A postcard campaign from Upsala to the Ontario/Manitoba boundary against the proposed underground nuclear repository in the Ignace area is underway.
It’s being organized by “Northwatch”, an alliance of people and groups opposed to the transporting and burying of nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario.
Spokesperson Brennain Lloyd says there are too many uncertainties, the science hasn’t been tested and there has been limited information released on the risks involved with the burial of nuclear waste.
She questions how the Nuclear Waste Management Organization plans to measure community willingness, stressing this is a region-wide issue.
Lloyd claims the local watershed, including Wabigoon Lake, would be at risk putting the lives of all of us in jeopardy.
She adds there is a lack of scientific evidence around the safety of transporting nuclear waste through Ontario.
“We strongly favour responsible stewardship of these wastes as close to the site of their production as can be achieved.”
Lloyd stresses there is no strategy to address the potential risk of repository failure and container leaks and no detailed monitoring plan.
She notes the situation is ever evolving and the original concept is no longer sound.
“Despite all those decades of effort, high level nuclear fuel waste has not been buried anywhere in the world. The NWMO describes it as an international consensus. They have maps showing all the countries that are pursuing this idea, but it hasn’t been done anywhere.”
Lloyd is asking the NWMO when and how they will release their site investigation data from the Revell Lake area.
Brennain Lloyd made the comments during a recent virtual presentation to Dryden City Council.
