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Recent Developments in Nuclear Waste Management in Canada.


DE2005829579

Publication Date 2002
Personal Author King, F.
Page Count 10
Abstract This paper describes recent developments in the field of nuclear waste management in Canada with a focus on management of nuclear fuel waste. Of particular significance is the April 2001 tabling in the Canadian House of Commons of Bill C-27, An Act respecting the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste. At the time of finalizing this paper (January 15, 2002), Bill C-27 is in Third Reading in the House of Commons and is expected to move to the Senate in February. The Nuclear Fuel Waste Act is expected to come into force later in 2002. This Act requires the three nuclear utilities in Canada owning nuclear fuel waste to form a waste management organization and deposit funds into a segregated fund for nuclear fuel waste long-term management. The waste management organization is then required to perform a study of long-term management approaches for nuclear fuel waste and submit the study to the federal government within three years. The federal government will select an approach for implementation by the waste management organization. The paper discusses the activities that the nuclear fuel waste owners currently have underway to prepare for the formation of the waste management organization. As background, the paper reviews the status of interim storage of nuclear fuel waste in Canada, and describes previous initiatives related to the development of a national strategy for nuclear fuel waste long-term management.
Keywords
  • Waste management
  • Nuclear fuels
  • Implementation
  • Waste storage
  • National government
  • Management
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Ontario Power Generation, Toronto, Ontario (Candada).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200521
Recent Developments in Nuclear Waste Management in Canada.
Recent Developments in Nuclear Waste Management in Canada.
DE2005829579

  • Waste management
  • Nuclear fuels
  • Implementation
  • Waste storage
  • National government
  • Management
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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