Nuclear Industry (2546 articles) Currently, there are four nuclear power generation sites in the Lake Ontario watershed: Bruce Nuclear (on Lake Huron), Pickering, Darlington, and Oswego. There are also a number of manufacturing facilities associated with the nuclear industry, including Cameco in Port Hope and GE in Peterborough. Contaminated wastewater, air emissions, releases of hot cooling water, intake pipes, and waste all affect Lake Ontario’s natural environment.
|  | Alex Roslin in the Montreal Gazette writes about the meaning of "safe" radiation levels in Canada on January 14, 2012:
But nuclear critics Dr. Dale Dewar and Gordon Edwards say Ottawa's notion of what is a "safe" level of radiation can still cause serious health risks for some people.In fact, Canada's ceiling for radiation in food is set at a level that would lead to 5,000... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Nuclear Industry |
| | | John Spears in the Toronto Star on November 18, 2011 writes about dwindling value of Ontario Power Generation's nuclear cleanup funds:
One more risk of nuclear power: Ontario Power Generation recorded a third-quarter loss because of a sharp decline in the value of funds set aside for nuclear clean-ups.The provincially-owned utility saw higher production from nuclear and... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Nuclear Industry Ontario Other |
| | | Timothy Chipp in the Niagara Gazette writes about a NY State radioactive waste site on November 12, 2011:
The LOOW site was established after the federal government seized 7,200 acres of land in 1941, in the area now occupied partially by the Lewiston-Porter School District, for the purposes of creating the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT). Production lasted only nine months in... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law New York State Nuclear Industry Waste Management |
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