In January, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission amended Chalk River Laboratories’ licence to allow it to build a near-surface disposal facility to store contaminated soil, industrial radiation sources, and radioactive demolition debris. In March, the plan was stalled after a federal court sided with First Nations who said consultation with Indigenous communities had been inadequate. And yet, over the summer, nuclear waste was secretly transported to Chalk River for disposal.
Bloc Québécois Letter Demands Halt to Nuclear Waste Transports to Chalk River
