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What is Cameco in Port Hope?
Port Hope is the only uranium conversion facility in Canada. Cameco operates the ISO 14001 certified facility which produces uranium hexafluoride and uranium dioxide, required in the production of fuel for light water and Candu-type, heavy water nuclear reactors.
Is there a nuclear plant at Port Hope?
facility in Port Hope, Ontario. CFM is a nuclear fuel fabrication facility that manufactures nuclear fuel bundles for power reactors in Canada. The facility is located in the Municipality of Port Hope, situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario approximately 100 kilometres east of Toronto, Ontario.
Is Cameco unionized?
Cameco’s unionized workforce also enjoys competitive benefits, negotiated through collective bargaining.
What does Cameco do?
Cameco is one of the largest global providers of the fuel needed to energize a clean-air world. Our tier-one operations have the licensed capacity to produce more than 53 million pounds (100% basis) of uranium concentrates annually, backed by 455 million pounds of proven and probable mineral reserves (our share).
Why is Port Hope contaminated?
Located not far from Port Hope harbour, the building will be demolished, the soil remediated, and new structures built. The soil, which became contaminated over decades by the operations of Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., will be stored at a long-term waste management facility built near Highway 401.
What is a conversion facility?
A facility that receives natural uranium in the form of ore concentrate (known as “yellowcake”) and converts it into uranium hexafluoride (UF6), in preparation for fabricating fuel for nuclear reactors.
Is Port Hope a nice place to live?
Port Hope is a vibrant, active community, well known for its award-winning heritage downtown core and friendly, small-town character. Numerous health studies have been conducted over the past several decades and all point to one conclusion – Port Hope is as safe as anywhere else in Canada.
What’s wrong with Port Hope?
A legacy of contamination from the operation and waste management practices of Eldorado Mining and Refining between 1933 and 1953 led to an estimated 85,000-95,000 cubic metres of sediment containing low-level radioactive material within the turning basin and west slip of the Port Hope Harbour.
What is uranium Deconversion?
A process called “deconversion” chemically extracts the fluoride from the DUF6 and produces chemically stable compounds of uranium, commonly referred to as uranium oxides. The chemically stable compounds of uranium are more suitable for disposal as low-level radioactive waste.
How many pellets are in a nuclear fuel rod?
Modern reactor cores in pressurized-water reactors (PWRs) and boiling-water reactors (BWRs) may contain up to 10 million pellets, stacked in the fuel rods that form fuel assemblies.
Who is the owner of Port Hope Conversion Facility?
Cameco Corporation (Cameco) owns and is licensed to operate the Port Hope Conversion Facility (PHCF), located in Port Hope, Ontario. The CNSC has full-time, dedicated staff who periodically perform inspections to evaluate operations and to verify compliance with regulatory requirements and licence conditions.
Where is Cameco fuel services in Port Hope?
Cameco’s fuel services division is headquartered in Port Hope, Ontario. Routine readings from air quality monitoring stations around each site help us protect the environment.
Who is the general manager of Port Hope?
Dave Ingalls, general manager of Cameco’s Port Hope Conversion Facility provides an overview of this operation. Cameco’s Port Hope Conversion Facility is one of only four uranium conversion facilities in the western world.
Who is responsible for the environment at Port Hope?
The Port Hope conversion facility is licensed and regulated by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The operation is also subject to other federal and provincial regulations for the protection of people and the environment, including by Environment Canada and Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment.