IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA PROJECT
Deep Geological Repository for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel
The Impact Assessment process of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's Deep Geological Repository Project began in early 2026. The Planning Phase is complete and the Impact Statement Phase has begun. (click here for the Impact Assessment Agenecy of Canada Project Page).
UPDATE: The Impact Assessment Process has recently come under threat. Visit the post The Impact Assessment Might Not Happen or We The Nucear Free North for more.
Environment North submitted comments to the Impact Assessment Agency in the Planning Phase of the Impact Assessment:
- Environment North's Comments on the Initial Project Description
- Environment North's Comments on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Public Participation Plan.
More Comments:
- We the Nuclear Free North Comments on the Initial Project Description
- Canadian Environmental Law Associatio Comments on behalf of We The Nuclear Free North on the Initial Porject Destription
For more on the Planning Phase of the Impact Assessment visit: We The Nuclear Free North Impacts Page
Impact Assessment background videos by We the Nuclear Free North:
Part V: GETTING READY AGAIN
Part 1 of 3: HOW DID WE GET HERE? NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION’S NUCLEAR WASTE BURIAL PROJECT BACKGROUND This 6 minute video briefly covers the nuclear industry's development of nuclear power reactors and pursuit of an out-of-site-out-of-mind "solution" to their nuclear waste problem.
Part 2 of 3: WHERE ARE WE GOING? THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR NWMO'S NUCLEAR WASTE BURIAL PROJECT This 10-minute video describes the federal impact and licensing process.
Part 3 of 3: WHERE WE ARE: NWMO’S SOFT LAUNCH OF THEIR (DRAFT, SUMMARY, GLOSSY) INTIAL PROJECT DESCRIPTON This 5-minute video discusses the July 17th release by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of a summary of a draft initial project description.