4 ms·

Waste disposal is being handled. We're going to dispose of it in very deep tunnels in very geologically stable Canadian Shield rock formations. https://www.nwm

Waste disposal is being handled. We're going to dispose of it in very deep tunnels in very geologically stable Canadian Shield rock formations. https://www.nwmo.ca/en/Site-selection/Study-Areas https://www.nwmo.ca/en/Site-selection/Study-Areas

treespace8 4y ago
Thanks for that link. Just got back from Ontario, I'm really surprised that wind generation is so low, they have a lot of wind turbines in south western Ontario. On my hour long drive to the beach I could almost always see one. I saw lots of solar as well.
- multiplegeorges 4y ago
  Yeah, southern Ontario is super flat and mostly farmland. It's a great place for wind to set up. Solar as well, but solar takes up so much land that would be better used as farmland. Unfortunately, a lot of the local communities consider the wind turbines eyesores and the current Premier is against them for that reason.
  - eldaisfish 4y ago
    there are too many wind turbines concentrated in a small area in Chatham-Kent. I agree with the community’s sentiment though i am in the pro-renewable energy camp. They look horrible because there are too many of them.
    - naasking 4y ago
      Here's a Google street view of a wind farm in Chatham-Kent: https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.2920464,-82.2696581,3a,75y,140.91h,90.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-k0cW9Nr6cq_GNvK9dtEdg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D-k0cW9Nr6cq_GNvK9dtEdg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D7.059326%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4 https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.2920464,-82.2696581,3a,75y,14... Personally, I find the overhead power lines to be far uglier. The wind turbines look cool, but are barely visible from the road.
  - naasking 4y ago
    > solar takes up so much land that would be better used as farmland. Agrivoltaics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics
kleiba 4y ago
Good for you. Other countries are less lucky with their search for suitable places to put their nuclear waste: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-launches-new-search-for-permanent-nuclear-waste-disposal-site/a-55077967 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-launches-new-search-for-perman...
- multiplegeorges 4y ago
  This article is specifically about Canadian provinces installing these reactors. Having a good solution to the waste problem is a large part of that decision. The calculus will surely be different for somewhere else that doesn't have those solutions in place.
  - kleiba 4y ago
    Exactly.

treespace8 4y ago

Thanks for that link. Just got back from Ontario, I'm really surprised that wind generation is so low, they have a lot of wind turbines in south western Ontario. On my hour long drive to the beach I could almost always see one. I saw lots of solar as well.

multiplegeorges 4y ago
Yeah, southern Ontario is super flat and mostly farmland. It's a great place for wind to set up. Solar as well, but solar takes up so much land that would be better used as farmland. Unfortunately, a lot of the local communities consider the wind turbines eyesores and the current Premier is against them for that reason.
- eldaisfish 4y ago
  there are too many wind turbines concentrated in a small area in Chatham-Kent. I agree with the community’s sentiment though i am in the pro-renewable energy camp. They look horrible because there are too many of them.
  - naasking 4y ago
    Here's a Google street view of a wind farm in Chatham-Kent: https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.2920464,-82.2696581,3a,75y,140.91h,90.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-k0cW9Nr6cq_GNvK9dtEdg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D-k0cW9Nr6cq_GNvK9dtEdg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D7.059326%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4 https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.2920464,-82.2696581,3a,75y,14... Personally, I find the overhead power lines to be far uglier. The wind turbines look cool, but are barely visible from the road.
- naasking 4y ago
  > solar takes up so much land that would be better used as farmland. Agrivoltaics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics

kleiba 4y ago

Good for you. Other countries are less lucky with their search for suitable places to put their nuclear waste: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-launches-new-search-for-permanent-nuclear-waste-disposal-site/a-55077967 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-launches-new-search-for-perman...

multiplegeorges 4y ago
This article is specifically about Canadian provinces installing these reactors. Having a good solution to the waste problem is a large part of that decision. The calculus will surely be different for somewhere else that doesn't have those solutions in place.
- kleiba 4y ago
  Exactly.