Challenge the Proponent to demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency in emergency response capacity, including fire suppression, advanced life support, and site security, without reliance on regional municipal services.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission identifies 'safety and security purposes' as a primary driver for land access changes but fails to address the critical infrastructure gap in the immediate vicinity. Melgund Township is an unorganized territory with zero local fire, police, or ambulance services. Relying on distant hubs like Ignace or Dryden for emergency response creates an unacceptable risk profile for both the project and the local population. By demanding the Proponent provide 100% of its own emergency capacity, the community ensures that the project does not drain overextended regional resources. This is an opportunity for the Proponent to improve the project's safety case by establishing onsite facilities that could potentially offer mutual aid to the unorganized territory, thereby turning a significant risk into a community benefit."
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.