Demand specific maximum capacity limits and time duration caps for the 'temporary dry storage' of used fuel modules at the UFPP surface facility.
Strategic Rationale
"The text states that used fuel modules 'may be placed into temporary dry storage as required' but provides no definition of 'temporary' nor a limit on volume. For the community of Melgund, this ambiguity presents a significant safety risk: if the underground emplacement system fails, the surface facility could inadvertently become a long-term storage site. This matters because the safety case for surface storage differs from deep geological isolation. The expected solution is a binding operational limit on surface inventory. This provides the advantage of preventing 'function creep' and assures the community that the site will not evolve into a permanent surface parking lot for nuclear waste."
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.