Ten Things to Know About the Giant Radioactive Waste Dump Coming to the Ottawa River

 by Lynn Jones, Ottawa River Institute The Ottawa River is a Canadian Heritage River that flows past Parliament Hill. It has untold value as a beautiful natural and historical treasure. The river is sacred for the Algonquin People whose ancestral territory it defines. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), also

We Must STOP the Radioactive Waste Storage Project Beside the Ottawa River    

 By Lynn Jones Several citizens’ groups from Ontario and Quebec are ringing alarm bells about waste slated for disposal in a giant radioactive waste mound one kilometre from the Ottawa River, 180 km upstream from Ottawa, Gatineau, and Montreal. The groups cite nuclear experts who say the waste will remain

Radioactive Waste Dump on Ottawa River has Citizens Furious

 A massive new radioactive waste dump located on the Ottawa River has been proposed. Residents of Chalk River, Ontario, the community closest to the facility, are voicing their anger and fear. Currently under review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the proposed 30-hectare “Near Surface Disposal Facility” would dispose of