Deep Geologic Repository for Radioactive Waste
TheCanadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has announced
the availability of up to
$175,000 under its
Participant Funding Program to assist groups and individuals to
participate in the environmental assessment of Ontario Power
Generation’s (OPG) proposed facility for the long-term disposal of
low and intermediate level radioactive waste in
Ontario.
receive funding, successful applicants must participate in the
environmental assessment of the project. The funding is intended
for the upcoming steps in the joint review panel
process.
funding review committee, independent of the environmental
assessment process, will consider all applications and make
recommendations on funding awards. Applications received by the
Agency no later than April 22,
2011will be
considered.
Information on the Participant Funding
Program, including the Participant Funding Program Guide and the
application form, is available at
target=”_blank”>www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca
. Information on the proposed project is also available
on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry, under reference
number 06-05-17520.
proposing to construct and operate a facility for the long-term
disposal of low and intermediate level radioactive waste at the
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Bruce Peninsula
along the shores of Lake Huron near Kincardine.
The
project will hold waste currently stored on the Bruce Nuclear site
in the interim Western Waste Management Facility, as well as waste
produced from the continued operations of nuclear generating
stations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington,
Ontario.
related news, a Canadian environmental group has urged
regulators to delay hearings related to the construction of new
nuclear reactors at an Ontario nuclear power
plant.
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a nongovernmental organization, said
Canada’s Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) should delay hearings
that are set to begin soon about the Darlington project, located 70
kilometers (40 miles) east of Toronto, on the shores of Lake
Ontario.
The Darlington power station already provides for about 20
percent of Ontario’s electricity needs, according to the Ontario
Power Generation (OPG) website.
Waterkeeper asked the CNSC to postpone the hearing to give time
to study the Japanese crisis and answer important questions about
the Darlington project.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment
Agency administers the federal environmental assessment process,
which identifies the environmental effects of proposed projects and
measures to address those effects, in support of sustainable
development.
