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Nova Scotia’s plans to end its decades-long ban on uranium mining and exploration would allow the Canadian province to play a key role in the world’s clean energy supply chain, says Sean Kirby, executive director of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia (MANS).
Earlier this week, a government bill that includes a repeal of Nova Scotia’s uranium ban was cleared for third reading at the legislature — a major step towards the provincial government’s plan to unlock its vast wealth of the nuclear fuel.
Nova Scotia was once a hotbed of uranium exploration in the late 1970s, with tens of millions of dollars spent by major energy companies like Shell and Esso. However, due to public health concerns raised, the province declared a moratorium on uranium mining activities 1981. In 2009, the NDP government legislated a full ban on uranium.
However, MANS believes that modern uranium methods…
