Request a baseline inventory of all downstream surface water users (drinking water, lodges, recreational) in the Melgund area to assess the impact of 'residual adverse effects' on human health.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission identifies a potential for 'residual adverse effects' on surface water quality and mentions 'non-Indigenous health conditions' as a pathway of change. To accurately assess this risk, the Proponent must identify exactly who is using the water downstream. This is critical for Melgund, as the unorganized territory lacks municipal water systems, making individual users highly vulnerable to even 'low risk' changes in water quality. This data will ensure that monitoring programs are relevant to actual human usage."
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.