Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires est un réseau national d'organisations canadiennes préoccupées par les déchets radioactifs de haute activité et l'énergie nucléaire.
Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires is a national network of Canadian organizations concerned about high level radioactive waste and nuclear power.
Nuclear Waste Watch / Action déchets nucléaires is a national network of Canadian organizations concerned about high level radioactive waste and nuclear power.
LETTER FROM CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, GREENPEACE AND NORTHWATCH TO TRUDEAU AND O'REGAN [NOV 17]
"Yesterday your government launched a review of Canada's radioactive waste policies. The review was expected, although we were disappointed that the commitment Minister O'Regan made in July to have his staff reach out to us to help shape the review has been abandoned. But what shocked us was that the first announcement came not from the Government of Canada or from Natural Resources Canada but from the nuclear industry, announcing that a nuclear industry organization made up of the generators of radioactive waste would "lead the development of an integrated radioactive waste management strategy, at the request of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Natural Resources Canada".
"Not only is this outside the mandate of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) but it is an affront to all concerned Canadians that you would place the very companies who have created the problem - and spent decades and hundreds of millions of ratepayers and taxpayers dollars failing to solve the problem - in a lead role in this long-awaited review.
"This outsourcing of policy development to a conglomerate of nuclear power generators goes against your own government’s commitment to transparency. As you must be aware, unlike government departments including Natural Resources Canada, the NWMO is exempt from access to information requests, placing them beyond checks and balances and the traceability of their decisions" READ ENTIRE LETTER HERE. READ ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS HERE
"Not only is this outside the mandate of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) but it is an affront to all concerned Canadians that you would place the very companies who have created the problem - and spent decades and hundreds of millions of ratepayers and taxpayers dollars failing to solve the problem - in a lead role in this long-awaited review.
"This outsourcing of policy development to a conglomerate of nuclear power generators goes against your own government’s commitment to transparency. As you must be aware, unlike government departments including Natural Resources Canada, the NWMO is exempt from access to information requests, placing them beyond checks and balances and the traceability of their decisions" READ ENTIRE LETTER HERE. READ ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS HERE
Canada needs a national radioactive waste policy / a besoin d'un cadre stratégique national sur les déchets radioactifs
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Canada needs a national radioactive waste policy framework that includes rules and policies that will protect human health and the environment and make the nuclear industry accountable and responsible.
A review of Canada's radioactive waste policies was launched by Natural Resources Canada on November 16th. Be part of it. Click HERE to stay in touch. |
Le Canada a besoin d'un cadre stratégique national sur les déchets radioactifs qui comprend des règles et des politiques qui protégeront la santé humaine et l'environnement et rendront l'industrie nucléaire responsable et responsable.
Un examen des politiques canadiennes sur les déchets radioactifs a été lancé par Ressources naturelles Canada le 16 novembre. Cliquez ICI pour rester en contact. |
About Nuclear Waste in Canada
Nuclear waste is generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel chain. Low-level radioactive wastes are generated during the mining, milling and refining of uranium, and in the fabrication of uranium fuel bundles for nuclear power production. Low, intermediate and high level radioactive wastes are generated through the production of electricity using nuclear reactors. "Intermediate" level radioactive waste is highly radioactive, but in Canada only the irradiated fuel - also called nuclear fuel waste - is called "high level" waste. There are currently proposals by the nuclear industry for deep geological repositories for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes and for high level nuclear fuel waste.
Nuclear Waste Watch's Position Statement summarizes our concerns and key issues, and our list of Participating Organizations tells you who we are.
Nuclear waste is generated at every stage of the nuclear fuel chain. Low-level radioactive wastes are generated during the mining, milling and refining of uranium, and in the fabrication of uranium fuel bundles for nuclear power production. Low, intermediate and high level radioactive wastes are generated through the production of electricity using nuclear reactors. "Intermediate" level radioactive waste is highly radioactive, but in Canada only the irradiated fuel - also called nuclear fuel waste - is called "high level" waste. There are currently proposals by the nuclear industry for deep geological repositories for low and intermediate level radioactive wastes and for high level nuclear fuel waste.
Nuclear Waste Watch's Position Statement summarizes our concerns and key issues, and our list of Participating Organizations tells you who we are.
