Canada is still asking ..
1. What are your views on how radioactive waste is currently stored in Canada?
2. What should be the roles and responsibilities of government, the regulator, and waste
owners with respect to radioactive waste storage? /1
https://www.rncanengagenrcan.ca/sites/default/files/pictures/home/discussion-paper-waste-storage-facilities-11-15-2020-en.pdf
@NRCan is required to "review and modernize Canada’s Radioactive Waste Policy for future generations" as directed by @SeamusORegan & recommended by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in their Feb 2020 report /2
With claims of:
* "Canada has been a leader in the development & application of nuclear technologies for over half a century"
* "all radioactive waste is being managed safely"
* we require a "strong Radioactive Waste Policy"
STOP PRODUCING MORE WASTE /3
https://www.rncanengagenrcan.ca/en/collections/modernizing-canadas-radioactive-waste-policy
"The Canadian Radioactive Waste Management Policy Framework .. does not encompass all the needed policy elements nor a detailed strategy or corresponding arrangements that provide a strategy for radioactive waste management in Canada." (Feb 2020, p20) /4
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/documents/review-missions/irrs_canada_2019_final_report.pdf
As Canada pays MILLIONS to foreign, private nuclear corporations led by SNC Lavalin. "Federal funding for the 2016–17 fiscal year was set at $969 million, to be used toward the contractor’s operating expenses and the Corporation’s [AECL] operations" /5
https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_201711_07_e_42672.html
As staff move from Canada's regulatory bodies to the private controlled nuclear organizations & corporations, the line between safe waste management becomes very blurred. Where the puppet becomes the puppeteer? For example former prime minister is now nuclear "advisor" /6
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