Address the admitted data deficiencies regarding the characterization of populations in unincorporated communities by conducting primary socio-economic and cultural baseline studies in Melgund/Dyment.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission explicitly states that the Initial Project Description does not fully represent the characteristics of populations in unincorporated communities. Without this baseline data, the impact on Melgund’s social fabric and its non-existent service infrastructure cannot be measured. This is an opportunity for the Proponent to improve the accuracy of the Impact Statement and ensure that the 'informed' part of consent is based on complete data. Accurate characterization of these communities is essential to identify specific vulnerabilities that arise from being in an unorganized territory with no local governance or emergency response capacity."
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.