The Plan To Turn My Hometown Into A Nuclear Waste Dump
CANADALAND
English - January 24, 2022 08:05 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB - ★★★★ - 121 ratingsNews Commentary News Politics news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Canada has a nuclear problem... a nuclear waste problem. Since the dawn of nuclear power technology, solutions to waste have all been remarkably temporary given the longevity of the danger the material presents.
For decades, the hunt for a solution has spanned across provinces — even across countries. But the hope is that by 2023 Canada will have found a home - and permanent solution - for all of the country's nuclear waste.
This endeavor is pitting neighbour against neighbour — community against community. And the stakes are high for the future of the nuclear industry.
CANADALAND senior producer Sarah Lawrynuik ventures to Northwestern Ontario to bring you this story.
Further reading:
Small northwestern Ontario town considers if it's willing to house nuclear waste from across Canada, CBC NewsHolding in the deep: What Canada wants to do with its decades-old pileup of nuclear waste, The NarwhalNuclear's Role in Canada's Low-Carbon Future?, Energy vs Climate podcast30,000 shipments of nuclear waste would move through Ontario cities, farmland under draft plan, CBC NewsHow to build a nuclear warning for 10,000 years' time, BBC News
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