A deliberate nuclear waste storage facility gained’t be coming to southern Ontario and that’s purpose to rejoice for Brian Masse, the Windsor West MP and NDP Nice Lakes critic.
On Thursday, the Nuclear Waste Administration Group (NWMO) introduced it had chosen an space close to Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace in northwestern Ontario, as an alternative of the neighborhood of South Bruce and Saugeen Ojibway Nation.
“I think they weren’t ready and there were many steps they needed to go through,” Laurie Swami, the president and CEO of the NWMO, advised Ontario Chronicle. “In the north, we had a good site that met all of our criteria so, it made sense for us to move forward.”
The northern neighborhood will grow to be the positioning of Canada’s first Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) meant to retailer radioactive materials for greater than a century.
Masse expressed reduction the DGR wouldn’t be coming to the shores of Lake Huron, with a referendum final month narrowly backing a web site beneath 1,500 acres of farmland close to Teeswater in midwestern Ontario, arguing the positioning posed an unacceptable danger to the ingesting water of 40 million individuals within the area.
“For years, I opposed placing a DGR near the Great Lakes due to the risk of leaks threatening our water and ecosystem,” mentioned Masse, in an announcement. “I hope this decision reflects that the NWMO has heard the concerns of Canadian and American leaders.”
Masse gave particular credit score to opponents of the DGR plan in South Bruce, singling out Michelle Stein and Invoice Noll of the Defend Our Waterways group, for his or her efforts in resisting the positioning.
“Their work has been crucial in protecting the community and the Great Lakes,” mentioned Masse. “I look forward to seeing the Great Lakes protected, not endangered.”
Lacking out on the positioning means the Municipality of South Bruce will lose out on $418 million over 138 years for internet hosting the DGR and thousands and thousands of {dollars} in financial spinoff advantages.
– with information from CTV London’s Scott Miller
