Eagle Lake First Nation is taking legal action against the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's decision to build a nuclear waste repository in a region near Ignace, Ontario. The First Nation argues that it should have had a say in the matter as the site falls within its territory and claims it was unfairly excluded from the process.
A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of an underground repository that will hold Canada 's nuclear waste . Eagle Lake First Nation has filed an application in Federal Court seeking a judicial review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's decision to build the deep geological repository in the Township of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation area.
Eagle Lake First Nation says it was 'unjustifiably' rejected as a host community and denied its own right to consent to the project. 'NWMO rejected ELFN as a host community and not for any fair, justifiable or defensible reasons,' but because members of the First Nation had raised concerns about the nuclear waste site, court documents filed last Friday allege. The court filing, which also names the federal minister of natural resources among the respondents, accuses the NWMO of acting in 'bad faith' and seeks to have its decisions quashed. The NWMO, a non-profit body funded by the corporations that generate nuclear power and waste, said it is reviewing the legal challenge. A spokesperson noted the nuclear waste site was chosen after 'extensive' study and community engagement, which 'established that the site is safe' and that the host communities understand the project. 'We have always been open to engaging with any First Nation interested in this project and welcome the opportunity to continue to build on past discussions with Eagle Lake First Nation,' Carolyn Fell wrote in a statement. The $26-billion project to bury millions of used nuclear fuel bundles underground will include a lengthy regulatory and construction process, with operations not set to begin until the 2040s
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