What would it cost to relocate the conversion facility?
There are no plans to relocate the conversion facility and even if it occurred the cost would approach $1 billion. It would also take many years to get through the regulatory approval process as well as to design and construct a new facility. • Why has the federal government been allowed to evade responsibility for health tests to measure the biological effects of long-time exposure to radioactivity in Port Hope, which it has promised to do several times in the last 25 years (starting in 1979)? Cameco cannot speak for the federal government. Health Canada was commissioned by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to conduct studies of cancer incidence and cancer mortality in Port Hope.