Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2024 10:04 AM
For Immediate Release
February 7, 2024
SOUTH BRUCE, ON – Representatives from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) presented an updated Confidence in Safety Report for South Bruce at the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) monthly meeting on February 1st.
Results from the NWMO’s ongoing safety assessment show that a deep geological repository (DGR) can be safely built and operated in South Bruce, according to NWMO Director of Geoscience, Andy Parmenter and Manager of Safety Assessment...
Posted on Monday, January 15, 2024 04:05 PM
SOUTH BRUCE, ON – The Community Liaison Committee heard from a Western University researcher about experiments she and a team of experts have been conducting related to the rate of corrosion of the used nuclear fuel containers designed for the proposed deep geological repository (DGR).
The purpose of the work is to expose the containers to a highly corrosive environment to determine the rate of corrosion in extreme conditions. Called the Ocean Module Experiment, it involves placing copper inside...
Posted on Thursday, December 14, 2023 09:11 AM
SOUTH BRUCE, ON – At its meeting on December 12, 2023, South Bruce Council passed a motion approving an amendment to the Multi-Year Funding Agreement (MYFA) with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO).
The MYFA was initially approved by Council in June 2020 in By-Law #2020-53. Since then, the agreement has been updated multiple times. This is the sixth amendment to the MYFA which will incorporate the work plan and budget for 2024.
The 2024 net budget is $1,930,017 plus a carry over of...
Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 09:21 AM
Since 2012, the Municipality of South Bruce has been learning more about Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel, which is the responsibility of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). The plan, named Adaptive Phased Management, requires the used fuel to be safely and securely contained and isolated from people and the environment in a deep geological repository in a suitable rock formation.
In May 2010, the NWMO published the Site Selection Process for...
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2023 01:24 PM
For Immediate Release
October 30, 2023.
SOUTH BRUCE, ON – South Bruce community members toured Ontario Power Generation (OPG) facilities to learn about current storage and waste management processes for high, intermediate, and low-level nuclear waste on Friday, October 27.
The Municipality of South Bruce is participating in the site selection process to host the deep geological repository for Canada’s used nuclear fuel. Facility tours provide an up-close experience for community members to gain a...
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