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Shouldn’t a new and experimental reactor deserve a federal impact assessment?

These risks are all new to Canada. No sodium-cooled reactor has ever been built here.

Opinion
BY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL
January 12, 2023

Opinion | BY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL | January 12, 2023

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