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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-04-13, Page 22 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Lucknow residents looking forward to supporting Almost Famous Players Ruth Dobrensky Lucknow News It was nice to hear that Hamish Black did so well in his athletic endeavours this past winter. We wish him well for the future. The Lucknow Rumoli Club met recently for our monthly meeting. Due to ill- ness, we were down in num- bers, but the jollity and laughter more than made up for the fewer people out for the evening. The Lucknow Sepoy Ranees also met recently for our regular monthly get- together. We car-pooled over to Goderich where we had lunch at "Flippen Eggs" fol- lowed by a fun afternoon of games in the common room of my apartment building. We had a lot of fun despite the absolutely dreadful rainy day. Coming soon for all to enjoy will be the Almost Famous Players. They will be putting on several shows at F.E. Madill later this month. Try to take in a show if you can, they always put on great show. Watch for flyers with dates and times. Once again our weather has been playing havoc with us, one day rain, the next snow, the next so much sun, you get a sun burn. I wish it would make up its mind and stick to something we can get used to. Sympathies of the com- munity to the families of: Anne Anderson, 94, Luc - know; Larry Moulton, 73, Kincardine; Mary Wain, 69, Lucknow; and, Miriam Mac- kenzie, 93, Walkerton. NWMO says managing used nuclear fuel is an ethical issue, not spatial CONTINUED FROM > PAGE 1 With this new multi -bar- rier containment system the used nuclear fuel bun- dles are encased in the cop- per -coated steel canisters, which are then packed in bentonite clay blocks. This entire process is done above ground at the site's processing plant before the bundle is shut- tled approximately 500 meters below the earth where it is then buried in channels cut into the sedi- mentary rock. It is then packed into place with more of this clay, which expands when it comes into contact with water. The multi -barrier system won Chris Hatton, NWMO president of design and construction, the 2015 Innovative Achievement Award, which was the first time the honour had been handed out since 2012. The layout of the reposi- tory will cover 340 hectares, or a roughly 3km by 2km square footprint under- ground. Its life -cycle costs will be published in the near future, WIlson said, and testing of the contain- ers is now in its third year. Meanwhile the NWMO has divided site selection process into nine steps with the final step being the start of construction. The project is currently at the third phase of step two, preliminary assess- ment, which Krizanc said NWMO hopes to complete by 2023. The preferred site will be identified in step six. "We from the beginning said we're going to take the time necessary to do it right," said Krizanc. "We don't have a fixed time table:' No bore holes have yet been drilled to examine the host rock of any of the vying nine communities. The NWMO is currently planning to drill test holes, but not for at least a year. "We will only move forward with this project if it will contribute to the long- term well being of the com- munity," said Krizanc. And it's for the community to decide what that means, he said. "If you go out and ask peo- ple who don't have an axe to grind they will tell you we have a responsibility. We can't leave this for our children and grandchildren," he said. "We have a responsibility. We can't leave this at the surface for- ever and ever. We have a responsibility because we don't know what society is going to be like in 10,000 years, 5,000 years from now. And we can't expect future generations to continually pay and look after this used nuclear fuel," he said. For more information, visit https://www.nwmo.ca Derek Wilson, the NWMO's vice president of design and construction, said the recently released updated project description shows a plan that has been greatly influenced from the design of the CANDU nuclear fuel bundles: �T i'114N§HIP OF "Yrn L?-tcxan !c- )5w• THE TOWNSHIP OF ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH NOTICE OF THE 2016 PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE TO AMEND THE FEES & CHARGES Take notice that pursuant to the Ontario Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter c.25, and the Township of Ashfield- Colborne-Wawanosh By -Law 03-2003, the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh shall give notice of its intent to consider the 2016 Budget and its intent to consider the amendment of various fees and charges. The Council of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh at its meeting to be held on April 19, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers at the Township of Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh Municipal Building, propose to consider the 2016 Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Budget and consider the amendment of various fees and charges. Anyone may attend the meeting outlined above. Further information can be obtained by contacting the Municipal Office at 519-524-4669 or visiting our website at www acwtownship.ca Mark Becker, Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer March 8, 2016 PARK THEATRE M - G'LDhiUCF 1c) 524 1231. FOR MOVIE INFORMATION... vwww.rr`aile riks.C3 ds° -c ' I-800-2 5-3438 The NWMO's Kevin Orr speaks to media from Ontario Power Generation's Western Waste Management Facility at the Bruce nuclear site. Pictured behind him in the warehouse are 1,200 dry storage containers filled with radioactive used nuclear fuel bundles waiting for a host city to be named for the NWMO's underground waste management facility.