Nuclear Waste

• First Nations, advocates criticize approval of nuclear-waste site near Ottawa River

  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has authorized construction of a waste facility on the site of the Crown-owned Chalk River Laboratories.

  Canada

  Jan 11
  
• Site for Canada’s underground nuclear waste repository to be selected next year

  A 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 host

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2023
  
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• Radioactive waste from WWII era found in U.S. elementary school, new report shows

  The school sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during World War II.

  World

  Oct 16, 2022
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• SaskPower chooses areas around Estevan and Elbow as possible nuclear reactor sites

  Both sites meet SMR facility criteria because of their proximity to a suitable water supply and availability of infrastructure like roads and emergency services.

  Environment

  Sep 20, 2022
• Japan to dump wastewater from Fukushima nuclear disaster in the ocean

  Japan has decided to clean and dump some 1.25 million tonnes of radioactive wastewater from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

  Trending

  Apr 13, 2021
• McMaster Innovation Park lands first tenant for Frid Street facility

  MIP 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.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2020
• Indigenous community votes against proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron

  Members of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted 85 per cent against the deep geologic repository.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2020
• UN chief warns nuclear ‘coffin’ may be leaking radioactive material into Pacific Ocean

  A concrete dome built on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean to house waste from atomic bomb tests could be leaking radioactive material.

  World

  May 21, 2019
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• Cameco in Port Hope continues remediation of harbourfront

  Cameco in Port Hope continues work on its Vision in Motion project to rehabilitate the waterfront.

  Environment

  Jun 15, 2018
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• Search narrowed to five northern Ontario locations for place to store used nuclear fuel

  In a statement on Wednesday, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization said the Elliot Lake and Blind River area between the cities of Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie are out of the running.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2017