Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: Canada

This country report on Canada contributes to the InSOTEC research programme’s Work Package 1.1 which maps remaining socio-technical challenges to the implementation of geological disposal of radioactive waste in fourteen countries in the EU and North America (www.insotec.eu). The aim of this country report is to provide an overview of the current situation of geological disposal of High Level radioactive Waste (HLW) and Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) in Canada. The focus is on the present, but in order to enable an adequate understanding of current developments the report discusses past activities which have directly impacted on present activities. The approach to the past is genealogical, tracing the antecedents of the present rather than trying to capture a particular time in all its complexity.