Demand a comprehensive emergency response and management plan specifically for the planned '10 deep boreholes and up to 10 shorter-length exploration boreholes' drilling program.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent plans significant industrial activity (drilling, logging, testing) involving heavy machinery and crews. Melgund Township is an unorganized territory with zero local emergency services (no fire, police, or ambulance). Any accident, spill, or injury occurring during this exploration phase cannot rely on local capacity, and response times from distant hubs like Ignace or Dryden are significant. The Proponent must demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency for emergency response during these field activities to ensure the physical safety of the community and workers."
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.