The anti-DGR group happily sneers at any industry that isn’t agriculture – like power generation, industrial laundry, or mining – on their heavily-moderated Facebook page, without acknowledging how intimately interwoven seemingly-separate industries really are.
“It will be yes or no, we can host it or we can’t. Whether or not the site is suitable comes down to the rock,” says Sheila Whytock, from the group Willing to Listen-South Bruce Proud.
A steady stream of equipment will show up Thursday to set up the first borehole site, for what could become Canada’s first permanent underground storage facility for nuclear waste.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) new five-year strategic plan sets the stage for taking the organization beyond planning and site selection.
I have read so many letters claiming all sorts of crazy things….how do I know what is true and what is not?
When it comes to the proposed Deep Geological Repository in South Bruce, emotions tend to run high, and one can easily fall into the trap of choosing sides, and seeing “our side” as “good”, and “the other guys” as wrong or bad.
Members of the South Bruce Community Liaison Committee (CLC) learned about the NWMO’s borehole drilling and testing activities, slated to begin in the coming weeks.
The NWMO has just begun to pour money into our community, in the form of jobs and donations, and they will undoubtedly continue to do so, as long as the process runs.
The Municipality of South Bruce responded to a letter received on Feb. 23 from David Donnelly. The lawyer represents opponents of the proposed deep geological repository (DGR) with their lawyer’s correspondence.
It has yet to be determined if South Bruce is a viable site at all, in terms of willingness and technical soundness. What has been determined, without a doubt, is the varying opinions this project has brought from community members.
