Serious concerns about DGR for nuclear waste

While I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this project,  considering that nuclear toxic waste is dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years, the proposal of a DGR is not a decision to be rushed or taken lightly. A full impact assessment needs to take place with the risks of waste transportation included. The proposal to bury this waste and abandon it, believing that nothing will go wrong, is irresponsible. When have humans ever built anything that lasts the thousands of years in which this toxic waste will remain dangerous? A DGR is saddling our future generations with the contamination of our waters, and putting at risk all the communities along the transportation route. No matter how careful the nuclear industry claims it is being, accidents can (and always do) happen. A DGR is not a solution to nuclear waste, it is a limp effort to justify continued investment in nuclear energy.

There is no scientific data to proove it is safe. Among other scientists, even David Suzuki warns of the dangers of burying nuclear waste into the Canadian Shield. One comment he made was that there is no scientific data that far down into the earth.  Know one knows exactly what the reactions will be. I am not a scientist with the correct vocabulary but he warned that this needs more testing and that has not been done. Our environment and humanity can't handle anymore shortsighted decisions made without the assessment of all risks involved, including transportation and long term effects.  What about the plants, the animals that will be affected?? You can't just say "It will be fine, don't worry"  Our highways especially in Northwestern Ontatio should not be carrying Nuclear waste. There are fatal accidents way too often now. Think of our first responders and the others who will be involved in those accidents.

You cannot guarantee that there will never be any leaks or other issues out of our control. The risks are just too great.  Once any leakage, or accident happens,  it cannot be undone. 

If you bury it for all eternity then what happens in the future when new technologies might be developed which could utilize and/or neutralize nuclear waste.  Storing waste adjacent to reactors could make it readily available should the opportunity for utilization and/or neutralization arise.

I suspect that if the NWMO had not given all of that Money and promises to those who had the power to say yes or no, that the answer would indeed have been no. The greed of money is why we may now have this horrible thing happen here in our beautiful wild forest. The chance for our waters and land to be harmed for our future generations to deal with. The decisions should have been made by ALL of the people who will be affected. That is ALL of Northwestern Ontario and ALL of those on the watershed and highways.

I stand with the thousands of Canadians and First Nations people that OPPOSE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO!