Tag: deep geological repository
LETTER: ‘Good luck’ unifying community after DGR vote
Mayor Mark Goetz and his councillors must be breathing a sigh of relief, but under their breath are grinning from ear to ear. Why? The Municipality of South Bruce voted “yes” by only a 2.4 per cent margin indicating South Bruce is “willing” to carry on with the DGR (deep geological repository). The 69 per […]
Cornies: Our need for power, and the nuclear waste it leaves behind
In the end, the result of the vote in South Bruce this week was nearly an even split.
NWMO wants to talk about its other nuclear waste problem with SON
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization wants to keep talking with Saugeen Ojibway Nation about what to do with more than spent nuclear fuel within its traditional territory. South Bruce, which is within that traditional territory, voted on Monday in favour of being the host site for an underground vault to store Canada’s used nuclear fuel, […]
South Bruce voters narrowly approve being host to nuclear waste
By a thin majority, the answer in South Bruce was yes. The referendum question — Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to be a willing host for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR)? resulted in 51.2 per cent, or 1,604, of voters saying yes, […]