Category: NWMO
LETTER: Is South Bruce still a divided community?
It is just over six months since the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) left South Bruce and chose the township of Ignace as the location for the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for high level nuclear waste. At the end of May 2025, the NWMO did close the “Learn More Centre” on Clinton Street in Teeswater. […]
Community Well-being Program ends in Huron-Kinloss as NWMO exits
The Township received a one-time “acknowledgement payment” of $750,000 for community sustainability and well-being initiatives.
NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store used nuclear fuel
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. South Bruce, the only other site under consideration for the underground nuclear vault, recently signaled its willingness in a narrowly won referendum. But the approval of […]
Updated: NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store used nuclear fuel
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. South Bruce, the only other site under consideration for the underground nuclear fuel vault, recently signaled its willingness in a narrowly won referendum. But the approval […]
It’s official: South Bruce is a willing DGR host
On Nov. 12, South Bruce council adopted the narrow referendum decision in favour of being host to an underground vault for used nuclear fuel, thereby unlocking a $4 million “milestone payment,” whether the facility is built there or not. Council members in a unanimous recorded vote adopted the community’s vote and directed that the Nuclear […]