“Technical studies and engagement with people in the area identified a number of factors that would pose challenges in siting a repository,” the organization said. Waste management authorities have ruled out one part of northern Ontario as a suitable site for a bunker to store used, but highly radioactive, nuclear-reactor fuel rods. The dangerous material is currently stored in pools of water or in vaults on site at reactors in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Manitoba. Marchisella, who said nuclear material already moves safely up and down Canada’s highways every day, did express concern at storing waste anywhere near a Great Lake, as OPG is proposing for its facility. Correction – December 6, 2017: This article was edited from a previous version that mistakenly said Elliot Lake and Blind River are between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste.

Source: thestar December 06, 2017 17:48 UTC