Tories approve plan to search for site to bury nuclear waste
Ottawa has approved a plan to search for an underground storage site to permanently dispose of nuclear waste, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn announced Thursday.
“It’s important that we set up permanent, long-term, safe, secure storage that’s going to ensure the protection of the environment,” Lunn said.
Canada’s nuclear reactors produce about 85,000 bundles of spent fuel a year. Currently, the waste is dipped into giant pools to cool off for about a decade, then stored in titanium containers.
