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Panel Report
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1998
Catalogue No.: EN-106-30/1-1998E
ISBN: 0-662-26470-3
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K1A 0H3 - The Honourable Christine Stewart
Minister of the Environment
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6 - The Honourable Ralph Goodale
Minister of Natural Resources
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
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Dear Ministers:
In accordance with the terms of reference announced in October 1989, the Environmental Assessment Panel has completed its review of nuclear fuel waste management and a disposal concept proposed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
On behalf of the Panel, I am pleased to submit this report for your consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Blair Seaborn
Chairman
- Executive Summary
- 1.0 Outline of the Review Process
- 2.0 The Nature of the Problem
- 3.0 The AECL Concept: Description, Performance Assessment Analyses and Implications
- 4.0 Criteria for Safety and Acceptability
- 5.0 Safety and Acceptability of the AECL Concept
- 6.0 Future Steps
- 7.0 Matters Outside the Mandate
- Appendix A - Terms of Reference: Environmental Assessment Panel
- Appendix B - Members of the Panel
- Appendix C - Terms of Reference: Scientific Review Group
- Appendix D - Memebers of the Scientific Review Group
- Appendix E - Chronology of Panel Activities
- Appendix F - List of Submissions to Panel at Public Hearings
- Appendix G - Bibliography of Key Review Documents
- Appendix H - Radiation Hazards: A Review
- Appendix I - The Federal Government's Radioactive Waste Policy Framework
- Appendix J - Comparison with Management of Other Wastes
- Appendix K - International Experience
- Appendix L - Various Approaches to Long-Term Management of Nuclear Fuel Wastes
- Appendix M - Summary of Siting Steps Presented in the EIS
- Appendix N - Implications of a Facility Based on the AECL Concept
- Appendix O - Details of a Siting Process Proposed by the Panel
- Appendix P - Issues for Consideration during a Public Review of AECB Regulatory Documents
- Appendix Q - Acknowledgements
- Addendum: List of Abbreviations
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