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Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project

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Attachment Initial Project Description - DGR for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Paul Hader
Reference Number: 697
Submitted: 2026-02-11 - 10:59 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
1. The comment period of one month is too short a time to enable a complete review of the submission and make informed comments about this submission. I would suggest the comment period be extended for an additonal 60 days. 2. Regarding project need, there is very little discussion of the alternative methods of managing used nuclear fuel. While the construction of a deep geological repository is an option, improvements in used fuel recycling technologies are also an option which could be applied to significanlty reduce the volume of used nuclear fuel while also providing additional clean (carbon emission free) electricity for future generations. The IAEA Nuclear Energy Series publication "Waste from Innovative Types of Reactors and Fuel Cycles" provides an initial study of the various used fuel recycling techniques that can be implemented. There needs to be a serious review of the feasibility of recycling used nuclear ...

Attachment Regarding the transportation of nuclear waste across Northwestern Ontario

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Caro Whipp
Reference Number: 690
Submitted: 2026-02-10 - 12:22 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
To Whome It May Concern: I would like to submit my comments for consideration regarding the Deep Geological Repository for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. As a resident of the City of Thunder Bay, I am concerned by the unknown factors of this project and the severe repercussions they could pose for years to come. Most notably, I am alarmed by the lack of attention towards the transportation routes and corridors and the communities along the way. The City of Thunder Bay is one such community along the transportation route that could be impacted should there be a spill. This is even more concerning given the number of transportation truck accidents that have been occuring along our highways. I would therefore like to urge that more attention be placed on the risks of transporting nuclear waste and insist that this be included within the project scope. Additionally, I am concerned this project tramples over the rights of impacted First Nation communities by not ...

Attachment stong opposition to bury nuclear waste on Treaty #3 lands

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Takwana Nhau
Reference Number: 685
Submitted: 2026-02-06 - 11:07 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
i am one of many canadians that vehemently oppose this project. this project will affect millions of people in northwestern Ontario in permanent ways. stop pretending that nature is cheap and that it is going to be here forever. for once, consider that your own children will be affected by this. money is not gonna buy you out when teh devastation eventually reaches you too. please dont go through with it

Attachment Second comment: Nuclear Waste Management Organization proposal

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Sustainable Energy Group – Carleton Chapter
Reference Number: 674
Submitted: 2026-02-06
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
To: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) Date: 02.02.26 From: Sustainable Energy Group, Carleton County, New Brunswick – Second Comment RE: Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) proposal for an underground deep geological repository (DGR) system near Ignace, Ontario. By email: nuclearwaste-dechetsnucleaires@iaac- aeic.gc.ca The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague issued its Advisory Opinion July 23, 2025: OBLIGATIONS OF STATES IN RESPECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-pre-01-00-en.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ICJ Advisory Opinion would be breached by the IAAC with the approval of the transport of high-level nuclear waste by road or rail to the deep geological repository (DGR) near Ignace, ON, resulting in CO2 emissions accelerating global warming. The same applies to the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change signed by Canada. Transporting hazardous nuclear waste would certainly ...

Attachment Ignace resident in support of the project

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Debbie Hart
Reference Number: 672
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 9:35 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
I am in support of the DGR project as a whole. Nuclear energy has been proven to be one of the cleanest sources of energy. The regulations and safety protocols that are in place for dealing with nuclear energy are extremely well monitored with safety and environmental impact being at the forefront of decision making. The NWMO was put in place to ensure that the public was educated in what was being proposed with safe long term storage for used nuclear fuel, as well as ensuring that communities' concerned were heard. I believe that the NWMO did a. Dry good job to ensure those goals were met. I feel privileged that Ignace and WLON was the selected site for this Canada wide project. As a resident of Ignace, I am hopeful that an endeavour as innovative as this will be the economical boost that my community so much needed. There was quite of bit of hopefulness during the site selection process, and NWMO was supportive of community ...

Attachment Poor handling in transportation of dangerous goods

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Jacob Carr
Reference Number: 671
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 8:54 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
The thought of transporting nuclear waste across Northern Ontario to dump is unbelievable. The amount of pollution that is already pumped out into the earth this does not need to happen. If you need to get rid of the Waste find a proper acceptable way of doing so. There needs to be boundaries put in place and this is not one of them. Why does this world need to suffer anymore than it already is. There will be multiple people that will be affected by this, water will be affected, the soil will be affected by this. This has to he stopped from transporting waste and dumping the waste.

