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14 January 2021
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Construction has been completed at the first of two sites in South Bruce, Ontario, ahead of the start of borehole drilling, Canada s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has announced. The boreholes are part of the organisation s investigations into the suitability of the site for a geologic repository for used nuclear fuel.
The constructed site and access for the first South Bruce borehole (Image: NWMO) Preparations to start borehole drilling in South Bruce in the spring of 2021 are progressing well, Geoff Crann, NWMO manager, site services, said. Construction of the first borehole site has been completed, and our contractor has started construction at the second borehole site.