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Selecting a Site for Canada's National Used Fuel Repository
Canada's plan for the long-term care of used nuclear fuel involves containing and
isolating it in a national repository. Used nuclear fuel is a solid material produced
from the generation of electricity in nuclear power plants. Used fuel requires
careful management as it is a potential health risk for a very long time if not
properly managed, and must be contained and isolated from people and the
environment. The plan also involves developing a used fuel transportation system
and construction of a Centre of Expertise that will be a hub for national and
international collaboration. An important decision is where to locate this national
repository and Centre of Expertise.
Q. How will a site be selected?
A. The NWMO is leading a site selection process to identify an informed and willing
host for the national repository and Centre of Expertise required by Canada's plan.
The process was developed over a two-year period in dialogue with Canadians,
and reflects their ideas, experience and best advice on what an open, transparent
and fair decision-making process would include. The process also builds upon
the best knowledge and expertise within Canada and internationally.
Q. When will a decision on a site be made?
A. Selecting a site will require years of study. No decision will be made before
these studies are completed and the project has been the subject of formal
regulatory review and environmental assessment.
Q. What factors will be considered?
A. Any potential community and site will be assessed against a number of factors,
both technical and social in nature. First and foremost, the preferred site will be
one that can safely contain and isolate used nuclear fuel, protecting humans
and the environment over the very long term. Secondly, locating the facility in
the community must help foster the well-being, or quality of life, of the local
community and surrounding area. The site selection process involves a series of
steps, each designed to evaluate the site in greater detail than the step before.
Q. Are some areas being targeted?
A. No. Studies are conducted only in areas where a community expressed
interest in the project. Each interested community and the NWMO are now
working to involve First Nations and Metis peoples and surrounding communities
in the area in these studies. The project will only proceed with the involvement of
the interested community, First Nation and Metis communities in the area, and
surrounding communities working together to implement it.
Q. Why is partnership important?
A. This is a large infrastructure project that will have a significant impact on any
host community and region. The NWMO will work closely with communities in the
broad area to harness the economic benefits associated with the project in a way
that helps drive community sustainability and achieve communities' aspirations
for the future. It is the communities' own goals for economic, social and cultural
well-being that will help guide decision-making at each phase of the project, from
construction through operation and monitoring so that each phase benefits the
community. Implementing the Adaptive Phased Management project through a
partnership with the interested community, First Nation and Metis peoples and
surrounding communities will ensure that the project contributes to longer-term
well-being consistent with the area's own vision for the future.
Q. Why is there a focus on community learning and dialogue?
A. Taking the time to learn will ensure we all make informed decisions. Detailed
technical assessment studies conducted in the area will help build understanding
of the safety of the facilities. Knowing more about the robust regulatory regime
that will govern this project is an important part of understanding the project. And
reflection on the long-term vision for the area and whether this project is a fit is a
key part of the siting process.
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Discovering the
history of words
Brenda Radford
Special to the News Record
Did you ponder on the
word "curfew” this past
week?
The French phrase "cou-
vre-feu" means "cover the
fire" and refers to the time
at night of blowing out the
Lamps and candles. In the
Middle Ages that phrase
became the English "cur -
feu", which became the
modern "curfew':
In the first pioneer homes
there were no real fireplaces
so a fire was often built in the
centre of the room. To pre-
vent house fires in the night
it was required that all fires
be covered, at an agreed
upon time, with a clay pot
called, a "curfew': I guess the
heated exchanges that might
result when someone, a
teenager perhaps, misses a
modern curfew is the con-
nection for the word.
Now because community
news is always in short sup-
ply over the summer I'm giv-
ing you a new saying to pon-
der, "passing the buck': A
little hint, the phrase has
nothing to do with money.
This past weekend many
folk were looking to spend
time indoors out of the heat
and humidity. A nugget of
information I picked up at
an event on the weekend is
that it was a hot July 2, 1902
when air conditioning was
invented. And aren't we all
thankful!
The day this report was
filed, July 20 was the anni-
versary of Neil Armstrong's
walk on the surface of the
moon back in 1969.
Although recovered nicely
from hip surgery at the end
of April. Martin Wilts spent
most of last week in hospital
in London dealing with
complications in prepara-
tion for cancer treatment.
Keep him and Janie in your
thoughts and prayers for the
next while.
Typical of small commu-
nities where news seems to
spread through ESP, many
folk in the area knew of the
passing of one of Londes-
borough's residents even
before the church phone
chain got going. Ann
Adams and family will need
your support and comfort
as they come to terms with
the very sudden passing of
Murray last Saturday
evening.
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