For over 50 years, Canada’s nuclear industry has operated without a real plan for managing its most dangerous waste. Join us in taking action by May 10!
Your Voice Matters
When nuclear power plants like Pickering and Point Lepreau were built in the 1960s and 1970s, they were approved without Indigenous consent and without asking how the toxic radioactive waste they would produce could be safely managed and isolated from the environment, for hundreds of thousands of years.
Now, that question can no longer be ignored.
A nuclear waste dump – called the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) – is being proposed in Northwestern Ontario, to bury and abandon used nuclear fuel from across the country.
With the impact assessment for the DGR now underway, we urge you to join us in sending a message by May 10 telling the federal government that a project of this scale and risk warrants an equally robust assessment.
The Deep Geological Repository is not a standalone facility. It is the endpoint of a national nuclear waste system that includes the generation, handling, transportation, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste across Canada.
Yet, the proponent – the Nuclear Waste Management Organization – is already attempting to exclude or minimize key parts of this project from the impact study it will soon undertake, as part of the multi-phased impact assessment process.
We cannot let Canada or nuclear waste producers step back from their responsibilities to protect the health of citizens, nature and future generations – especially at a time when they are announcing billion-dollar investments in new nuclear projects for a multitude of purposes, including military uses.
Your participation will influence decisions being made now, that will last for generations. We must get this right.