Eagle Lake First Nation is challenging the chosen location for Canada's nuclear waste repository in court, arguing they should have had a say in the decision as the site falls within their territory.
A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of a deep geological repository that will hold Canada 's nuclear waste , arguing in a court filing that it should have had a say in the matter as the site falls"squarely" within its territory.
The decision was announced in November after Ignace's town council and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation both agreed to move forward, but Eagle Lake First Nation says it was"unjustifiably" rejected as a host community and denied its own right to consent to the project.
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