Tag: Teeswater
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 […]
It’s official: South Bruce council is a willing DGR host
South Bruce council Tuesday adopted last week’s narrow referendum decision in favour of hosting 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 Waste Management Organization […]
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 DGR opposition promises to keep fighting
A group opposed to burying high-level nuclear waste in South Bruce says it will keep fighting because having just 78 more votes in favour than against the project in Monday’s referendum isn’t a “compelling” demonstration of community support. Bill Noll, the co-chair of Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste, said in an interview that that’s […]
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, […]