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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source IGNACE \u2014 The selection of five major companies for design and planning work is a big step towards building a huge underground facility for spent reactor fuel in Northwestern Ontario, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization\u2019s Craig MacBride said Monday. The organization wants to build a deep geological repository, or DGR, for long-term disposal of radioactive waste from Canada\u2019s nuclear power plants. On Monday it announced that five firms have been chosen for essential design, engineering and planning work over the next three years: WSP Canada Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada and Kinectrics Inc. \u201cThis is a very exciting milestone for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and for the deep geological repository that will… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source IGNACE \u2014 The selection of five major companies for design and planning work is a big step towards building a huge underground facility for spent reactor fuel in Northwestern Ontario, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization\u2019s Craig MacBride said Monday. The organization wants to build a deep geological repository, or DGR, for long-term disposal of radioactive waste from Canada\u2019s nuclear power plants. On Monday it announced that five firms have been chosen for essential design, engineering and planning work over the next three years: WSP Canada Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada and Kinectrics Inc. \u201cThis is a very exciting milestone for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and for the deep geological repository that will... <\/p>\n

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