Ignace is the place for a nuclear waste storage site
After a 14-year site selection process, the area between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation was selected by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) as the site for a deep nuclear waste repository, in a Nov. 28 announcement.
Ignace site chosen for nuclear waste
The Township of Ignace is celebrating the news that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has officially chosen them and the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation as host communities for Canada’s first
South Bruce Will Not Be Site Of Nuclear Waste DGR, NWMO Selects Ignace
The NWMO decision to build the DGR in the Ignace-Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation area ends a lengthy site selection process that started in 2010. It began with 22 communities and by 2020 the NWMO had narrowed the process to the South Bruce-Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Ignace-Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation areas.
Ignace chosen to host nuclear waste repository
NWMO president Laurie Swami hailed the site selection as 'a historic moment' and said the DGR 'will solve an environmental issue and supports Canada’s climate change goals'
Updated: NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store nuclear fuel waste
In the NWMO release, federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson thanked the Northern Ontario communities and said “Thanks to our commitment to health and safety, Canadian nuclear energy will continue to power communities at home and allies around the world – providing Canadians jobs and opportunities for generations.”
NWMO selects WLON and Ignace Township for deep geological repository
According to an international scientific consensus, a deep geological repository is the safest way to manage used nuclear fuel over the long term.
Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
Northwestern Ontario has been chosen for Canada's first deep geological repository, a multibillion-dollar project that aims to eventually store the country's nuclear waste. In an announcement Thursday morning,
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada's nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground.
Canada plans nuclear graveyard 2,600 feet below Ontario to bury radioactive waste
Canada selects Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to host its first deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.
Northwestern Ontario chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
After decades of searching for a permanent place to store Canada's radioactive nuclear waste, a site has finally been chosen near the northwestern Ontario communities of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace.
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The fight's not over, say anti-nuclear First Nations
Onigaming chief says he received many phone calls after the NWMO selection of Ignace-Wabigoon area as nuclear waste ...
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Shuniah council hears concerns on nuclear waste site
Shuniah’s council gave environmental groups opposed to the transport of spent nuclear-fuel rods a fair hearing at Tuesday’s ...