Press Release: NWMO DGR Announcement

The Beginning of our Future!

Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO): https://www.nwmo.ca/en/News/The-Nuclear-Waste-Management-Organization-selects-site-for-Canadas-deep-geological-repository

The Corporation of the Township of Ignace: Press Release

Mayor and Council of the Township of Ignace Honoured to be Chosen by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to Host Canada’s First Deep Geological Repository Project (DGR) The First of its Kind in Canada.

Ignace ON November 28, 2024 – Today, the Mayor, Council and Senior Officials with the Township of Ignace were informed that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has indeed chosen the Township of Ignace/Wabigoon Lake Area to host Canada’s first ever Deep Geological Repository to store used nuclear fuel, a potential $26 Billion dollar project. Today the Township’s Mayor, Council and Staff, the Chief and members of the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, and Members of both Provincial and Federal Government finally heard the news/decision that has been over fourteenyears in the making, a decision that has the potential to alter the future trajectory and landscape of this small community and the entire region.

Press Release:  Press Release - Township of Ignace - Wabigoon Lake Area Selected as Host to NWMO Deep Geological Repository November 28 2024

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation: https://www.wabigoonlakeon.ca/_files/ugd/04fe7b_32f48e740d714bfd95234905ed3531de.pdf

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