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World Nuclear News reported that the head of the Canadian nuclear regulator wrote Québec’s minister for sustainable development, environment and climate change, questioning the recommendations made by the province’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) on uranium mining in the province.
World Nuclear News reported that the head of the Canadian nuclear regulator wrote Québec’s minister for sustainable development, environment and climate change, questioning the recommendations made by the province’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) on uranium mining in the province.
As quoted in the market news:
The report by Québec’s Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) was published on 17 July by the province’s minister for sustainable development, environment and climate change David Heurtel. It was the culmination of one year’s work by the commission set up by BAPE in May 2014 to study the environmental and social impacts of uranium exploration and mining, following a moratorium on new uranium exploration and mining permits imposed by the province in April that year.
The 626-page report concludes that uranium mining operations at present in the province are “counterindicated” because of “limitations and uncertainties” in the current state of knowledge over mining technology and environmental management strategies.