CNL discharged toxic sewage at Chalk River site during peak fish spawning season

CNL discharged toxic sewage at Chalk River site during peak fish spawning season

By Sherry Haaima

Source: pembroketoday

5/8/2024

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ Chalk River site is again in the news following an incident involving toxic sewage earlier this year.

Officials say CNL discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River site, located along the Ottawa River. The incident, which was outlined in a recent CBC Indigenous story, occurred during peak fish spawning season and resulted in Environment Canada issuing a compliance direction.

Environment Canada confirmed that in late April, enforcement officers issued the compliance direction after discovering CNL’s Chalk River sanitary sewage plant had an “acute lethality failure” – indicating testing found sewage effluent (treated wastewater discharge) was toxic to fish.

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