Canadian Agency Delays Approving Nuclear Waste Site

摘要

A controversial Canadian nuclear waste repository near Lake Huron in Ontario is facing another delay in the approval process from by the Canadian government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's administration has asked the Ontario Power Generation utility to answer more questions and provide more details about storing the low-level and mid-level radioactive material in alternative locations. The original proposed repository would sit 2,230 feet below the surface and less than a mile from the lake shore.