Transportation of Nuclear Waste to be Excluded from the Impa
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:20 amTransportation of Nuclear Waste to be Excluded from the Impact Assessment of Nuclear Waste Project?
- SMRs Information TAsk Force - Bulleting No. 23 - January 2026
EXCERPT: "With the release of their “initial project description” - required as the first step in the federal impact assessment process - the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has confirmed that it will seek to exempt radioactive waste transportation from the assessment, despite having described it as part of their project for more than 20 years.
The Impact Assessment Act requires that activities integral to a project be assessed.
but the NWMO project description for their proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for high-level nuclear waste transport and burial project in northwestern Ontario omits the long-distance transport of waste along public roads from reactor stations to the DGR site. Transportation will involve 2-3 trucks per day for fifty years travelling an average of 1,800 km from the reactor stations to the proposed DGR location. . . . ."
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- SMRs Information TAsk Force - Bulleting No. 23 - January 2026
EXCERPT: "With the release of their “initial project description” - required as the first step in the federal impact assessment process - the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has confirmed that it will seek to exempt radioactive waste transportation from the assessment, despite having described it as part of their project for more than 20 years.
The Impact Assessment Act requires that activities integral to a project be assessed.
but the NWMO project description for their proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for high-level nuclear waste transport and burial project in northwestern Ontario omits the long-distance transport of waste along public roads from reactor stations to the DGR site. Transportation will involve 2-3 trucks per day for fifty years travelling an average of 1,800 km from the reactor stations to the proposed DGR location. . . . ."
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