Ottawa yet to decide whether reprocessing spent nuclear fuel

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Ottawa yet to decide whether reprocessing spent nuclear fuel should be allowed in Canada

Matthew McClearn, Globe and Mail, September 26 2023

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EXCERPT: "More than two years after it provided tens of millions of dollars to a company seeking to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the Canadian government has yet to decide whether the practice should be allowed on Canadian soil.

Reprocessing involves extracting uranium and plutonium from irradiated fuel to make new fuel. In March, 2021, the government provided Moltex Energy with $50.5-million to support development of a reprocessing facility (known as Waste To Stable Salt, or WATSS) and a reactor that would burn fuel it produced. Moltex plans to construct both at New Brunswick Power’s Point Lepreau station, on the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy. . . . . "

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