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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Panel Says Canada Should Bury Nuclear Waste Near Lake Huron



Panel Says Canada Should Bury Nuclear Waste Near Lake Huron
A proposed deep geologic nuclear waste repository (DGR) a mile from the shores of Lake Huron in Canada, recommended by a Canadian joint review panel, has gotten lots of people riled up. But located 2,230 feet (680 meters) below the Earth’s surface is a good place to put this low-level and intermediate-level junk, well below any aquifers or geologic units that supply surface water or that are hydrologically connected to the lake.

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