Letter: Maybe we could store nuclear waste at Saskatchewan legislature

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April 30, 2023

From: Murray Marien

A reader points out a means to dispose of nuclear waste remains elusive and that Canada continues to store the most per capita.

With all the talk about small nuclear reactors (SMR), I thought I would do some research on how the nuclear waste is being disposed of. Apparently it’s not being disposed of at all! There are no plans to dispose of the waste.

It’s “managed” at the facilities that produce it. So 75 years of discussion about nuclear waste disposal hasn’t produced a solution.

There also are some other interesting facts that you can search online. Canada has the largest amount of nuclear waste per person in the world, according to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization website. We have 3.2 million used nuclear bundles as of 2022.

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