Request specific operational constraints and maximum capacity limits for the 'temporary dry storage' area to ensure it does not function as a long-term surface facility.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission states that waste may be placed in surface storage 'as required,' which is a vague operational parameter. For the community of Melgund, this ambiguity creates a risk that the site could become a de facto surface storage yard if underground placement is delayed. Defining strict time and volume limits for surface storage is critical to protecting the community's safety and ensuring the project remains a deep geological repository rather than an interim surface facility.
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.