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NWMO seeks community engagement during preliminary assessment
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization
will hold an open house on November 30
at their Albert Street location. They are
looking to work alongside the community
to enter the next phase in their preliminary
assessment; that next phase includes the
potential drilling of an initial borehole
Justine Alkema
The Nuclear Waste Management
Organization Learn More Centre
has made its home on Albert Street
in Clinton for the last year and a
half. On November 30 from 9 a.m.
- 8 p.m., the location will be hold-
ing an open house.
The NWMO has repeatedly
emphasized how critical it is for
them to engage the communities
they are working in. Currently, Cen-
tral Huron is one of nine municipali-
ties left (there were 22 originally) that
are learning more about their poten-
tial suitability for being considered
for the location of an underground
deep geological repository (DGR) for
all of Canada's nuclear waste.
Right now, the process is in its early
days. They are nowhere near selecting
a site at this time; thatwill be 5-10years
down the road. Many more steps need
to be taken before that point
Also, they will not select a loca-
tion without extremely strong com-
munity support.
"This project has to be safe and a
good fit for the community," said
NWMO's Media Relations Manager
Marie Wilson. "Nothing will take
place without planning and dis-
cussing it with the community. The
scope, the location, the timing of
fieldwork - that's all planned in
collaboration with the community.
It's a step by step process, and the
community is involved every step
of the way." Engagement will also
take place with First Nations and
Metis groups in the area.
Wilson said that what Central
Huron council has committed to at
this point is simply "learning more
about their potential suitability for
hosting this project and the site
selection process."
The project has the potential to
create thousands of jobs from this
$22.8 billion dollar project, but any
potential impacts from the project
would be discussed and managed
with the community. Whether this
repository would be for better or
for worse is quite literally in the
hands of the community of Central
Huron since it is their ultimate
Justine Alkema
decision if they are willing to house
the facility or not.
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