Gold Standard or Standstill? Reflections on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Dr. Keefer and Decouple producer Dylan Moon reflect on their visit
to Ontario's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). The NWMO
is tasked with designing, siting, and building a Deep Geological
Repository (DGR) for the long-term storage of used nuclear fuel.
Although decades of engineering and a current annual budget of over
$100 million have led to a robust and safe storage solution, the
organization's "gold standard" consent-based siting process leaves
no clear path for the project to ever break ground. Learn more
about the Deep Geological Repository project from nuclear operator
Sheila Whytock's appearance on the We CANDU It podcast:
https://anchor.fm/wecanduit/episodes/Deep-Geologic-Repository--Willing-to-Listen-feat-Sheila-Whytock-eqo293/a-a4n6q4k