To what pollution are we exposed as a result of nuclear fuel production in Port Hope?
Last year about 60 kg of fine uranium dust was released into the atmosphere over Port Hope. The amount of radioactive dust in the air will probably increase if SEU is processed here. But even if the amount doesn’t increase, the toxicity certainly will since enriched uranium is up to five times more toxic than the current product, which is un-enriched uranium. In addition to the radioactive releases, 113 tons of nitrous oxide, 9 tons of ammonia and 500 kg of fluorides were also released into the air over Port Hope last year1.
