Federal Court-Puts Chalk River Nuclear Waste Dump on Hold

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Federal Court Sides With First Nation, Puts Chalk River Nuclear Waste Dump on Hold

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March 31, 2025 The Energy Mix

EXCERPT: "Plans for a nuclear waste storage site along the Ottawa River are stalled after the Federal Court of Canada sided with Kebaowek First Nation in two separate legal challenges over inadequate consultation and impacts on endangered species.

In mid-March, Justice Russel Zinn ruled in favour of the First Nation, agreeing that the Chalk River nuclear waste dump—planned one kilometre from the Ottawa River at the site of Chalk River Laboratories—would be a threat to the endangered Blanding’s Turtle and two bat species, reported CBC News. . . . . "

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