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NWMO to select Canadian repository site this year
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a not-for-profit organization responsible for the long-term management of the country’s intermediate- and high-level radioactive waste, is set to select a site for a deep geologic repository by the end of the year.
Stephen A. Andrews, Madison T. Andrews, Thomas E. Mason
Nuclear Technology | Volume 207 | Number 1 | December 2021 | Pages S134-S146
Critical Review | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1913033
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During the Second World War, Canada made several important contributions to wartime nuclear research efforts. The three main contributions were: establishing a domestic nuclear research laboratory in Montreal to investigate heavy water reactor; creating supply chains to provide uranium oxide, heavy water, and polonium to the Manhattan Project; and the direct contributions of several Canadians living in the United States to the project. These wartime efforts helped establish a legacy of nuclear research in Canada that has persisted to the present day.