NWMO selects Ignace, ON for high-level waste dump . . . .

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The Nuclear Waste Management Organization selects site for Canada’s deep geological repository

[ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/t ... 49071.html ]

This safe, long-term management solution for used nuclear fuel will protect people and the environment

NWMO Media Release: November 28, 2024, Toronto, ON

Today, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced it has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.

Canadians and Indigenous peoples have been clear that it is essential to take responsibility now, in this generation, to safely manage Canada’s used nuclear fuel for the long term. This announcement is an important milestone in delivering on that promise to not leave it as a burden for future generations to manage.

“This is a historic moment,” said Laurie Swami, NWMO President and CEO. “This project will solve an environmental issue and supports Canada’s climate change goals. And today’s decision was driven by a consent-based siting process led by Canadians and Indigenous peoples. This is what making history looks like.” . . . "

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The Nuclear Waste Management Organization selects site for Canada’s deep geological repository

Background: November 25 2024

Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has chosen a site North of Lake Superior to build a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) to house all of Canada’s High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW). In the accompanying announcement, it is not stated that NWMO is wholly owned by the three nuclear waste producing utilities in Canada.

The small town of Ignace (population 1200+) and the Indigenous community of Wabigoon First Nation (population 800+) have both given their consent for NWMO to build a DGR at the Revell River site. Other communities such as Dryden (population 7000+) were not asked for their approval, nor was agreement sought from any of the communities along the 2600 kilometre transportation corridor needed to bring used nuclear fuel from New Brunswick, Quebec, and Southern Ontario over public roads for half a century or more.

Gordon Edwards, PhD, President,
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR).

What is high-level radioactive waste?
See [ www.ccnr.org/hlw_resources_2024.pdf ]

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IMPORTANT CORRECTION - December 5, 2024

NOTICE: . . . . Please note the following important correction:

Upon checking, it appears that Wabigoon First Nation has NOT given its consent to the NWMO Project!!

As Brennain Llloyd (Northwatch and We The Nuclear Free North) has pointed out -

"Wabigoon Lake Ojibway First Nation (WLON) has not "given their consent for NWMO to build a DGR at the Revell site."

"WLON has consented to the next stage of site characterization, and to the regulatory processes, including their own. They were very clear in their November 18th statement:

"Pending the NWMO site selection decision, WLON’s yes vote reflects the Nation’s commitment to thoroughly explore the project’s feasibility through a rigorous regulatory process that upholds WLON’s Anishinaabe laws and values. The yes vote does not signify approval of the project; rather, it demonstrates the Nation’s willingness to enter the next phase of in-depth environmental and technical assessments, to determine safety and site suitability.

"We greatly regret the NWMO announcement today that they have selected the Revell site. But it is important that their decision be seen for what it is: an abandonment of the NWMO's sole commitment, which was that they would only select a site for which there is an informed and willing host, after that 'host' had made a "compelling demonstration of willingness". The don't have an informed and willing host for the Revell site,and there has been no "compelling demonstration of willingness" to host the project.”

Gordon Edwards, President,
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
www.ccnr.org