Radioactive waste: a big problem for New Brunswick’s proposed new nuclear reactors

The nuclear waste problem is not going away.

Recently, more than 100 groups across Canada, including nine in New Brunswick, signed a letter to federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan asking to suspend decisions about radioactive waste disposal until Canada has a sufficient radioactive waste policy in place.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GORDON EDWARDS AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

July 6, 2020

On June 26, federal Climate Change and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ended the environmental assessment of a proposed radioactive waste storage facility beside Lake Huron, after the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) withdrew its proposal to build it. OPG decided to terminate the project after...

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