Groups Ask Ottawa to Press 'Pause' on Nuclear Waste Disposal

摘要

More than 100 public interest organizations, environmental groups and others are calling on the federal government to suspend all decision-making regarding radioactive nuclear waste disposal. In a letter to Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, they describe Canada's current nuclear waste policy as "deficient," saying it must be improved in consultation with the public and Indigenous peoples. Among the signatories are numerous groups in northern Ontario, including Thunder Bay-based Environment North and Keep Nuclear Waste Out of Northwestern Ontario. The letter follows a February report from the International Atomic Energy Agency which recommended that the government "enhance" its existing radioactive waste management policy.