Northern Ont. town to make decision on hosting nuclear waste site
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A final report and recommendation on a small northern Ontario community's willingness to host a $22 billion nuclear waste site is being presented to its town council Wednesday.
A final report and recommendation on a small northern Ontario community's willingness to host a $22 billion nuclear waste site is being presented to its town council Wednesday.
The nationwide process began in 2010. A total of 22 communities came forward expressing interest in hosting Canada's deep geological repository, the Ignace-Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation is one of the final two sites being considered.
The plan would see nuclear waste buried in deep granite rock in the Canadian Shield.
"Canada's plan will only move forward at a site with informed and willing hosts," the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) said.
"That means the people living there need to understand what it means to host a project like this and support having it located in the area."
The Township of Ignace created a willingness ad hoc committee to review, analyze and make recommendations to the township on whether to host to the site. The findings are being presented at the local recreation complex on Beaver Street at 3 p.m. July 10.
