10/25/2026
October 26 Nuclear DEADLINES
3 days, 2 deadlines, 1 challenge:
Stop runaway nuclear projects & nuclear deregulation
Designating NWMO's DGR as a "PONI" Guaranteed Approval for Nuclear Waste Transport & Burial Scheme
Handover of Nuclear Review to CNSC Bill C-39, Unbuilding Canada's Environmental Projections
GUARANTEED APPROVAL OF NWMO'S DGR? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Send your comments by October 26. Tool and Details - See the WEBSITE with all info:
https://wethenuclearfreenorth.ca/bypassing-public-review/
On September 18th the federal government announced its next step to short-circuit the review of theNuclear Waste Management Organization’s plan to transport, process, bury and abandon all of Canada’s high-level nuclear fuel waste at a site in the heart of Treaty 3 territory in northwestern Ontario. Notice was posted in the Canada Gazette that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO’s) Deep Geological Repository (DGR) project for all of Canada’s nuclear fuel waste is proposed for designation as a “Project of National Interest” under the Building Canada Act. This designation would guarantee project approval and would circumvent the Impact Assessment process.
The Notice also indicates a reduced scope of any project review, eliminating long-distance transportation and long-term safety from whatever evaluation the federal government might employ in developing their conditions of approval.
Key point: if the NWMO’s project is actually defensible and a sound safety case can be made for the nuclear waste transportation and burial scheme, there should be no hesitation on the part of the nuclear industry or the federal government to have it subject to a comprehensive and independent assessment.
October 26 is the deadline to comment on the Notice and argue for a full public review.
