It's an interesting article. Although they found people who would actually love a facility, the geology may stink. But nobody knows because they haven't looked!
Now, we all know that the most secretive of all secret projects is the attempt to put n-waste underground at Bruce. Personally, I see no difference between 'low' or 'high' level waste in Canada. The used fuel bundles are quite well sealed in their ceramic packaging. However, it serves as a useful political delineation. "Oh look, dahling, it's only low level waste, pooh, pooh!"
I shall follow this story to see how they actually look at the geology. You can take a 'high altitude' look at the regional geologic history, or you can take a very narrow look at a single horizon in a single borehole. We know what Bruce did, and we wait for Britain....
I worked on the Longlands site at Sellafield one winter on the preparations for the underground lab. Godforsaken place. It was the hydrogeology that screwed it.
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