Chief Lance Haymond, pictured in Ottawa on Aug. 16, 2023, says the vast majority of the Algonquin Nations will not consent to the building of a nuclear waste dump on their traditional territory.
Kebaowek First Nation Chief Lance Haymond says the vast majority of the Algonquin First Nations will not consent to the building of a nuclear waste site on their traditional territory. As Chief Lance Haymond waits to see if the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will license construction of a radioactive waste site a kilometre away from the Ottawa River, the Algonquin leader worries the nuclear regulator has become a rubber stamp for industry.
There are six people currently listed as permanent commission members, including two identified as Indigenous. Of the six, one used to work at the Chalk River laboratory, and another used to work for SNC-Lavalin, a member of the consortium that runs CNL, he said. CNSC declined to address the criticism directly in a statement supplied to CBC News in lieu of an interview.
"It dates back to their founding days," when the commission was called the Atomic Energy Control Board and was mandated to promote, as well as regulate, development, she said. "The minister exerts no control over the CNSC's day-to-day activities or on its decisions," then-president Rumina VelshiFor their part, scientists at Chalk River have long sought solutions to the Second World War-era facility's radioactive heritage.consisting of disposal cells with a base liner and cover, as well as systems to collect leachate, detect leaks and monitor the environment.
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