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Port Hope's radioactive past fuels pushback against proposed nuclear reactor
Residents say the 10,000-megawatt project would sit beside ongoing cleanup of about 1,200 contaminated sites and 3 million metric tons of waste.
- The Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build a massive nuclear power plant in Port Hope, sparking outrage among residents who say the community has already borne radioactive contamination costs for decades.
- Port Hope has grappled with radioactive waste since the 1930s, when an Eldorado mining plant began refining uranium for the Manhattan Project, leaving contaminated soil across the community for decades.
- Resident Faye More, 75, expressed outrage at the announcement, saying the community has felt "invisible for about 80 years in the matter of the operation of these plants" while a $2.6-billion remediation plan continues.
- Ontario Power Generation spokesperson Neal Kelly defended the project, stating it would operate under "stringent federal oversight" while supporting more than 10,500 jobs and providing up to 10,000 megawatts of power capacity.
- Seeking federal protection, More and other residents have petitioned under the upcoming National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism, which aims to address "existing inequalities faced by Indigenous, racialized or otherwise marginalized communities" in environmental decisions.
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Port Hope’s radioactive past fuels pushback against proposed nuclear reactor
PORT HOPE - When the Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build what could become one of the world's largest nuclear power plants in a picturesque community of roughly 18,000 people, the news came wrapped in a series…
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Port Hope's radioactive past fuels pushback against proposed nuclear reactor
PORT HOPE - When the Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build what could become one of the world's largest nuclear power plants in a picturesque community of roughly 18,000 people, the news came wrapped in a series of celebratory speeches.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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