OAKVILLE, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has designed, developed and fabricated a first-of-a-kind system to clad our used fuel containers (UFCs) with copper through an electroplating process. The copper will prevent corrosion of the steel UFCs, which will eventually be [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – More than 130 elementary and high school students from Hornepayne and Manitouwadge recently gathered at Manitouwadge High School to celebrate at the Robotics Learning Fair. “We thought it would be a wonderful chance for our two small communities to come together and [Read more]
NWMO provides funding to recognize leadership in advancing Canada’s Plan TORONTO, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will focus efforts on fewer areas in the site selection process for a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. The area around Blind River and Elliot [Read more]
by Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch OTTAWA, ON – For north of Superior communities involved in the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s “Learn More” program, revisions to the design and layout of the NWMO’s nuclear waste burial plans might mean it’s more a case of “learn again” as [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Saturday, July 16 Manitouwadge’s 2nd Annual ATV Jamboree saw off road enthusiasts gather to face the challenge of approximately 175km of off-road trail excitement. The weather was ideal, sunny, warm and dry. Registered participants, event organizers and volunteers [Read more]
TORONTO, ON– The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced today that it will recognize communities in the areas of Schreiber, Ontario, and Creighton, Saskatchewan, that actively participated in recently concluded Preliminary Assessment studies and engagement for Canada’s deep [Read more]
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is concluding preliminary assessment work in two communities engaged in learning about Adaptive Phased Management (APM), Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. New geological studies in the vicinity of Creighton, [Read more]
The federal government will once again be in direct violation with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It comes as no surprise that the Crown will most likely proceed with its unilateral decision making when it comes to the storage of nuclear waste in our [Read more]
Elliot Lake, Blind River, Manitouwadge and White River will continue to more detailed study; six communities recognized for leadership TORONTO, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has completed the first phase of preliminary assessment for six communities in Northern Ontario [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The video below is Part 2 of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s conversation with Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy-Leader Bruce Hyer on the final evening of his Northwestern Ontario visit in November. Hyer travelled the region hosting Town Hall [Read more]
From http://ejlavoie.wordpress.com A monograph in 7 chapters By Edgar J. Lavoie 1 ̶ Love It or Ship It There are just over 2 million fuel bundles sitting outside Canada’s nuclear power reactors. That’s right ̶ “outside”. Which is a good thing, because they are used fuel [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN, ON – November 9-14, 2014 Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada hosted a series of town hall meetings throughout the region. Meetings were held in Thunder Bay, Nakina, Geraldton, Longlac, Schreiber, and Manitouwadge with [Read more]
Nuclear waste disposal and transport in NWO THUNDER BAY – SUPERIOR NORTH, ON – As your MP, I feel strongly that the citizens of Thunder Bay—Superior North and Northwestern Ontario should have an opportunity to think about the critical decisions that affect you and share your [Read more]
SUBMITTED BY: NORTHWATCH NIPIGON, ON -The Township of Nipigon has withdrawn from the nuclear industry’s investigation of multiple communities as potential nuclear waste burial sites. The municipality was one of ten in northern Ontario remaining in the process. An additional 3 communities in [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – April 10 & 11, 2014 the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held an open house in the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre. The event was very well attended with approximately 120 residents visiting, among them were students from the secondary and elementary [Read more]
