NWMO Northern Ontario Media Tour
Members of Northern Ontario media are photographed to mark their visit to the Pickering Nuclear Plant's used nuclear fuel dry storage facility (behind them are containers of used nuclear fuel). Photo courtesy NWMO
Dry storage of used nuclear fuel at the Pickering Nuclear Plant. Photo courtesy NWMO
TORONTO, ON – January 25th through 27th members of Northern Ontario media were invited to participate in a media tour sponsored by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to provide them with information and resources to more accurately cover news related to the NWMO’s Adaptive Phased Management for the long-term care of used nuclear fuel.
As part of the tour, media visited the NWMO offices in Toronto, the Pickering Nuclear Plant and, in Ottawa the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, it is at the latter that OntarioNewsNorth.com Editor Karina Hunter had the opportunity to sit with Don Howard,Director of Wastes and Decommissioning Division Directorate of Nuclear Cycle and Facilities Regulation, watch that interview below and keep reading OntarioNewsNorth.com (and Subscribe to www.youtube.com/KarinaHunter) for more from the NWMO Media Tour.
MORE INFO
- Learn more about the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Learn more about the NWMO’s plan for the management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel
