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Event Date: 5th August 2025
Location: Online 17:00 BST
NWMO floats trial balloon before impact assessment of nuclear waste burial scheme begins
Register HERE for August 5th Online ConversationsThe Nuclear Waste Management Organization is floating a trial balloon version of the Initial Project Description they are expected to file later this year for their “Adaptive Phased Management Project” to transport, process, bury and abandon all of Canada’s high-level nuclear fuel waste at the Revell site in the heart of Treaty 3 territory in northwestern Ontario.
Blurring the lines between their own “feedback” period and the comment period that the Impact Assessment Agency will hold on the NWMO’s eventual and actual Initial Project Description, the NWMO is holding a short series of 2 hour sessions in Ignace (July 24 & 25) and Dryden (August 12 & 13) and two online sessions on August 6th at 10:30 am and 6 pm eastern.
Join We the Nuclear Free North for a one-hour conversation on Tuesday, August 5th.
12 pm Eastern / 11 am Central
6:30 Eastern / 5:30 pm central
8 pm Eastern / 7 pm Central
Visit www.wethenuclearfreenorth/impacts to register or register HERE.
The NWMO web page with their announcement is HERE. Their summary “draft” for feedback is HERE. Note that We the Nuclear Free North is neither encouraging or discouraging providing feedback to the NWMO. But we do encourage any who decide to provide comment to send a copy to their MP and We the Nuclear Free North
UPCOMING NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES/DEADLINES
August 3
Comment deadline on “DIS-25-01, Regulatory Readiness for Fusion” a discussion paper “to outline and consult with industry, Indigenous Nations and communities, academic institutions, members of the public and other interested parties on the CNSC’s conceptual framework for regulating fusion energy and technology.” Details are HERE
August 11
Revised deadline to apply for participant funding to support intervening in a hearing-in-writing in mid-2026 on Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ decommissioning plans for the Gentilly-1 Waste Facility in Bécancour,Quebec. Details are HERE
August 25
Deadline for participant funding to comment on the 2024 Regulatory Oversight Reports. Details are HERE.
September 15
Deadline for participant funding for Ontario Power Generation’s application to refurbish the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and renew its Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and Waste Management Facility licences. Details are HERE.
September 25
Deadline for participant funding for Hydro Quebec’s application to renew the “decommissioning” license for Gentilly-2 at Bécancour, Quebec. The application is for a 20-year license; the “hearing” will be in writing only, with no opportunity to present to the Commission and no transcript. The hearing notice is HERE
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