Etiket: Chalk
The Chalk River nuclear waste landfill project worries Environment Minister Benoit Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed Chalk River nuclear waste landfill site, asking it in particular to…
The proposed nuclear waste landfill in Chalk River worries Minister Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed nuclear waste burial site in Chalk River, asking it in particular…
Anishinaabe community challenges Chalk River nuclear dump in court
Kebaowek did not wait until after Quebec. The Anishinaabe community will challenge in court the green light given at the start of the year to the Chalk River nuclear dump…
Quebec will meet with the community of Kebaowek to discuss the Chalk River nuclear dump
The Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, will wait to meet with the Anishinaabe community of Kebaowek to take a position on the Chalk River nuclear dump project. His office…
Chalk River, or low-level nuclear governance
A few days ago, after several “rounds of work and consultations” that began in 2016, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) decided in favor of the near-surface waste management facility…
Landfill of nuclear waste | Green light for controversial Chalk River project
The controversial nuclear waste landfill project at Chalk River Laboratories, on the banks of the Ottawa River, will be able to move forward despite opposition from the cities of Gatineau…
Chalk River Nuclear Waste Landfill Project | “The place is bad and the method is bad”
A proposed nuclear waste burial site near the Ottawa River must be rejected because of the environmental risks it represents and because the authorization procedure is tainted by a conflict…
an anonymous person marks the name of wild flowers with chalk in the streets of Buxerolles
For several days and before the storms came to erase them, colored chalk inscriptions have been clearly visible in recent weeks in the streets of Buxerolles, near Poitiers. At the…
The Montreal Metropolitan Community opposes the Chalk River nuclear storage project
The Montreal Metropolitan Community (CMM) reiterated Monday its opposition to the Chalk River nuclear waste storage project, 300 kilometers upstream from its territory, due to fears about the quality of…
Fears and mistrust around the storage of radioactive waste at Chalk River
Jim Coffey knows the risk. For decades he has kayaked the most demanding rapids in the world’s rivers. “My job is to measure the risk and the rewards,” he summarizes…