Request immediate identification of the 'suitable receiving waterbody' mentioned for contact water discharge and provision of baseline water quality data for that specific body.
Strategic Rationale
The Initial Project Description states that contact water will be treated and discharged to a 'suitable receiving waterbody' but fails to identify it. For Melgund residents who rely on local surface water and aquifers for drinking and fishing, vague regulatory assurances are insufficient. Identifying the specific waterbody now allows for the establishment of a pre-project baseline, ensuring that any future degradation from 'active liquid waste' or 'cementitious' runoff can be accurately measured and attributed.
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.