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The material contained below relates to radioactive waste and may be of interest to persons concerned about this issue. Source is Wikipedia.
West Valley Reprocessing Plant was a formerly operational plant for the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel at West Valley, New York, USA. It was operated from 1966-72. During this time period, 600,000 gallons of highly radioactive waste accumulated in an underground waste tank. Escalating regulation required plant modifications which were deemed uneconomic, and the plant was shut down.
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http://www.beyondnuclear.org is a web site focused on radioactive waste. An excellent resource

I have recently completed a document related to
the relicensing of Canada's Chalk River Laboratories.

It is addressed to the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission and is a submission to CNSC on behalf
of the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew Country..

It includes some eye-opening material on the NRU
reactor and the production of medical radioisotopes
at Chalk River.

Gordon Edwards.

http://ccnr.org/crl_sacrifice.pdf

Due to popular requests for copies of certain articles by
Gordon Edwards, a new section of the CCNR web site
has been created containing some of these writings:

http://ccnr.org/essays_answers.html

New articles will be added as they become available.

The Big Lies Fly High

Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment

By KARL GROSSMAN

The global nuclear industry and its allies in government are making a
desperate effort to cover up the consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster. "The big lie flies high," comments Kevin Kamps of the
organization Beyond Nuclear.

Canada's Port Hope reaps uranium's rewards and risks Thu Jun 2, 2011 4:44pm EDT Print This Article [-] Text [+]

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By Julie Gordon

PORT HOPE, Ontario (Reuters) - The lakeside town of Port Hope, Ontario, encompasses both the promise and the dark side of the nuclear industry, booming with the sector, yet saddled with contamination from when it helped build the bomb.

This site leads to weekly information re Nuclear Issues, News, Studies and Press Releases relating to Nuclear

http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca

This is an excellent site for weekly information. While it is primarily a Green Site and focuses on alternative energy it often contains information articles about Nuclear Issues.

http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca