduce volume and dispose of nuclear waste materials and contaminated objects.
  • Oversees construction, testing, and implementation of nuclear waste disposal systems, and resolves operational problems.
  • Analyzes samples of sludge and liquid effluents resulting from operation of nuclear reactors to determine level of radioactivity in substances and potential for retention of radioactivity, using radioactivity counters and chemical and electronic analyzers.
  • Designs and draws plans for systems to reduce volume of waste by solidification, compaction, or incineration.
  • Excludes supervisory positions.
  • Identifies objects contaminated by radiation, such as trash, workers' clothing, and discarded tools and equipment.
  • Refers to State and Federal regulations and technical manuals to determine disposal method required for prevention of leakage or absorption of radioactive waste.
  • Compares costs of transporting waste to designated nuclear waste disposal sites and reducing volume of waste and storing waste on plant site.
  • Confers with equipment manufacturers' representatives and plant technical and management personnel to discuss alternatives and to choose most suitable plan on basis of safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
  • Develops plans for modification of operating procedures to reduce volume and radioactive level of effluents, and writes manuals to instruct workers in changes in work procedures.
  • Advises management on selection of lands suitable for use as nuclear waste disposal sites and on establishment of effective safety, operating, and closure procedures.
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