Demand a management plan for Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in excavated bedrock, specifically addressing leaching risks into the local unorganized territory's groundwater.
Strategic Rationale
"Section 14.13.2 mentions ongoing geochemical analysis of bedrock that will be 'excavated and exposed.' Since Melgund residents rely on private wells drawing from local groundwater, the surface storage of millions of tonnes of excavated rock containing NORM presents a contamination risk. The Proponent must demonstrate how runoff from this exposed rock will be contained to prevent radionuclide migration into the local aquifer."
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.