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The next step has been completed in the process toward building a Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) at the Bruce Nuclear site in Kincardine, for low-level and intermediate-level nuclear waste. Jan. 24, federal environment minister Peter Kent and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) president Michael Binder announced the establishment of a three-member joint panel to review Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s proposed project for the long-term management of low- and intermediate-level waste in Ontario. Dr. Stella Swanson has been appointed as the panel chairperson and Dr.
James F. Archibald and Dr. Gunter Muecke have been appointed as
members of the panel. A review panel is a group of experts selected on the basis of their knowledge and expertise and appointed by the federal environment ministry. The role of the panel is to review and assess in an impartial and objective manner, a project with possible adverse environmental effects. Review panels have the unique capacity to encourage an open discussion and exchange of views. They often involve large numbers of interested groups and members of the public who can present evidence, concerns and recommendations at public hearings. A joint review panel agreement establishes the mandate and authorities of the panel, its composition, as well as the procedures and timeline for the review. Under the agreement, the panel will conduct an examination of the environmental effects of the proposed project to meet the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The panel will also obtain the information necessary for the consideration of the licence application under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act to prepare a site and to construct the DGR facility. The agreement, along with more information on the project, is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca , Reference No. 06-05-17520 as well as on the website of the CNSC at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca .
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About the ProjectOPG is proposing to construct and operate a facility for the long-term management of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste at the Bruce Nuclear site, near the shores of Lake Huron in the Municipality of Kincardine. The project will hold waste currently in interim storage on the Bruce Nuclear site in the Western Waste Management Facility, as well as the wastes that continue to be produced by the operation of nuclear generating stations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington. Low-level waste consists of industrial items that have become
contaminated with low levels of radioactivity during routine clean-up
and maintenance activities at nuclear generating stations.
Intermediate-level radioactive waste consists primarily of used
nuclear reactor components, ion-exchange resins, and filters used to
purify reactor systems. Used nuclear fuel will not be stored or
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