Cameco is moving ahead with a corrective action plan for contaminated groundwater at Key Lake.

In December of 2018, Cameco alerted provincial and federal regulators after discovering elevated uranium levels in one of its monitoring wells which is not a source of drinking water.
The contamination is believed to have come from the release of 50 thousand litres of water, during that year, that was an effort to prevent radon gas from spreading.

Cameco Director of Government Relations and Communications, Jeff Hryhoriw (Hor-Ee), says third party experts have now completed their site assessment report, which has been submitted to regulatory agencies.
The results of the assessment were as expected and he says there are currently no offsite risks to people or the environment.

Hryhoriw says Cameco provided an update on the findings to the Pinehouse and English River Environmental subcommittees and will work with council on how best to engage the community.

Hryhoriw adds the corrective action plan is now under development with the third party experts. He says Cameco is aiming to have the plan finalized this fall, and once approved by regulators they will begin implementation.