CLC Learns about potential financial compensation and infrastructure upgrades for NWMO Project

For Immediate Release
July 5, 2024

SOUTH BRUCE, ON – At the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) meeting July 4th, the South Bruce Nuclear Exploration Team reviewed how the Hosting Agreement with the NWMO addresses South Bruce’s Guiding Principles related to economic impacts, financial compensation and infrastructure needs.

South Bruce’s 36 Guiding Principles are based on expectations, aspirations, key concerns, and questions about the NWMO Project, expressed by community members. The Principles serve as a foundation of South Bruce’s continued, intensive review of the NWMO Project.

Project Manager Dave Rushton and Community Engagement Officer Steve Travale presented sections of the Hosting Agreement, as well as other documents, studies and legislation that speak to 10 of the 36 Principles.

The presentation described key NWMO commitments the Hosting Agreement:

Funding for additional services and infrastructure upgrades required for the Project, including a traffic analysis plan.
Supporting/leveraging local suppliers and businesses, should the community be willing and selected to host the Project.
Providing opportunities for employment and training programs and a Business Opportunities Working Group
Creating a joint Implementation Committee
Developing a Mutual Aid Agreement to coordinate emergency response

More information on how South Bruce’s 36 Guiding Principles are addressed is available on the municipal website.
The next CLC meeting will take place on August 8 at 7 p.m. and will cover the remaining Guiding Principles, which relate to Safety and the Environment, and, Governance and Engagement. The meeting will also welcome representatives from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) for insight into the role of the regulator in licensing processes.

The CNSC and IAAC will be available to engage with community members at the CLC meeting, at their booth at the Teeswater Fall Fair from August 16-18, and at the Breakfast with the Regulators at the Teeswater Town Hall on August 16 from 7-10 AM with brief presentations being given at 7:30 and 9:00 AM.

-30-