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Canada's Nuclear waste disposal site creeps closer to reality
http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2013/8/25/nuclear-waste-disposal-site-creeps-closer-reality_24923
Nuclear waste disposal site creeps closer to reality
Sunday August 25, 2013
A location is yet to be set and the timelines stretch 25 years in the future, but one thing seems certain: nuclear waste will be buried in the Canadian shield.
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“You can’t impose this on anyone,” Krizanc said during a recent media tour of the Darlington Nuclear Facility in Pickering, Ontario. “You need an informed and willing community before you go about doing it.”
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... a big question remains on how much say neighbouring communities will have on the plans.
For both the Lake Huron north shore and northwestern Ontario communities, regional First Nations governments have issued statements saying no to any nuclear waste facility in their territories.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) announced in 2012 that it will not support nuclear waste being buried anywhere in northern Ontario.
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Currently there are about four million used fuel bundles being stored in aboveground facilities. Most of them are held at Ontario’s three nuclear power plants – Darlington, Pickering and Bruce. The NWMO estimates that by 2035, when the underground storage facility construction will be underway, there will be four million used fuel bundles to bury.
The plan involves burying the used rods 500 metres underground, in a specially-designed container set inside a bentonite clay vault. The intent is to keep the rods secure and free from water seepage for up to one million years – a period that will likely include 10 separate glaciations and countless earthquakes.
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Nuclear waste disposal site creeps closer to reality
Sunday August 25, 2013
A location is yet to be set and the timelines stretch 25 years in the future, but one thing seems certain: nuclear waste will be buried in the Canadian shield.
<snip>
“You can’t impose this on anyone,” Krizanc said during a recent media tour of the Darlington Nuclear Facility in Pickering, Ontario. “You need an informed and willing community before you go about doing it.”
<snip>
... a big question remains on how much say neighbouring communities will have on the plans.
For both the Lake Huron north shore and northwestern Ontario communities, regional First Nations governments have issued statements saying no to any nuclear waste facility in their territories.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) announced in 2012 that it will not support nuclear waste being buried anywhere in northern Ontario.
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Currently there are about four million used fuel bundles being stored in aboveground facilities. Most of them are held at Ontario’s three nuclear power plants – Darlington, Pickering and Bruce. The NWMO estimates that by 2035, when the underground storage facility construction will be underway, there will be four million used fuel bundles to bury.
The plan involves burying the used rods 500 metres underground, in a specially-designed container set inside a bentonite clay vault. The intent is to keep the rods secure and free from water seepage for up to one million years – a period that will likely include 10 separate glaciations and countless earthquakes.
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