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Saskatchewan community on list for nuclear waste storage facility

This Nov. 1, 2013 photo shows rows of chambers holding intermediate-level radioactive waste in shallow pits at the Bruce Power nuclear complex near Kincardine, Ontario. Creighton, Saskatchewan is one of 14 communities in Canada being considered for a nuclear waste storage facility. John Flesher / AP Photo

CREIGHTON, Sask. – The northeastern Saskatchewan community of Creighton remains on the list of places being considered for a nuclear waste storage facility.

Two communities in Ontario were notified last week that they didn’t meet the proper geological requirements to host a facility.

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That leaves 14 other communities in Canada under consideration.

An official with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization says it will take at least a few years before the next stage begins.

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