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February 1, 2022 -  Natural Resources Canada has released a draft of their revised radioactive waste policy and are inviting written feedback on the draft Policy for Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning during a public comment period of 60 days, from February 1, 2022 to April 2, 2022. They have also posted their third "What We Heard report" report following their engagement process on the radioactive waste policy review last year. Both documents are HERE  

NATURAL  RESOURCES CANADA COMMENT PERIOD ON CANADA'S RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY CLOSED ON MAY 31,  2021
Review Details                             Key Principles and Policy Points                          Discussion papers and backgrounders             Speak up! Use the Action Page

Related Reading 

Natural Resources Canada Discussion Paper on Decommisisoning - Links, analysis and additional reading 
Briefer on Decommissioning HERE
This two page summary of the NRCan discussion paper was produced by Northwatch and summarizes the NRCan paper, identifies what's missing, makes initial suggestions of areas for comment. It is a draft document. 

NRCan Discussion Paper
 HERE
NRCan Forum for comments HERE
Receive more information HERE
MAY 17 PREPARATORY SESSION Presentation slides HERE

ENGO Backgrounder on Principles of Radioactive Waste Management
ENGO Backgrounder on Waste Characterization and Classification
Life after nuclear: Decommissioning power reactors, Dr. David Lochbaum, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Nuclear Hotseat May 2021 Interviews with Manna Jo Green and Dr. Gordon Edwards on Nuclear Decommissioning
IAEA Safety Standards No. GSR Part 6 Decommissioning of Facilities

Natural Resources Canada Discussion Paper on Radioactive Waste Storage - Links, analysis and additional reading 
Briefer on Waste Storage HERE
This two page summary of the NRCan discussion paper was produced by Northwatch and summarizes the NRCan paper, identifies what's missing, makes initial suggestions of areas for comment. It is a draft document. 

NRCan Discussion Paper
 HERE
NRCan Forum for comments HERE
Receive more information HERE
MAY 3 PREPARATORY SESSION  Presentation Slides HERE
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ENGO Backgrounder on Principles of Radioactive Waste Management
ENGO Backgrounder on Waste Characterization and Classification
ENGO Backgrounder on the Transportation of Radioactive Waste
Transport of Radioactive Wastes to Chalk River Laboratory in Chalk River 
Problems with radioactive waste classification put Canadians at risk (CCRCA)



Natural Resources Canada Discussion Paper on Radioactive Waste 'Disposal" - Links, analysis and additional reading ​
Briefer on Waste Disposal HERE
This two page summary of the NRCan discussion paper was produced by Northwatch and summarizes the NRCan paper, identifies what's missing, makes initial suggestions of areas for comment. It is a draft document. 

NRCan Discussion Paper
 HERE
NRCan Forum for comments HERE
Receive more information HERE
MARCH 23 PREPARATORY SESSION Presentation Slides HERE

  • ENGO Backgrounder on Principles of Radioactive Waste Management, 2021
  • Know Nuclear Waste web site about NWMO’s nuclear waste burial project
  • Nuclear  Waste: Abandonment versus Rolling Stewardship, paper by Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
  • Securing the Future - A Risk-Reduced Approach to Nuclear Fuel Waste Management (draft), Northwatch, 2021
  • Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area’s web page about CNL’s “Near Surface Disposal Facility”
  • Rock Solid report by GeneWatch reviewing technical and scientific uncertainties of deep geological repositories
  • MKG’s web site about the SKB nuclear waste burial project
  • Beyond Nuclear  page about deep borehole disposal
  • Presentation on the Port Hope Area Initiative by the Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee, March 2021
  • CNSC Regulatory Documents related to radioactive waste management and ENGO critiques 

Radioactive Waste Characterization & Classification and Radioactive Waste Transport - Preparatory Webinar  15 March
Briefing Paper on Waste Characterization and Classification HERE
March 15 preparatory webinar presentation slides HERE 

Principles of Radioactive Waste Management
March 3rd Webinar Slides HERE
Waste Minimization
  • ENGO Backgrounder on Principles of Radioactive Waste Management, 2021
  • IAEA’s nine principles
  •  IAEA Objectives
  • ​IAEA document Policies and Strategies for Radioactive Waste Management
  • A Joint Declaration between the Anishinabek Nation and the Iroquois Caucus on the transport and abandonment of radioactive waste
  • U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that states “no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place in the lands or territories of indigenous e 
  • Canada’s current Radioactive Waste Policy Framework 
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  • Rolling Stewardship
  • Nuclear Guardianship
Briefer on Waste Minimization HERE

CLEARANCE LEVELS AND FREE RELEASE
  • Issue summary: Radioactive Waste and Clearance Levels
  • Notes on Radioactive Waste Clearance Levels - Canada and Internati
  • Out of Control – On Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste into Landfills and Consumer Products Nuclear Information and Resource Service, 2007​
  • Radionuclide Information Booklet - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission – See Part 4 which summarizes clearance and free release levels
  • Clearance and Recycling of Material from Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations in Various Countries 2019
  • CRITERIA FOR “CLEARANCE”: CONTROLLING THE RELEASE OF SOLID
    MATERIALS OF VERY LOW AVERAGE ACTIVITY FOR REUSE, RECYCLING AND 
    DISPOSAL, European Committee on Radiation Risk, June 2003 
  • Trend of strengthening clearance regulation in Japan and (industry) concerns about its worldwide effects on regulations for natural and artificial radionuclides 2020 Research Article
RECYCLING AND REPROCESSING
  • ​Reprocessing / Retraitement  (Key points /Points clés), CCNR 2021
  • Reprocessing ~ The Plutonium Agenda (CCNR)
  • Plutonium – How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare (2019)
  • Nuclear Reprocessing: Dangerous, Dirty, and Expensive, Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Reprocessing Is Not the “Solution” to the Nuclear Waste Problem, NIRS
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