Request the immediate completion and peer review of the 'Conceptual Groundwater Model' to substantiate the claim that drawdown effects will be limited to 'a few hundred metres'.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission admits the groundwater model is 'planned but not yet completed' while simultaneously concluding the risk is low. For Melgund Township, where residents likely rely on private wells, speculative assurances are insufficient. The Local Services Board requires evidence-based mapping of the drawdown cone to ensure it does not intersect with or deplete local residential water sources. Completing this model is a critical baseline requirement before accurate impact predictions can be made."
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.