Challenge the validity of using 'conventional mining projects' (Section 19.2.3) as the sole proxy for assessing construction effects and determining mitigation suitability.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent asserts that DGR construction effects are identical to conventional mining and that mining mitigation is therefore appropriate. However, a DGR requires superior rock mass preservation and hydrogeological isolation compared to a temporary gold mine. Accepting the 'mining proxy' without question risks applying insufficient mitigation standards to critical environmental features like groundwater and deep rock integrity. Melgund must ensure that the environmental standards applied are specific to nuclear waste isolation, not just general resource extraction."
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.