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Storing Canada's nuclear waste in one single location will not be a process that will happen overnight, this year, or even in the next decade or two. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is considering New Brunswick, along with Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan (all of which are Canada's nuclear provinces) as possible areas to house the nation's used nuclear fuel in the long-term, all in an underground repository. Mike Krizanc, spokesman for the NWMO, said the process of setting guidelines for choosing a site will likely take the rest of 2009 to cement. But that would be just filling the foundation of the entire project.

"Recent media reports have suggested a respected institute has thrown cold water on the notion of a nuclear renaissance for Canada. My reading of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) report is the renaissance may not come as fast here as in some other countries, but it is nonetheless real. After all, the Chinese, Indians, Americans, French, Italians, South Koreans, and people from other nations are moving forward with nuclear power development."