Challenge the Proponent to demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency for emergency medical, fire, and spill response for the Revell site and the transportation corridor through Borups Corners and Dyment, including a detailed assessment of response times from regional hubs.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission indicates that no federal funding is provided, which implies that the financial and operational burden of safety may fall on local or regional resources. Melgund Township is an unorganized territory with zero local emergency services, including no fire, ambulance, or police departments. Relying on distant regional hubs like Ignace or Dryden for a project of this industrial scale creates an unacceptable risk to the residents of Dyment and Borups Corners. The Proponent must provide 100% of the emergency capacity required for the project to ensure that local safety is not compromised. This recommendation provides an opportunity for the Proponent to improve the project's safety profile by establishing dedicated, on-site emergency response teams that can protect both the facility and the surrounding community, resulting in a more resilient and self-contained operational model."
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.