Memo: Analysis of Minister McKenna’s Decision on the DGR

In 2006, OPG submitted a proposal to store low and intermediate level nuclear waste in a deep geological repository (the ‘DGR’) along the shores of Lake Huron. Recently, the Minister of the Environment, Catherine McKenna rejected the Joint Review Panel's EA Report and requested additional information from OPG. Mark analyzes the situation and highlights the significance behind this telling decision.