'A great big smile' vs. disapointment in southern Ontario where nuclear waste bid lost
A rural southwestern Ontario community embroiled in a years-long tug-of-war over its potential to host the largest nuclear waste storage facility in Canada will walk away with $10-million and an answer to a divisive question.
Updated: NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store nuclear fuel waste
In the NWMO release, federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson thanked the Northern Ontario communities and said “Thanks to our commitment to health and safety, Canadian nuclear energy will continue to power communities at home and allies around the world – providing Canadians jobs and opportunities for generations.”
Canada plans nuclear graveyard 2,600 feet below Ontario to bury radioactive waste
Canada selects Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to host its first deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.
South Bruce Will Not Be Site Of Nuclear Waste DGR, NWMO Selects Ignace
The NWMO decision to build the DGR in the Ignace-Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation area ends a lengthy site selection process that started in 2010. It began with 22 communities and by 2020 the NWMO had narrowed the process to the South Bruce-Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Ignace-Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation areas.
Northwestern Ontario communities chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the not-for-profit body tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste, announced Thursday morning that it has chosen Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for Canada's first deep geological repository.
Ignace is the place for a nuclear waste storage site
After a 14-year site selection process, the area between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation was selected by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) as the site for a deep nuclear waste repository, in a Nov. 28 announcement.
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
The Town of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation in Ontario both voted to move forward with the nuclear waste repository project.
Northwestern Ontario chosen for Canada's nuclear waste storage site
After decades of searching for a permanent place to store Canada's radioactive nuclear waste, a site has finally been chosen near the northwestern Ontario communities of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace.
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Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation chosen to host Canada’s deep geological repository
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has chosen Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) to host Canada’s deep ...
Site north of Lake Superior chosen for proposed underground nuclear waste disposal facility
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The fight's not over, say anti-nuclear First Nations
Onigaming chief says he received many phone calls after the NWMO selection of Ignace-Wabigoon area as nuclear waste ...
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Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation votes to move forward with nuclear waste storage site process
A northwestern Ontario First Nation community has voted to proceed with the process that could see a nuclear waste deep ...
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NWMO Siting Process Fails to Achieve its Goal – Nuclear Free North
First Nations and opposition groups are denouncing the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s announcement that they have ...