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Perspectives on the Review of AECL's Proposal for Disposing of Canada's Nuclear Fuel Waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

K.W. Dormuth ,
P.A. Gillespie  and
S.H. Whitaker
K.W. Dormuth
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, R0E 1L0, Canada, dormuthk@aecl.ca
P.A. Gillespie
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, R0E 1L0, Canada
S.H. Whitaker
Affiliation:
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Whiteshell Laboratories, Pinawa, Manitoba, R0E 1L0, Canada
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Abstract

A federal Environmental Assessment Panel has completed public hearings on the proposed concept for geological disposal of Canada's nuclear fuel waste. The Panel will make recommendations to assist the governments of Canada and Ontario in reaching decisions on the acceptability of the proposed concept and on the steps that must be taken to ensure the safe long-term management of nuclear fuel waste in Canada. It is instructive to review the background to the public hearings, to consider the issues that have been important in the public review, and to reflect on the opposing points of view presented at the hearings.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 506: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXI , 1997 , 637
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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