NUCLEAR WASTE IN CANADA
Welcome
For decades the nuclear industry has been skirting the question of what to do with the nuclear wastes they generate through the use of nuclear power by talk of "geological disposal". Their idea is to bury the highly radioactive wastes - hazardous for time periods longer than known history - deep below the surface of the earth. The problems are many. First, the risks of transferring and transporting the wastes, potentially long distances. Second, the "technology" of deep burial is unproven. Third, the radioactive hazards will long outlast any containers.
For decades the nuclear industry has been skirting the question of what to do with the nuclear wastes they generate through the use of nuclear power by talk of "geological disposal". Their idea is to bury the highly radioactive wastes - hazardous for time periods longer than known history - deep below the surface of the earth. The problems are many. First, the risks of transferring and transporting the wastes, potentially long distances. Second, the "technology" of deep burial is unproven. Third, the radioactive hazards will long outlast any containers.
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In Canada, there are three different nuclear waste burial schemes that the industry has publicly acknowledged (and there may be more):
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CONTINUED NUCLEAR WASTE GENERATION
In addition to the massive stockpiles of already created radioactive wastes, the nuclear industry and federal government are working together to create more. Uranium mines and mills continue to operate in Saskatchewan with more proposed, uranium is refined and converted to nuclear fuel in Ontario, a fleet of reactors continue to operate in Ontario and New Brunswick, with reactors at the Bruce and Darlington Nuclear Generating Stations undergoing refurbishment. Add to this, the federal government is in the throes of a bromance with Small Modular Reactors.
In addition to the massive stockpiles of already created radioactive wastes, the nuclear industry and federal government are working together to create more. Uranium mines and mills continue to operate in Saskatchewan with more proposed, uranium is refined and converted to nuclear fuel in Ontario, a fleet of reactors continue to operate in Ontario and New Brunswick, with reactors at the Bruce and Darlington Nuclear Generating Stations undergoing refurbishment. Add to this, the federal government is in the throes of a bromance with Small Modular Reactors.
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