Port Hope Area Initiative

How the Port Hope Area Initiative began
The Government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada, has committed $260 million to respond to community-recommended solutions for the cleanup and long-term safe management of the historic low-level radioactive waste in the Port Hope area. In March 2001, a legal agreement between the federal government and the Municipalities of Clarington, Hope Township and the Town of Port Hope was finalized which set out the responsibilities throughout the process. The LLRWMO has been designated as proponent for two projects under the Initiative: the Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project and the Port Hope Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project. Each project is subject to an environmental assessment and licensing phase expected to last about 5 years. Clean-up implementation and construction of the proposed long-term waste management facilities will last about 5 to 7 years followed by long-term monitoring and surveillance.

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