Canada Delays Decision on Nuke Waste Burial Near Lake Huron
Source: Associated Press
Canada Delays Decision on Nuke Waste Burial Near Lake Huron
By JOHN FLESHER, AP ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Feb 18, 2016, 7:08 PM ET
The Canadian government on Thursday delayed for a second time a ruling on whether waste from nuclear power plants can be permanently stored underground less than a mile from Lake Huron, a proposal that has drawn fierce opposition on both sides of the border.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna had been scheduled to make an announcement by March 1, but instead told Ontario Power Generation to answer further questions and conduct more studies — one of which would examine the technical and economic feasibility of putting the waste elsewhere. She set an April 18 deadline for the publicly owned company to say when it could provide the answers.
OPG said in a statement it "understands the sensitivity of decisions around nuclear waste and respects the minister's request for further information to inform a science-based decision."
The company wants to bury 7.1 million cubic feet of low- and intermediate-level waste such as discarded parts from reactor cores and ashes from incinerated floor sweepings about 2,230 feet below the earth's surface at the Bruce Power generating station near Kincardine, Ontario.
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