Recommend the development of a baseline health profile for residents in the immediate vicinity to support a long-term Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) that accounts for cumulative stressors including noise, vibration, and radiological factors.
Strategic Rationale
A holistic health assessment is necessary to move beyond the ALARA principle's economic calculations and ensure that the physical and mental well-being of the closest neighbors is protected throughout the project's life.
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.