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Federal Minister Delays Decision On Nuclear Waste Depository, Erika Simpson
Federal Minister Delays Decision On Nuclear Waste Depository, Erika Simpson
Political Science Publications
The federal minister of the environment, Catherine McKenna, has dealt a setback to the proposal put forward by government-owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG), for the underground storage of nuclear waste. The proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) would be located in Kincardine, Ontario, approximately 1.2 kilometres away from the shore of Lake Huron, and constructed underneath the world's largest operating nuclear power plant.