Attachment Great. We need more nuclear energy

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Robert Loder
Reference Number: 670
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 5:47 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
Nuclear energy will save humanity. It's the most regulated industry on the planet with the safest operational history statistics per mw produced. Don't let the paid opposition supporting renewables keep everyone in the dark.

Attachment Grand Council Treaty #3 Response to Initial Project Description by NWMO

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Grand Council Treaty #3
Reference Number: 660
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 3:45 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
Please see the attached Grand Council Treaty #3 Comments on NWMO's IPD. This version addresses minor clerical errors and replaces the version that GCT3 originally filed on February 4th at 11:40 p.m., submission Reference Number 594, as an administrative change. For greater certainty, the Schedules are also included, which are unchanged from the original filing.
Attachment Included
February 4, 2026 (corrected February 5, 2026) Mr. Terence Hubbard President, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 160 Elgin Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 Via Electronic Submission Dear Mr. Hubbard, I am writing to you on behalf of the Government of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 (the “Nation” or “GCT3”) to express fundamental concerns with the Initial Project Description (“IPD”) prepared by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (“NWMO”). The IPD proposes a facility to manage all Canada’s existing high-level used nuclear fuel for the duration of its toxicity, estimated to be 1 million years (the “Project”). Your Agency introduced the New Year by posting the 1,233 page IPD on your Registry on January 5, 2026, with the demand that comments be provided on the IPD Summary by the end of day February 4, 2026.1 This is an unreasonable timeframe and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (“IAAC”) should seek ...
Attachment Included
Appendix: GCT3 Letter to IAAC re NWMO IPD February 4, 2026 (corrected February 5, 2026) Appendix 1: Detailed comments on omissions and deficiencies in the Initial Project Description (re Issues #1 through #4) GCT3 Comment Relevant excerpts and references GCT3 is virtually ignored in the 1,233-page IPD. The IPD provides only one reference to GCT3 as an “Indigenous organization” that was part of NWMO engagement. The IPD does not acknowledge GCT3’s status as a traditional governance structure of the Nation that has jurisdiction and authority. The IPD contains no discussion of the Nation’s role in Treaty #3 Territory or the years of engagement between GCT3 and NWMO. It ignores information provided by GCT3 to NWMO regarding the Nation’s governance structure, laws, protocols and ceremony. GCT3’s engagement with NWMO extends back to 2011, not 2022. Other IPD references to GCT3 are passing references to GCT3 as a source of ...
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Nation to Nation Decision-making Agreement Proponent Submits PA Application Federal Government Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 Review Panel Manito Aki Inaakonigewin Gr an d Co un ci l T re at y #3 Harmonized Regulatory Process Visioning Scouting Hunting/Gathering Feasting Tr ea ty # 3 Co m m un iti es Harmonized Knowledge Sharing Agreement IA AC/CN SC IA Report Treaty #3 Co m m unities Reports Decision-making Tre aty #3 Process Federal Process 1 3 Vi si on in g Sc ou ti ng H un ti ng & G at he rin g Fe as ti ng • Relationship and Capacity Building • Manito Aki Inaakonigewin Education • Project Learning • Application of Project to Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 • Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 Determination of Project Leads • Creation of and Support for Leadership Framework and Joint Working Group Structures • Creation of and Support for Project Evaluation and Assessment Plan • Creation of and Support for Project ...

Attachment Yes to DGR, ensure Canada's energy future

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Andrew DeMarco
Reference Number: 653
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 2:39 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
Where: 1. Nuclear energy is essential to Canada's energy future. 2. Nuclear energy is the cleanest, safest form of stable baseload energy we ahve 3. Climate change is a significant and growing threat that will cost many lives and money, and nuclear energy is very low carbon emissions (zero for operation, low total lifecycle emissions) 4. Nucelar energy is required to meet global cliamte targets 5. Electrification of transporatation, heating and heavy industry are essential to fighting climate change 6. DGRs are, based on solid geographical and scientific facts, a safe way to store sued nuclear fuel for the long term. 7. Canada's growing nuclear industry will require a long term solution to storing used fuel 8. The site selection process was thourgh, the right type of rock formation was chosen, and the proposed site has gotten community buy-in for consideration. 9. Transortation of spent fuel has been ...

