Require the Proponent to demonstrate 100% self-sufficient emergency response capacity for failures within the 'integrated water management system' (e.g., pump failure, storage overflow).
Strategic Rationale
"The submission relies on 'design and maintenance' to manage runoff and seepage. However, Melgund is an unorganized territory with **zero** local emergency services (no fire, no hazmat). If the water management system fails and causes a spill or uncontained flow, the community has no capacity to respond. Reliance on distant services in Ignace or Dryden creates an unacceptable time lag. The Proponent must prove they have the on-site equipment and personnel to handle containment breaches without external aid."
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.