Nuclear Waste Final Report about what to do with Canada's used nuclear fuel
The Final Study report from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization is now available online at http://www.nwmo.ca ... "Choosing a Way Forward: The Future Management of Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel" (451 pages, 11.9 Mb - NWMO Final Study - NWMO_Final_Study_Nov_2005_E.pdf).
Everyone is invited to order their own paper copy that is available free of charge. They still have a space online for leaving comments about their "study".
This organization that is funded by the producers of this deadly by-product of the nuclear industry claims ... "After a comprehensive three year study that engaged specialists, stakeholders and citizens from all walks of life, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has recommended Adaptive Phased Management for the long-term care of used nuclear fuel. The Government of Canada must now decide on an appropriate approach."
Basically, the disposal of this nuclear waste material will be done in a number of stages that include parts of the original options presented to people during NWMO's "information sessions". The end result is still the same where the industry hopes to create nuclear waste sites deep in the Canadian Shield. This plan was what was presented 25 years ago and is still their long term strategy, only now they have spent millions more dollars producing this "report" that is suppose to represent the opinions of Canadians.
On page 105 of the "study" under the heading "Siting" ...
"There was general agreement that a willing community should be sought to host the waste with the caveat that any willing host community must also be proven to be technically appropriate. ... There was some belief that an area could be found that is sufficiently remote to not be in anyone's community. Participants in Aboriginal dialogues suggested, with their traditional territorities in mind, there is no such place. ....
Reports from Aboriginal dialogues underline the high level of concern which many Aboriginal peoples have that their territory and traditional way of life will be impacted by any site that is selected, and that this impact will not be appropriately recognized, factored in to decision-making and addressed."
Another notice of importance on their web site, they are forced to acknowledge ... "On page 81 of the Final Study: Choosing a Way Forward Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) should be included in the list of Aboriginal organizations which argue that the NWMO Aboriginal Dialogues "are not 'consultation' as required by their interpretation of the law."