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Indigenous resistance mounts to nuclear waste dump near Ottawa River (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by veeesix to c/ottawa
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On January 8, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) approved plans for a nuclear waste disposal facility at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) site at Chalk River. The near-surface facility located about 160 kilometres northwest of Ottawa would feature a mound holding up to a million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste about one kilometre from the Ottawa River.

The site was chosen for its proximity to existing waste sites at Chalk River Laboratories, where the federal government once operated nuclear reactors and over eight decades of nuclear waste accumulated. A former senior manager said the waste proposed for this facility is “intermediate level” and requires underground storage in a facility planned to be as deep underground as the CN Tower is tall.

The site is bordered by wetlands that drain into the Ottawa River, the water source for millions downstream. Citizens are also concerned that the underlying bedrock is porous, with the groundwater table very close to the surface.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't there a better spot to dispose of nuclear waste than near a river? Come on!

[–] BedSharkPal 1 points 11 months ago

Seriously. What's the thought process here? I must be missing something. I'm assuming it is cheaper somehow?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But nuclear power is perfectly save and is the best thing for us right now. /s

[–] veeesix 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is generally safe, but the issue here is essentially pooping where you keep your clean drinking water.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

If only there was a way to produce energy that didn't require "pooping" on our world, that was cheaper, easier to permit, faster to build and could be built as a distributed system (so as not be become a terrorist target). Too bad the choice is only nuclear or fossil fuels. /s