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Petition to revoke the licensing of the Near Surface Nuclear Disposal Facility (NSDF)  at Chalk River.

The word is getting around that dumping a million cubic metres of long-lived radioactive waste 1 km from the Ottawa River is not a great idea, particularly without the free, prior and informed consent of Kebaowek First Nation, on whose unceded territory this flawed project would be located.

A new e-petition calls on the Government of Canada “to issue a directive under Section 19 (1) of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act to order the CNSC to revoke the licensing of the NSDF at Chalk River.” A very good idea.The link is 

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7247

Just one small correction — most of the radionuclides in the waste will remain radioactive for millennia, so the radioactivity will not “wear off” in 300 years.

March 18, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, Events