Fort William First Nation Chief Michele Solomon provides Newswatch with her reaction to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization selecting Revell Lake as the site for the deep geological repository.
THUNDER BAY — Fort William First Nation Chief Michele Solomon said she is “disappointed” after hearing that a proposed nuclear waste disposal site will fall on Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation’s traditional territory.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization chose the Revell Lake site, between Ignace Township and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, as their preferred site for a deep geological repository shortly after the First Nation expressed its willingness to proceed with the project two weeks ago. “We all know that our highways have become more dangerous. We see far more trucks that are off the road that are in accidents. People are being killed already on our highways because of the escalated number of accidents,” Solomon said.
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