Jennifer Carling wants the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ( CNSC ) to order mining company BHP to clean up radioactive mine waste from her property in Elliot Lake , Ont .
But the CNSC says it ' s not its responsibility .
Carling and two other families in the former uranium mining town are now part of a court challenge against the CNSC . They argue waste rock from mines fall under the commission ' s jurisdiction , and that it should submit an order for it to be cleaned up .
Elliot Lake was northern Ontario ' s uranium mining hub for several decades . Its last mine closed in 1996 and work to remediate those mines went on for another six years . In 2000 , BHP acquired historical mine sites that previously belonged to mining company Rio Algom Limited .
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Elliot Lake , Ont . homeowners Jennifer Carling and Kathleen Panton want mine waste from former uranium mines removed from their properties . Both say they ’ ve had high levels of radiation measured near their homes .