The Nuclear Waste Management Organization says it is responsible for any accident or incident involving the release of radiation for material being moved it its potential repository near Ignace, Ont. The group is currently drilling its fifth borehole at the site.
By the end of this year, the NWMO is expected to choose its preferred site for Canada's first deep geological repository for nuclear waste. Will it be in northwestern or southern Ontario? After decades of debate, research and relationship building, tensions are mounting despite the NWMO's latest reports backing its safety.Borehole drilling is shown in this 2021 file photo from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization .
While the Revell site is composed of crystalline rock and the South Bruce site of sedimentary rock, "they both meet our criteria for that stability, durability, hydraulic barrier, suitable chemistry."Paul Gierszewski, technical subject matter expert with the NWMO, says the latest Confidence in Safety reports reaffirm the organization's position that both potential sites would be able to safely store Canada's nuclear waste.
Gierszewski says the 2023 reports expand on the previous year's findings, Lloyd questions whether they contain new information or airbrushed statements that "paint a better picture.""When you've got a focused community, you can have more discussion with the people now because there's kind of focus on that community and their interests," he said.
Heil said there's an important distinction between community engagement, which is what the NWMO is doing now, and the duty to consult, which is triggered once the site is selected and the regulatory process begins. "Most communities' starting position is no … but as learn about the project and that we believe it can be done safely, extremely safely — people tend to change their views on that."
Ignace, Ont., group was in Finland to tour world's 1st long-term nuclear waste repository at NWMO's expenseAn NWMO representative has reached out to Fort William, but it's up to band council to decide whether to meet with them, she said.Clayton Wetelainen is chief of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway First Nation, a community of about 200 people 20 minutes east of Dryden.
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