Attachment options

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Judith N. Brooke
Reference Number: 641
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 1:31 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
You may think that by securing nuclear waste in tight containers will work, they won't last forever and just by their size, they will pollute the earth/water, as well as disturbing the animal life within, from the smallest insect to the Orcas. But in time, those containers will leak. There are many options that science has created. Use those. They don't pollute or cause safety issues.

Attachment A transportation issue

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Susan Cullen
Reference Number: 623
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 11:21 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
We live on the English River in Northwestern Ontario. We have been here for almost 50 years. We know the value of this water system because we fish on it and draw our water from it. Nothing can convince us that burying nuclear waste upstream from our home will be foolproof. We wonder why the researchers would be certain that the highways coming from eastern Ontario will be safe for the vehicles carrying such waste. Today we have three accidents between Dryden and ThunderBay that have caused disruptions to traffic. Sometimes these events cause highway closures for up to the better part of a day. I wonder the time involved if a truck carrying nuclear waste should be involved in an event such as this? I say again - nothing is foolproof so we need to be prepared for the absolute worst, always. I shudder to think of the consequences for everyone. We are always hearing of events from eastern Ontario - new highways, subways, big ...

Attachment opposed

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Kenora Bed 'n' Bale - campground & farm
Reference Number: 614
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 9:30 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
Hauling waste across Ontario is too risky by either road or rail, as accidents are inevitable. Storing it in pristine NW Ontario is too high a risk to our valuable natural resources - water and food production, necessary for survival. Renewable, clean energy and efficient use need to the prioritized and move away from energy sources that can poison us all.

Attachment First Nations Communities Matter

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Erin Pomanti
Reference Number: 613
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 9:24 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: N/A
I stand behind First Nations Communities and the viewpoint of Erica Tropea (Masters in Environmental Science) : "Given that the public has been given the minimum amount of time to comment under the Impact Assessment Act, which is 30-days, the comments here should be considered preliminary and more time should be given to the public and First Nations to comment on such an important and impactful topic. Eagle Lake First Nation traditional territory overlaps with the project area, and part of that is shared with Wabigoon Lake First Nation. Yet, Eagle Lake First Nation has been systematically left out of the consultation process and has made it publicly known that as a result, they are now being forced to participate in the assessment in order to protect their lands. It is essential that an impact assessment does not take place until Eagle Lake First Nation is recognized as a host community. Grassy Narrows First Nation has also been excluded from the ...

Attachment Stop NWMO's DGR

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: StopNuclearWorkgroup
Reference Number: 612
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:53 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
Dear NWMO, I haven't, and it seems your constiuents haven't either, had time to fully review the impacts of this DGR. From the little I've gleaned so far, this seems like a very rash and dangerous endeavor, poorly planned and in the true nuclear industrial fashion, concocted and pushed forward in a very non-transparent way excluding the public to be severely impacted by this project. In the U.S. citizens critical of nuclear energy are horrified by the recent agreement between Canada and the NW Compact states to take Canada's nuclear waste and dispose of it in Clive, Utah. As with the DGR this was agreed upon without due diligence in including the public, and the transporation aspect of the movement of this waste, though it is low level, presents a great danger. This waste dump in Utah does not have the support of community and it threatens the Great Salt Lake--another environmental catastrophe. I urge Canada to ...

Attachment Highway studies

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Dryden surrounding area First Nation
Reference Number: 611
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:51 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
Would like to see more highway studies , is it safe to move nuclear waste on the highways? Also, what are current earth quake statistics in the proposed area and surrounding?

Attachment Opposed to nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Erika Olson
Reference Number: 610
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:48 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I write as a long time resident of northwestern Ontario, an ecologist, and a community member. I am strongly opposed to nuclear waste being transported through and stored in northern Ontario. People in our area do not use the electricity produced by nuclear power, but are being pressured to accept the forever-dangerous waste products and all of the risk. There is no safe way to transport these materials through the north. Our area is prone to extreme weather conditions and catastrophic forest fires. Northern Ontario is not the right solution for southern Ontario's radioactive waste. I have serious concerns about the lack of real consultation with Indigenous communities, from a human rights standpoint. I have serious concerns from an environmental standpoint. I realize that money is no object when it comes to buying consent - nobody wants this waste in their backyard, for obvious and legitimate reasons. It is time to prioritize safer energy generation practices. It is unethical ...

Attachment Concerned about transportation and other things

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Emma Gardner
Reference Number: 609
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:27 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
The nuclear waste will be transported on a highway which is a common site for accidents in the winter and summer conditions. Something that stood out to me was from 10.3 "Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations and are not considered part of the Project’s designated or incidental activities." Yes, while this project is not solely responsible for the regulations on transporting dangerous goods, and I can see why it is excluded in the report- I am curious to know where I should look for the company's plan for if things go wrong. if there is an accident on the highway, if there is an issue and the nuclear waste does not make it to the storage site or has leaked out somewhere in transport to the site, how much is NWMO responsible for? If there are any potential risks that happen and result damage to the environment and the surrounding communities, what happens? Is there a plan to fix or manage spills should they occur? What is the plan, and how are the people ...

Attachment Water protection

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Rhonda Snow
Reference Number: 608
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:20 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I live on a Houseboat on Rainy Lake for half the year . I am Annishinabe and I live with what I believe is the most beautiful wildlife creatation in the world. NWO. NWMO have been dividing communities against either other by not allowing NWO a fair voice and not treating everyone with the same respect There is a reason that other countries are taking a step back with the development of high level nuclear fuel. With that as a fact the nuclear industry has put the power before the knowledge as to designing that has cause a catastrophic decision to deal with and NWO never asked to be connected to. The transportation is disastrous. It's not even included in this assessment as recommended . . Mother Earth should never have herself opened up and to stick the HL nuclear in her. It is just so very dangerous and wring. No proof of safety on route nor in Watershed ...

Attachment Impact assessment

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Erin Bottle
Reference Number: 677
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:15 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 Subject: FW: Impact Assessment From: Erin Bottle Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 12:15 AM To: Nuclear Waste / Déchets Nucléaires (IAAC/AEIC) <nuclearwaste-dechetsnucleaires@iaac-aeic.gc.ca> Subject: Re: Impact Assessment TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN My name is Erin Bottle, decendant of Nomadic Clan of the Anishnawbe Nation on Unceeded Treaty 9 James Bay Territory member registry under the Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation 203 I am writing to assert my bloodline lineage in protetion of Traditional lands & waterways in the Hieght of Land Territory. I strongly oppose the destruction of our waters ways & traditional lands as the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has not given free and prior informed consent to the Traditional Title Rights holders of our Nation & therefore is in direct violation of Nation to Nation Treaty Agreements to preserve ALL LIFE as Long As the Grass Grows, As Long As the Rivets Flow & As long as the Sun Shall Shine. Under International Laws ...

Attachment Concerns re DGR for Nuclear Waste proposed by NWMO near Ignace ON

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Michelle Shephard
Reference Number: 607
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:02 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
Dear Sirs/Madams: Being a resident in the area I am deeply concerned about the proposed deep geological repository for nuclear waste proposed by NWMO near Ignace ON. I am concerned about the lack of inclusion and engagement of impacted parties. Besides local communities in Northwestern Ontario, I am concerned that indigenous communities will also be highly impacted in terms of their rights and interests on the land. It is my understanding that NWMO Has negated their opportunity to provide critical input regarding land use, and resources in their traditional territories. Specifically, Eagle Lake First Nation has filed a judicial review and opposition, and they have not been properly acknowledged. Their opposition was not included in the project description and this to me, amounts to withholding of information from the public. I am also concerned about the potential impact on the ground water, specifically the Winnipeg River watershed this ...

Attachment NWMO DGR System - IPD

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Ecological Justice Working Group of the Justice, Mission and Outreach Committee, Regions East, United Church of Canada
Reference Number: 648
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:02 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 Submission to Impact Assessment Agency Canada February 4, 2026 Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Deep Geological Repository for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project By Ecological Justice Working Group of the Justice, Mission and Outreach Committee, Regions East, United Church of Canada Contact: Dr. Mary Lou Harley Let us not be guided by corporate agenda, by political motives, by military urging, by fear or by overconfidence. Let us be guided by ethical considerations and social values arising from the best efforts of respectful, participatory consultation with the citizens and experts, and by the best of social sciences, natural sciences, and technologies, with the wisdom to acknowledge the uncertainties and limitations of our best. (United Church 2004) This proposal by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (the NWMO) entitled Deep Geological Repository for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project indicates from this ...

Attachment NWMO Impact Assessment

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Jordan Strum
Reference Number: 649
Submitted: 2026-02-05 - 12:01 AM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 From: Jordan Strum Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 12:01 AM To: Nuclear Waste / Déchets Nucléaires (IAAC/AEIC) Subject: NWMO Impact Assessment To whom it may concern, I am wri ng to express my concern regarding the Nuclear Waste Management Organiza on’s (NWMO) proposed deep geological repository for nuclear fuel waste, especially regarding the transporta on of this waste to the proposed site. Long-distance transporta on of waste materials must be included in the review process. With considera on for the frequent occurrence of transport-related accidents along highways 11 and 17, I believe that the poten al for environmental consequences and loss of life resul ng from long-distance transporta on must not be overlooked. I would implore your team to carefully consider the poten al environmental impact of a containment breach along the transit route. Much of Highway 17 runs directly alongside Lake Superior, our na on's greatest freshwater reservoir, at mes from ...

Attachment Demande d’inclure l’impacts du transport dans l’évaluation d’impacts du projet de dépôt géologique en profondeur

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Patrick Bonin
Reference Number: 620
Submitted: 2026-02-05
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
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1 PATRICK BONIN Député fédéral Repentigny CIRCONSCRIPTION 184, Notre-Dame Bureau 201 Repentigny (Québec) J6A 2P9 Tél. : 450-581-3896 Fax : 450-581-9958 patrick.bonin@parl.gc.ca OTTAWA Bureau 313, Édifice de la Confédération Chambre des communes Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0A6 Tél. : 613-992-5257 Fax : 613-996-4338 Chambre des communes Ottawa, le 4 février 2026 L’honorable Julie Dabrusin, Ministre de l’Environnement, du Changement climatique et de la Nature La Commission de Sureté Nucléaire du Canada L’Agence d’évaluation d’impact la Société de gestion des déchets nucléaires PAR COURRIEL Objet : Demande d’inclure l’impacts du transport dans l’évaluation d’impacts du projet de dépôt géologique en profondeur Madame la ministre, membres de la Commission de Sureté Nucléaire du Canada, de l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact et de la Société de gestion des déchets nucléaires ...

Attachment MISSISSAUGAS OF SCUGOG ISLAND FIRST NATION (MSIFN) COMMENTS TO THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA (IAAC) ON THE SUMMARY OF THE INITIAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION – DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY (DGR) FOR CANADA’S USED NUCLEAR FUEL PROJECT

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
Reference Number: 627
Submitted: 2026-02-05
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 MISSISSAUGAS OF SCUGOG ISLAND FIRST NATION (MSIFN) COMMENTS TO THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA (IAAC) ON THE SUMMARY OF THE INITIAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION – DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY (DGR) FOR CANADA’S USED NUCLEAR FUEL PROJECT February 4, 2026 Submitted via email to NuclearWaste-DechetsNucleaires@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. 1. Introduction The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN), as part of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg and signatories to the Williams Treaties, appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Summary of the Initial Project Description for the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s used nuclear fuel project. Our community’s treaty and traditional territories encompass key components of the existing nuclear fuel cycle, including the Darlington and Pickering nuclear facilities and current on-site storage of used nuclear fuel bundles. MSIFN’s interests in this initiative are grounded in our treaty rights, ...

Attachment NWMO Proposal for deep geological repository for nuclear waste, Ignace

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Judie Garbo
Reference Number: 652
Submitted: 2026-02-05
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
Feb 4, 2026 Impact Assessment Agency Re: NWMO Proposal for Deep Geological Repository (NGR) for used nuclear fuel waste, Ignace This letter is to advise your agency that I, as a resident of Ontario and raised in northern Ontario, am against the proposal of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. I am deeply concerned on the state of Ontario and Canada with ongoing climate warming and the resulting disasters. I have no faith that our current Ontario legislature will act proactively and responsibly after they have removed many protections for the environment. After listening to a video produced by Dr. Gordon Edwards, Ph. D, President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (1), I am better aware of the process of producing nuclear energy and the facts regarding nuclear fuel waste. These are my main concerns: Concern #1: There is no proven safe long-term storage of nuclear waste. Nuclear waste will take over 10 million years before it is reduced. ...

Attachment Elizabeth Angeconeb

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Elizabeth Angeconeb
Reference Number: 669
Submitted: 2026-02-05
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1/3 E.Angeconeb Comments re Initial Project Description summary Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Project The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has been selected along with the town of Ignace in NW Ontario as the location for the building of a DGR that will contain all the used radioactive material from nuclear plants across Canada. A federal impact assessment must take place, given the dangers involved and the distances the nuclear waste has to be transported on roads and highways across Canada and through the many communities located on those routes along the way. As a registered member of Lac Seul First Nation, signatory to Treaty 3 in northwestern Ontario, I am not in favour of locating a DGR in Treaty 3 Territory, and I oppose the deep burial of any nuclear waste. I also have relatives who are members of Serpent River First Nation, which is in the Robinson Huron Treaty ...

Attachment No nuclear waste in NWO

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Will Percy
Reference Number: 629
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:57 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 From: William Percy Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 11:57 PM To: Nuclear Waste / Déchets Nucléaires (IAAC/AEIC) Subject: No nuclear waste in NWO To whom it may concern. I’m writing to tell you that I am completely against the plan to build a nuclear waste dump near Ignace. I live and work in Northwestern Ontario, and I think this is a bad idea that puts our home at risk. My biggest worry is that it will poison our land and water forever. We have clean lakes and rivers here. One accident or leak over the hundreds of years this waste will be dangerous could ruin that for everyone who comes after us. We shouldn’t have to carry that risk. I also don’t think our area can handle it. We already don’t have enough hospitals or doctors out here. Our highways are bad—they’re narrow, not built for heavy traffic, and scary to drive in the winter. Bringing nuclear waste through here on those roads for years sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. A lot of people I ...

Attachment Love North Western Ontario

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Kristine Olson
Reference Number: 606
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:56 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I am adding my voice to the many other voices in opposition to this dangerous plan to dump high level nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario. As a long time resident and someone very active in opposition, this area is very near and dear to my heart. I love our wilderness and the wildness you can feel in every pore of your body and breathe in from the cool fresh air. Smell the forest and feel the refreshing and life giving energy from swimming in the many lakes. In fact we are part of a very large watershed area that reaches Lake Winnipeg from the south travelling along the Northern United States and also west into Lake of the Woods which connects to Lake Winnipeg and ultimately reaching the Nelson River into Hudsons Bay. We are all connected in this very sensitive area that needs to be protected at all costs. We are the northern part of the province which should be considered a treasure for water resources ...

Attachment Rejection of the proponent's initial project description and call to suspend the impact assessment

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Mary McPherson
Reference Number: 605
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:55 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
To: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Re: Rejection of the Proponent’s Initial Project Description and call to suspend the impact assessment My name is Mary McPherson and I am an Anishinaabe member of Couchiching First Nation, currently residing in Thunder Bay. Since time immemorial, my ancestors have lived on the lands that are now covered by Treaty #3. I urge the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (“Agency”) to reject the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (“NWMO”) Initial Project Description (“IPD”) of the deep geological repository for Canada’s used nuclear fuel (“DGR”, Project No. 88774), and to suspend the impact assessment, for the following reasons. Excluded from the scope of the IPD is the transportation of radioactive waste to the project site from ...

Attachment Opposed to proposed site of deep geological repository (DGR) in Northwestern Ontario

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Darlene Salter
Reference Number: 604
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:55 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I am submitting this comment in strong opposition to the proposed Deep Geological Repository project by Nuclear Waste Management Organization within Treaty 3 territory. I am opposed on the basis of irreversible environmental risk, violations of Indigenous sovereignty, the transportation of nuclear waste so far from its production and deeply flawed consultation processes. I have been a resident of Dryden and Northwestern Ontario since 1974. The wilderness and the thousands of clean freshwater lakes attracted me to my first job after graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Sir George Williams University (now Concordia). Swimming is one of my favourite physical activities. Swimming in my hometown of Deux Montagnes occurred in the polluted water of the Riviere des Mille Iles or driving into the Laurentians. The forest woodlots were disappearing as the suburbs grew. Aside from the polluted Wabigoon River, the ...

Attachment Public Comments re: APM-REP-05000-0211-R000, Prepared by: Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Initial Project Description Plain Language Summary (English) – Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Project, December 202...

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Kevin Camps
Reference Number: 680
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:55 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
Public Comments re: APM-REP-05000-0211-R000, Prepared by: Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Initial Project Description Plain Language Summary (English) – Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Project, December 2025 Comments prepared and submitted (via <nuclearwaste-dechetsnucleaires@iaac-aeic.gc.ca>) on February 4, 2026 by: Kevin Kamps Radioactive Waste Specialist Beyond Nuclear Comments endorsed by: Michael J. Keegan Chair Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Alice Hirt Board Member Don't Waste Michigan Diane D’Arrigo Radioactive Waste Project Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) Contact: Kevin Kamps, —1— <personal information removed> <personal information removed> <personal information removed> <personal information removed> <contact information removed> Public Comments: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has congratulated itself repeatedly about its respect ...

