The text notes that the LSB of Wabigoon experiences a '50 to 60 percent' population increase during summer months. Request that the Proponent mandate that all emergency response planning and capacity assessments be based on this 'Peak Seasonal' population figure rather than the Census baseline.
Strategic Rationale
Melgund and the surrounding unorganized areas have no local fire, ambulance, or police services. We rely entirely on distant regional hubs (Ignace/Dryden). If the Proponent calculates risk and service ratios based on the lower winter Census population (approx. 419 for Wabigoon), they will dangerously underestimate the strain on emergency infrastructure during the summer. The Proponent must demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency in emergency response capable of handling the region's maximum seasonal load, as the community has no capacity to absorb overflow.
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.