Concerns about DGR for used Nuclear Fuel

This DGR requires a full impact assessment. Place a nuclear waste repository in the Lake Winnipeg watershed is a huge concern given that we do not know the full impacts of a DGR for nuclear waste on a watershed. Lake Winnipeg is already in a bad enough state, and with many communities relying on it for their livelihoods and cultural practices this is a huge concern.

Furthermore, the transportation of this waste to the DGR needs to be carefully considered as the risk of contamination if an accident happens during transportation is high.  

The fact that 13 Indigenous Nations in Treaty 3 oppose this project is a clear indication that it does not have wide acceptance, despite agreement from Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation.  Nuclear energy is not a good solution to the climate crisis and should not be promoted through projects such as this--unproven methods for waste storage that will impact First Nations ways of living with the land.