Attachment Judith Fox Lee Submission of Comments on the NWMO Nuclear Waste Project

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Administrator on behalf of Judith Fox Lee
Reference Number: 626
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:55 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
Attachment Included
1 From: Judith Fox Lee Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 11:55 PM To: Nuclear Waste / Déchets Nucléaires (IAAC/AEIC) Subject: Judith Fox Lee Submission of Comments on the NWMO Nuclear Waste Project To Whom It May Concern, The Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed Deep Geological Repository for high-level radioactive waste program was launched with an Initial Project Description on January 5, 2026, with a 30- day comment period on it. Here is in section A, a list of all my Deep and Serious Specific Concerns, followed by my critique of the global problem of nuclear wastes within the current and historical aspects of the entire nuclear industry worldwide in section B Section A, Specific Concerns: 1. Thirty days is simply not enough time for members of the public, the scientific community, indigenous and other community groups to study the proposal and prepare their comments. This indicates to me that the federal government is trying to ram this proposal ...

Attachment concerned about transportation and storage of nuclear waste in treaty 3 territory

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Kanina Terry
Reference Number: 603
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:52 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I am a member of Lac Seul/Obishikokaang First Nation, a mother, artist, hide tanner, harvester, and food sovereignty advocate based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. My grandfather was a commercial fisherman on Lac Seul, a lake that was flooded 100 years ago to made into a reservoir for a hydro-electric dam to provide electricity to Manitoba. The raised water levels from the dam covered our medicines, manoomin (wild rice) bed, and much more. I feel the effects of that loss today. I live close to HWY 17, the proposed transportation route for this nuclear waste, and use it often to travel to Thunder Bay. In winter months I hear of highway closures from transport collisions once or twice a week – these collisions happen in warmer months as well. I cannot fathom this hwy being used to transport nuclear waste. Transportation must be included in the impact assessment. I am concerned about the long-term safety of a deep geologic repository in this territory. ...

Attachment My concerns regarding the NWMO project

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: James Hutchins
Reference Number: 602
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:51 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I am writing this comment to make my concerns about the geological repository for nuclear fuel waste which the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is proposing to construct and operate between Ignace and Dryden in northwestern Ontario. While I have many, many concerns about the project itself, the method of selecting the site and the site selection itself, my comments tonight are on the Impact Assessment review process which began on January 5th and the NWMO’s “initial project description”. First of all I want to note that the 30-day comment period is way too short. So many people who are concerned about this project, especially about the transportation of the radioactive waste itself to and from the site, will not have even heard about the comment period before it's already over. As well as those of us who were alerted to the comment period, it is far too short a period of time to come up with well informed commentary on just ...

Attachment Opposed

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Elizabeth Woodside
Reference Number: 601
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:48 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
I am a settler living on Anishinaabe territory, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I am gravely concerned about the potential for irreversible and catastrophic consequences of this project. In terms of risk management, this project appears to have a very high likelihood of incident(s) (particularly in transportation) and very, very high consequence should an incident occur. The risk of nuclear contamination of our water and ecosystems and the risk to human safety and well-being is immeasurable against any economic rationale. I am also concerned about the short comment period provided. This project requires a widely informed and engaged community consultation and rigorous ethical considerations given the severity and longevity of the impacts being considered and the span of watersheds at risk of impact. Liz Woodside

Attachment Review Needed

Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: Melissa Seguin
Reference Number: 600
Submitted: 2026-02-04 - 11:48 PM
Project Phase: Planning
Participation Notice: Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
The practices by which the NWMO achieved town "approval" were deplorable. Those who asked questions or held opposing views were bullied, harassed and belittled online to the point of defamation. NWMO staff and town leaders observed, tolerated and in some cases encouraged overt abuse of town members and the public trying to have input. This caused real suffering for families and divided the town. It went on and on for years and they would stop at nothing to move the project forward. This was not a deal made in good faith, nor was the information properly available or explained when questions were asked. Extensive online activity has now been deleted after behind the scenes pressure, but records prove the truth. I call foul play.

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