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Angst in Canada over nuclear waste dumping

No one will be forced to accept nuke waste: group By Angela Hall, Leader-Post December 8, 2009 No community will be forced into becoming the site for a nuclear waste repository, says the organization struck to put in place a long-term plan for the used fuel.At an information session in Regina on Monday, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) asked for public input on the proposed process that will be used to select a potential location for underground storage of spent fuel. That process won’t be finalized until sometime next year.But NWMO communications manager Michael Krizanc said one thing that’s already certain is that only communities willing to host the project will be considered candidates…….

the Saskatchewan Party government has said it’s not interested in storing nuclear waste here because people don’t support the idea, a sentiment Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd repeated last week.

No one will be forced to accept nuke waste: group

December 10, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Canada, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive