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They say the answer lies in the sleepy community of Kincardine, Ont., where the world’s largest operating nuclear plant, Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, is located.

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It also happens to be 1.2 kilometres from the shores of Lake Huron.

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It’s a plan not without controversy.

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McFadzean has deep roots in this part of Canada with family ties stretching back to 1928. She watched the community of Kincardine embrace nuclear energy in its infancy and prosper since.

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The head spaces she is referring to are those who support the project and those who furiously oppose it. The two sides are locked in a battle that has caught international attention.

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Their conclusion is that nowhere cheap Canada Goose would be as safe as Kincardine.

Other suggestions for alternate locations W5 encountered ranged from burial in remote northern Ontario to leaving the waste where it is currently (stored above ground beside two of the five Great Lakes) to moving it to another province.

“We don’t have any other alternatives,” says Rhodes on whether or not using a DGR is even necessary, but he buy canada goose jacket cheap doesn’t believe OPG is going about it Canada Goose Parka the right way by trying to store the waste in a low lying area.

“Sooner or later there is going to be a water connection cheap canada goose uk out of the DGR to the outside.

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