Each week, the Kenora Miner & News will be posing a different question to all 13 individuals running for a seat on Kenora’s ...

New radiological consequence analyses for Switzerland's proposed deep geological repository at Nördlich Lägern show ...

Canada’s first deep geological repository (DGR) for nuclear waste may be designated as a project of national interest, meaning federal approvals for the $26-billion endeavour may be streamlined. The ...

Deep beneath the rolling farmland of northern Switzerland, in a band of 170-million-year-old claystone lying 800 to 900 ...

The City of Dryden is appealing to Canada’s Major Projects Office not to designate the proposed deep geological repository ...

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies to work with to design and plan the deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel that will be built in northwestern Ontario.

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 18, 2026 /CNW/ -- Canada is advancing the critical infrastructure needed to build a stronger, more sustainable, and more independent economy. Investing in nation-building ...

A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep underground. Schemes take many years to plan, and many more years to build, but ...

OTTAWA, ON, April 10, 2026 /CNW/ - The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are conducting an integrated assessment for the proposed Deep ...

Other projects currently in line for designation include the Mackenzie Valley Highway and the Grays Bay Road and Port project ...

This presentation explores the role of microorganisms in the engineered barrier system of a deep geological repository (DGR) for used nuclear fuel, with a focus on bentonite clay and surrounding ...