"The regulatory guidelines for surface water quality were vastly exceeded in the contaminated water being dumped untreated into the Ottawa River from the NPD facility in 2015." Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown said radioactive tritium has been dumped into and diluted by the river, but cannot be filtered out or treated like other toxins. CNL maintains the contaminants it releases into the Ottawa River fall well below allowable limits. Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown calls the method of dumping radioactive waste into the river 'pollution by dilution.' "They're making really sure to meet their regulatory obligations based on release limits, based on diluting it in the Ottawa River," she said.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2018 08:00 UTC