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Approval of a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River hinged on a promise that only low-level radioactive waste would be accepted.
Approval of a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River hinged on a promise that only low-level radioactive waste would be accepted.
Approval of a nuclear waste disposal site near the Ottawa River hinged on a promise that only low-level radioactive waste would be accepted.
Kebaowek First Nation said the permits issued under the Species at Risk Act should be suspended and that the nuclear research company should do more to mitigate environmental risks associated with its nuclear waste facility. The request was made Tuesday to Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.
Some First Nations and environmentalists are dismayed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's approval of a proposed storage facility for radioactive waste that will sit a stone's throw from the Ottawa River.