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Thanks to politicians corrupted by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a U.S. mining company is poised to make commercial profit by spreading uranium contamination across eastern Ontario and western Quebec. However, activists led by Grandmother Donna Dillman and Native-Canadian associates have sought to inspire opposition against a $3-million financing deal by an American exploration company. This U.S. transnational enterprise seeks to redevelop a decades-old uranium project near Haliburton in eastern Ontario.
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The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is seeking public input as they begin the process of trying to find a long-term storage facility site for used nuclear fuel.
Although New Brunswick, a province that uses nuclear energy, has been named as a potential site for the storage facility, Energy Minister Jack Keir says it's too early to pass judgment on the merits of such a facility. He adds that the government believes in the process the organization is undertaking.
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Native leaders in Saskatchewan held a conference yesterday to talk about nuclear waste.
The Nuclear Waste management Organization is talking with communities in the hopes of finding a spot to put all of Canada's nuclear waste. They are only in the first stages, they want to consult with different communities, get feedback, and then select a site.
Saskatchewan was approached because of the uranium mining done here.
The FSIN says they are cautious about the idea, they aren't going to make any quick decisions.
Other sites considered are in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec.
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This inquiry took place April of 2008 and has dozens of presentations on uranium mining issues. Couldn't be a finer piece of material!
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Canadians have until Dec. 15 to make suggestions on the design of the process to select a storage facility site for high-level nuclear waste.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is responsible for the long-term management of Canada's used nuclear fuel. It was established in 2002 by Ontario Power Generation Inc., Hydro- Québec and New Brunswick Power Corporation, under the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act.
People can make a submission, participate in an online discussion or complete a survey on the NWMO website, a news release from the organization says.
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In June 2007, the Government of Canada selected Adaptive Phased Management (APM) as Canada's approach for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is committed to working collaboratively with interested and potentially affected citizens and organizations as it implements APM. The NWMO is launching a dialogue to design a process for identifying and selecting an informed and willing community to host a deep geological repository.
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The Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium (OCAMU) is an Ottawa-based community association. Our mission is as follows:
We are a group of Ottawa citizens acting to ensure that Ottawa's water, air and surrounding ecosystem remain free of the byproducts of uranium mining. Uranium mining would poison these basic elements irreversibly. Our goal is to raise awareness and request a moratorium on uranium mineral prospecting, exploration, and mining in the Ottawa watershed. We call on our local political representatives to fulfill their responsibility of ensuring a healthy Ottawa.
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After a long and challenging 14 months, Cameco Corporation has received permission to resume production at its uranium hexaflouride (UF6) plant.
“We’re in the final stages of putting the plant back into operation and production should start within the next several days,” said Andy Oliver, vice president of Cameco’s fuel services division, during a presentation to Port Hope council on Sept. 16.
He detailed the status of the contamination at Cameco’s Port Hope conversion plant.
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British Columbia, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Cameco Corp has resolved the leak problem at its Port Hope, Ontario, nuclear conversion plant and hopes to restart it at a reduced rate within the next few days, the company said on Tuesday.
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Lakeshore Road residents in partnership with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper are seeking an application for an investigation to determine whether Cameco Corporation may be in violation of Ontario's environmental laws. The province has until early November to respond to the request.
The Port Hope application was submitted to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario on Monday, Aug. 25, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper president and environmental lawyer Mark Mattson said Thursday, August 28.
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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., is sitting on a stockpile of orphaned bomb-grade uranium it doesn't want to talk about.
Since the Crown corporation pulled the plug in May on further development of its two troubled MAPLE reactors at its Chalk River, Ont., nuclear laboratories, officials have debated how to deal with the estimated 45 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) the United States exported to Canada for production of medical isotopes in the now-doomed reactors.
Whatever the options are now for the highly enriched uranium, AECL isn't saying.
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Managers of a landfill waste site in Cowansville said Tuesday they recently found radioactive material dumped in the trash.
The discovery was made when newly installed radiation detectors went off as a garbage truck rolled into the site.
The load was dumped on the ground and a worker with a handheld detector was able to identify the source of the radiation. "It turns out the radiation came from one old military aircraft dial," said Brigitte Nadeau, head of the regional waste management organization.
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Natural Resources Minister Donald Arseneault is vowing that uncovered uranium drill holes in the Moncton area will be filled soon or the company will face consequences.
"If a company does not follow the rules or does it negligently, I will not tolerate that," he said.
Arseneault didn't set a firm timeline for ensuring the holes are filled, but said he has the authority to revoke the company's claims if it's not done soon.
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The Department of Natural Resources is giving a mining company the benefit of the doubt that it will fill holes it left uncovered while drilling for uranium in the Moncton area, says a department spokeswoman.
But Kent South Conservative MLA Claude Williams is calling on government to fix the situation immediately, especially given that a local resident's well is now full of murky water.
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The Graham government still doesn't get it.
New Brunswickers have said loud and clear, time and time again, that they do not want uranium exploration and mining in the province. It is now clearer than ever that this government refuses to listen to the people.
Premier Graham has demonstrated once again that he is working for the uranium companies.
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Canada is the new home to a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq, the last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program.
The 550 tonnes of "yellowcake," the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment, was sold to Canadian uranium producer Cameco Corp. in a transaction the official described as worth "tens of millions of dollars."
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A Canadian company that acquired a reported 550 tonnes of yellowcake uranium from Iraq says that the U.S. military wanted the deal to be kept quiet.
"We were following the request of the U.S. government,'' Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. spokesperson Lyle Krahn told The Canadian Press of the clandestine route the material took to get out of Baghdad and to Canada.
more from www.ctv.ca
SAINT JOHN - The provincial government signaled Friday it is no longer open for uranium business after announcing a series of exploration restrictions, industry firms say.
The restrictions, banning uranium exploration in municipalities, watersheds, well fields and within 300 metres of private homes, have triggered concerns for investor confidence, with at least one firm reviewing its future in the province.
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GOLIAD – Residents can still comment on the ongoing uranium mining project in Goliad County.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality prepared the draft permit which is now available for public comment until July 25. Uranium Energy Corp. has not yet submitted its affidavit that it has printed a public notice, TCEQ spokeswoman Andrea Morrow said.
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