Canadian Environment Minister Delays Ruling On Lake Huron Repository
Canada's Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has told
Ontario Power Generation that their plan to build a nuclear waste
repository underground on the shores of Lake Huron will require further
study.
The company has proposed a deep repository that would handle low- and medium-level radioactive waste. The proposal envisions a repository 680 meters (about half a mile) underground in a rock strata below the lake.
The project was given a stamp of approval by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in May of 2015. It faces ongoing opposition, however, from local municipalities and Michigan senate, which voted to oppose the repository that would be in proximity of a source of drinking water for millions of people. Read more or comment
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/02/22/canadian-environment-minister-delays-ruling-on-lake-huron-repository-022202#.Vs3SKCmGhRl
The company has proposed a deep repository that would handle low- and medium-level radioactive waste. The proposal envisions a repository 680 meters (about half a mile) underground in a rock strata below the lake.
The project was given a stamp of approval by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in May of 2015. It faces ongoing opposition, however, from local municipalities and Michigan senate, which voted to oppose the repository that would be in proximity of a source of drinking water for millions of people. Read more or comment
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/02/22/canadian-environment-minister-delays-ruling-on-lake-huron-repository-022202#.Vs3SKCmGhRl
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