Dryden, Ont., Says Ottawa Should Not Fast-Track Nuclear Waste Repository Under Building Canada Act

Dryden, Ont., says Ottawa should not fast-track nuclear waste repository under Building Canada Act

The City of Dryden is appealing to Canada’s Major Projects Office not to designate the proposed deep geological repository (DGR) for nuclear waste as a project of national interest. The $26-billion project is being led by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). If approved, it could see Canada’s nuclear waste buried hundreds of metres underground near Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation in northwestern Ontario.

Dryden - City Takes Action to Protect Residents as Federal Government Fast-Tracks Nuclear Waste Repository

The City of Dryden is taking decisive action to protect its residents and ratepayers as the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's used nuclear fuel advances toward construction in. . .