Nuclear Waste
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Mayor didn’t expect tight result in Ontario community vote to host nuclear waste siteThe Municipality of South Bruce held a vote putting the question to its residents and the results released late Monday show they voted 51 per cent in favour of the proposal.CanadaOct 29
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Ontario town votes to become a willing host for a nuclear waste repositoryA northwestern Ontario town has formally decided it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear waste.CanadaJul 10
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First Nations, advocates criticize approval of nuclear-waste site near Ottawa RiverThe Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has authorized construction of a waste facility on the site of the Crown-owned Chalk River Laboratories.CanadaJan 11
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Site for Canada’s underground nuclear waste repository to be selected next yearA critical milestone is on the horizon for Canada's 175-year-long plan to bury its nuclear waste underground, with two pairs of Ontario communities set to decide if they would hostCanadaDec 27, 2023
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Radioactive waste from WWII era found in U.S. elementary school, new report showsThe school sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during World War II.WorldOct 16, 2022
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SaskPower chooses areas around Estevan and Elbow as possible nuclear reactor sitesBoth sites meet SMR facility criteria because of their proximity to a suitable water supply and availability of infrastructure like roads and emergency services.EnvironmentSep 20, 2022
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Japan to dump wastewater from Fukushima nuclear disaster in the oceanJapan has decided to clean and dump some 1.25 million tonnes of radioactive wastewater from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.TrendingApr 13, 2021
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McMaster Innovation Park lands first tenant for Frid Street facilityMIP and Laurentis Energy Partners have announced a new two-year research collaboration to identify long-term solutions on how materials are handled in the nuclear industry.CanadaJul 13, 2020
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Indigenous community votes against proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake HuronMembers of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted 85 per cent against the deep geologic repository.CanadaFeb 1, 2020
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UN chief warns nuclear ‘coffin’ may be leaking radioactive material into Pacific OceanA concrete dome built on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean to house waste from atomic bomb tests could be leaking radioactive material.WorldMay 21, 2019
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