Challenge the Proponent to demonstrate 100% emergency service self-sufficiency for the worker accommodation camp and repository site, including fire, medical, and security response.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission identifies a worker accommodation camp and a 160-year operational lifecycle, yet Melgund Township (Dyment/Borups Corners) is an unorganized territory with zero local emergency services. There is no local fire department, ambulance station, or police presence. Relying on distant regional hubs like Ignace or Dryden for a project of this scale creates an unacceptable risk to both the project workforce and the existing local residents. The Proponent must provide 100% of its own emergency capacity to ensure that project-related incidents do not deplete the already strained regional resources that Melgund relies upon. This is an opportunity for the Proponent to enhance local safety by establishing onsite capabilities that could potentially support the broader community through mutual aid agreements, thereby improving the project's social license."
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.