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Port Hope home sellers fight for fair compensation
Northumberland News
- Multi-million dollar, federally-funded project to clean up/store historic low-level radioactive/industrial waste from activities of former Crown corporation, Eldorado Nuclear. - Crown corporation sold/privatized in early 1980s, now owned by Cameco ...

NWMO did not prove repository concept is safe, says Northwatch spokesperson
Elliot Lake Standard
“Whether we are talking about Toronto garbage or PCBs from Japan or low-level waste from Port Hope or nuclear fuel waste, there is a pattern of waste proponents looking to transfer that waste to Northern Ontario for a profit.

Port Hope's real estate definitely undervalued
Northumberland News
But, according to the property value report, a data analysis of housing sales from 2001 through 2011 did not show nuclear-related issues as a major factor in lower home sale prices in Port Hope versus Cobourg, a gap of $30000 in 2010. Not all agree.

Cameco's requests to nuclear commission opposed by Northwatch
Sault Star
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission heard the application from Cameco Blind River late last week in Port Hope, Ont., and a decision is expected in the coming weeks. Cameco, whose current five-year licence expires Feb.

Feds invest $1.28 billion in Ontario radioactive waste cleanup
Solid Waste & Recycling
The waste, which is currently being stored at waste management facilities and other sites in Port Hope and Clarington, came from radium and uranium processing in Port Hope between 1933 and 1988 by the former federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear ...

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Feds invest $1.28 billion in Ont radioactive waste cleanup
Ecolog.com (subscription)
The waste, which is currently being stored at waste management facilities and other sites in Port Hope and Clarington, came from radium and uranium processing in Port Hope between 1933 and 1988 by the former federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear ...

Bus kids out of Port Hope
Toronto Star
It will not be possible to dig up over 1.2 million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste over the next 10 years without mishap if the history of nuclear waste disposal is any guide. Even low-level waste is harmful. A good course, other than ...
Hope for Port Hope?NorthumberlandView.ca

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Hope for Port Hope?
NorthumberlandView.ca
“We are so thrilled – so relieved – that the government is recognizing how important it is to clean up Port Hope,” says Waterkeeper Mark Mattson. Meanwhile, hundreds of people are intervening in a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing happening in ...
Bus kids out of Port HopeToronto Star

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A.V. Club DC
Degrassi High
A.V. Club DC
(He was also almost molested in a car by a travelling salesman one time, while hitchhiking from Toronto to Port Hope.) Yes, the dramatic and cosmic ironies abound; but it seems out-and-out mean. And ditto the time Dwayne punches one of the newly ...

World Nuclear News
Life in Port Hope just fine, even with radioactive waste
Northumberland News
Port Hope is in the midst of a $260 million, federally-funded project to clean up and store (long-term) historic low-level radioactive and industrial waste resulting from the activities of the former crown corporation, Eldorado Nuclear, which was sold ...
Government promises $1.28-billion for local historic waste clean upNorthumberland Today
Federal cash for legacy waste clean-upWorld Nuclear News

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Government promises $1.28-billion for local historic waste clean up
Northumberland Today
"We have licences from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and we are ready to go." It's estimated it will take approximately two years before the shovels hit the ground to start with the actual cleanup. The Port Hope Project involves the ...
Federal cash for legacy waste clean-upWorld Nuclear News

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Canadian government to fund nuclear waste storage projects
Power Engineering Magazine
The government said it would invest C$1.28 billion ($1.26 billion) of federal funds to address some 1.7 million cubic metres of waste resulting from five decades of radium and uranium refining operations at Port Hope and Clarington, Ontario by the ...
Life in Port Hope just fine, even with radioactive wasteNorthumberland News
Federal cash for legacy waste clean-upWorld Nuclear News
Government promises $1.28-billion for local historic waste clean upNorthumberland Today

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Federal cash for legacy waste clean-up
World Nuclear News
The waste resulted from radium and uranium processing carried out between 1933 and 1988 by the former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear Limited and its private sector predecessors. The Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) was set up in 2001 through a ...

Feds to clean up radioactive waste in Port Hope
CP24, Canada
The waste came from radium and uranium refining operations of the former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear and its private sector predecessors from 1933 to 1988. Ottawa says about 1.7 million cubic metres of the waste is located at sites in Port Hope ...
$1.28B for Port Hope radioactive cleanupCBC.ca
Ottawa antes up cash for Port Hope waste cleanupNorthumberland News
10-year cleanup of radioactive waste in Port Hope, Ont., to cost $1.28 billionWinnipeg Free Press
Toronto Star -MarketWatch (press release)
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Le nettoyage des déchets nucléaires de Port Hope nécessitera 1,28 G$ sur 10 ans
Contrepoids
Les déchets proviennent d'opérations de raffinage de radium et d'uranium effectuées par l'ancienne société de la Couronne Eldorado Nuclear et ses prédécesseurs du secteur privé de 1933 à 1988. Selon le gouvernement fédéral, environ 1,7 million de ...

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$1.28B for Port Hope radioactive cleanup
CBC.ca
Ottawa says it will spend $1.28 billion over 10 years to clean up low-level radioactive waste in the Port Hope area east of Toronto. The waste came from radium and uranium refining operations of the former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear and its ...
Feds to clean up radioactive waste in Port HopeCP24, Canada
Ottawa antes up cash for Port Hope waste cleanupNorthumberland News
10-year cleanup of radioactive waste in Port Hope, Ont., to cost $1.28 billionWinnipeg Free Press
Toronto Star -MarketWatch (press release)
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Feds to clean up radioactive waste in Port Hope
CP24, Canada
The waste came from radium and uranium refining operations of the former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear and its private sector predecessors from 1933 to 1988. Ottawa says about 1.7 million cubic metres of the waste is located at sites in Port Hope ...
Ottawa antes up cash for Port Hope waste cleanupNorthumberland News
10-year cleanup of radioactive waste in Port Hope, Ont., to cost $1.28 billionWinnipeg Free Press
Port Hope radioactive cleanup gets $1.28B federal fundingToronto Star
MarketWatch (press release)
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CANADA IN BRIEF
TheChronicleHerald.ca
... years to clean up low-level radioactive waste in the Port Hope area east of Toronto. The waste came from radium and uranium refining operations of the former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear and its private sector predecessors from 1933 to 1988. ...

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Port Hope: le nettoyage prendra 10 ans (PC)
BRANCHEZ- VOUS Science - Ma Terre
... Eldorado Nuclear et ses prédécesseurs du secteur privé de 1933 à 1988. Selon le gouvernement fédéral, environ 1,7 million de mètres cubes de déchets se trouvent dans des dépôts à Port Hope et Clarington, à environ 100 kilomètres à l'est de Toronto. ...

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Ottawa antes up cash for Port Hope waste cleanup
Northumberland News
office is a partnership of Natural Resources Canada, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Public Works and Government Services Canada. • Port Hope Project involves construction of an engineered above ground mound and supporting infrastructure at site of ...
10-year cleanup of radioactive waste in Port Hope, Ont., to cost $1.28 billionWinnipeg Free Press
Port Hope radioactive cleanup gets $1.28B federal fundingToronto Star
Government of Canada Announces Funding for Implementation Phase of the Port ...MarketWatch (press release)

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