Growing stockpiles of radioactive waste beside Ottawa River upstream of Parliament Hill causing widespread concerns

It would be hard to choose a less suitable place to consolidate all federal radioactive waste than in a seismically-active zone beside the Ottawa River that provides drinking water for millions of Canadians in communities downstream including Ottawa, Gatineau, and Montreal.
The historic waste management area at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories campus in Chalk River, Ont., pictured on May 27, 2019.

The Ottawa River flows through an ancient rift valley that extends from near North Bay, Ont., through Ottawa towards Montreal. The area is seismically active, and...

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