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Laurie Swami, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) president and CEO, left, looks over a model of Canada's first deep geological repository for the nation's used nuclear fuel slated to be built Northern Ontario near the Township of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. PHOTO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization
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South Bruce bumped by Ignace to host spent nuclear fuel deep geological repository

Ignace Township and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) will host Canada’s future deep geological repository (DGR) for spent nuclear fuel. “This is a historic moment,” said Laurie Swami, Nuclear Waste Management (NWMO) president and CEO, in a news release. “This project will solve an environmental issue and support Canada’s climate change goals. This is what […] Read more
Darren Ireland, a farmer on Concession Road 8 who sold some of his land for the DGR site, allowed the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to conduct borehole drill testing on his optioned land. He said the testing could reveal additional subterranean opportunities regardless of whether South Bruce is chosen.
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Battle lines clear in nuclear waste storage plan

Opponents and proponents weigh in on risks, benefits

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A battle between opponents and proponents of the proposed geological repository for nuclear waste in South Bruce continues to rage ahead of an Oct. 28 referendum. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is seeking a home for waste from the province’s nuclear generating stations, and a 1,700-acre area in South Bruce is one of the […] Read more
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Letters: South Bruce residents should be concerned about deep repository nuclear waste project

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Are farmers, farmland, and small communities being “targeted” by elected officials in municipal/regional councils, provincial and federal government and by big organizations? Is it because this only disrupts the lives and livelihoods of a very few people, so that won’t be a big issue? Really? The lives and livelihoods of a few people, often generational […] Read more
A proposal to use Bruce County farmland as a deep repository for spent nuclear fuel bundles has some area farmers worried. Signs have been created to lobby against the plan.
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Company named to drill test holes for nuclear waste storage

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Borehole drilling will be starting soon at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s test site in South Bruce. Geofirma Engineering Ltd. has been named to conduct the test hole drilling. “The data and information we will gather will help form an in-depth understanding of the area geosphere while providing opportunities for local support services,” said Sean […] Read more
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Letters: Radioactive waste risks need to be communicated

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Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the letter from Becky Smith, regional communications manager for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), “Farmland use would continue at Deep Geological Repository.” What a bunch of bafflegab. Her focus is on the site and she says “even if the project is sited in South Bruce, current […] Read more
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Letters: Greater information needed on nuclear storage effects

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Dear Editor, The fuller truth must be known about the risks and environmental dangers of the Deep Geological Repository (DGR), proposed on prime farmland in the Municipality of South Bruce. The reason is nothing is more imperative than the protection of food security today, and for future generations. Secondly, the proposed DGR is an experiment, […] Read more
Letters: Farmland use would continue at Deep Geological Repository
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Letters: Farmland use would continue at Deep Geological Repository

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Dear Editor, I would like to respond to a recent story from Farmtario.com entitled Farmland versus nuclear waste. We are grateful to the editor and readers for their time and the ongoing dialogue about the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and Canada’s plan for the safe long-term management of used nuclear fuel. For more than […] Read more
A fuel bundle used in Canadian nuclear reactors.
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Letters: A gift horse must sometimes be rejected

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Dear editor, There is a saying that goes, never look a gift horse in the mouth. The origin, centuries old, is that if gifted a horse, don’t look in its mouth to see how old it is by checking its teeth. But what does that mean today? The best definition found is you should accept […] Read more

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