Formally contest the exclusion of transportation activities on existing highways from the Project's scope, as stated in Section 10.3, and demand the inclusion of Highway 17 accident scenarios as a Valued Component.
Strategic Rationale
"Section 10.3 of the Initial Project Description states that transportation on existing highways is 'outside the Project’s scope.' However, Highway 17 runs directly through Melgund (Dyment/Borups Corners). Excluding this activity ignores the primary safety risk to residents: a collision involving nuclear or hazardous materials in an area with no local emergency responders. Including this in the scope is critical to securing funding for regional emergency training and equipment that the unorganized territory currently lacks."
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.