Volume 6, Number 4 (1979)
Nuclear Waste Disposal

Developing the Data for Nuclear Waste Disposal - Investigations of the Lac du Bonnet Batholith

H. Y. Tammemagi
Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment, Pinawa, Manitoba.

Published 1979-11-11

How to Cite

Tammemagi, H. Y. (1979). Developing the Data for Nuclear Waste Disposal - Investigations of the Lac du Bonnet Batholith. Geoscience Canada, 6(4). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3185

Abstract

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in conjunction with other federal agencies, universities and commercial firms has undertaken a program to demonstrate that the burial of nuclear wastes deep into carefully selected geological formations is a viable and safe method of disposal. During the next three years, approximiately eight formations m the Canadian Shield, representing various classes of plutons, will be investigated in detail. This paper describes a case history of the investigation of one of these, the Lac du Bonnet batholith, Manitoba.