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Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area (CCRCA) is an incorporated, non-profit organization that has been working for the clean-up and prevention of radioactive pollution from the nuclear industry in the Ottawa Valley for 40+ years. Our current focus is nuclear waste, in particular the proposed giant mound for one million cubic meters of radioactive waste at Chalk River, Ontario and the proposed “entombment” of the Nuclear Power Demonstration reactor at Rolphton, Ontario. Both of these proposed nuclear waste disposal projects risk contaminating the Ottawa River, a drinking water source for millions of Canadians. Check out our popular one-page fact sheets  here
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OVERVIEW: Six reasons to STOP the Ottawa River radioactive waste landfill

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Islands and rapids in the Ottawa River downstream of Chalk River~photo by Ray Nash

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“No Nuke Dump on the Ottawa River”, Riverkeeper Parade, September 10, 2017

“By failing to provide adequate waste containment, this proposal flagrantly disregards the International Atomic Energy Agency’s safety standard for disposal of radioactive waste.”

Ole Hendrickson, CCRCA researcher

“The take-away message for international delegates to this meeting is clear”, said Echlin. “Do not do what Canada has done and hand control of decommissioning and radioactive waste to a multinational private sector consortium, in the absence of policies and strategies that ensure safety. This has been a disaster for us”.

Johanna Echlin, Montreal, Quebec