Challenge the Proponent to demonstrate 100% self-sufficiency for emergency response (Fire, Medical, and Security) for the proposed 'accommodation camps' and 'access road' options listed in Table 13.1.
Strategic Rationale
"The Proponent's submission treats the siting of accommodation camps and road alignments as technical variables but fails to address the safety implications for Melgund Township. As an unorganized territory, Melgund has zero local emergency services. Reliance on distant regional services from Ignace or Dryden to service a large transient workforce or road accidents creates an unacceptable risk to both the project and existing residents. The Proponent must provide 100% of the emergency capacity on-site. This recommendation ensures that the project does not externalize its safety risks onto a community with no local capacity, and the expected result is a project design that includes dedicated, self-contained emergency infrastructure."
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.