Require the Proponent to quantify the qualitative claim that radiological and non-radiological exposures are 'estimated to be very small' with specific numerical thresholds and receptor locations relevant to Melgund residents.
Strategic Rationale
"The Initial Project Description relies on vague descriptors ('very small') to describe public health risks. For the residents of Melgund, who are the nearest human receptors to the project, subjective terms are insufficient for assessing safety. The Proponent must provide concrete data to demonstrate that these estimates account for the specific proximity and lifestyle (e.g., consumption of local country foods/water) of the local population. This opportunity allows the community to move the discussion from general assurances to verifiable safety limits."
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.