Advise on the creation of a joint environmental stewardship committee that includes representation from both Indigenous communities and local municipal/unincorporated leadership to oversee long-term monitoring results.
Strategic Rationale
Long-term management of used nuclear fuel requires an enduring relationship with the land. A collaborative oversight body ensures transparency and builds multi-generational trust in the environmental safety of the project.
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.