Opponents are claiming a huge victory in their battle to stop a nuclear waste underground repository near Lake Huron in Kincardine.
The Trudeau government has asked Ontario Power Generation for further studies and information on over 20 issues including alternate locations and environmental effects.
Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley says he and the rest of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative are relieved.
"OPG now knows the government does not accept their last submission that this was a safe site," he says. "I believe the present government really doesn't want to deal with this issue that has cross border impacts. It's asking for much more information and some of the experts are saying this could take years and even a decade to complete."
Municipal, state and provincial governments on both sides of the border, as well as environmental and indigenous groups have vehemently opposed the underground storage proposal 1.2 km from the Lake Huron shoreline, saying the drinking water supply of over 10-million people would be at risk.
