SASKATOON – Cameco is waiting for a ruling from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to see if it can begin operations on its Cigar Lake uranium mine.
Cameco’s construction license for the northern Saskatchewan uranium mine ends at the end of 2013.
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Officials presented a 10-year operations licence proposal to the commission yesterday in Saskatoon.
Cameco’s chief operating officer, Bob Steane, says the company plans to transition from the final stages of commissioning to the start of operations by the end of the year.
The commission will come back with a report outlining its decision in about two months.
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