 The Municipality of Port Hope has been home to a number of nuclear industries since the 1930s. Much of the radioactive waste that was generated from those industries was cleaned up between 1975 and 1982, and stored in three licensed sites in the town.
In 2002, the federal government began an Environmental Assessment (EA), under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, to design and construct a facility for the waste located at the three sites and other contaminated sites remaining in the municipality. This facility is intended to function as a long-term waste management facility.
The Municipality of Port Hope retained Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited to lead a peer review team that has been evaluating the work completed by the federal government for this EA. The team's expertise includes:
· Environmental Assessment
· Radioactive Waste Management and Engineering
· Hydrogeology
· Soils and Coastal Engineering
· Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
· Air Quality
· Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
· Public Consultation and Communications
Once the EA process is complete, the federal government will apply for a license to operate the facility. Should their license be approved, construction will start soon after.
We are completing a similar assignment for the Municipality of Clarington.
Dr. Finkelstein Reviews Uranium Medical Research Centre Study
November 13, 2007, Uranium Medical Research Centre (UMRC), Inc released laboratory results of assays of uranium measured in the 24-hour urine specimens of nine (9) representative residents and former nuclear workers in Port Hope, Ontario.
Dr. Murray Finkelstein, PhD MD CCFP, a Municipal Peer Review Team member from Program in Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine McMaster University and The Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at University of Toronto reviewed the UMRC study.
The most important finding was that the average concentration of uranium in the urine of Port Hope residents, 8 ng/L, about 1 part uranium per 100 thousand million parts of urine, was similar to (actually less than) the average concentrations reported elsewhere in the world. These results do not suggest any danger to the public health from uptake of uranium by residents of Port Hope.
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Contaminated Sites
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