SB Nuclear Exploration Team

SOUTH BRUCE, ON – South Bruce Council will consider a Hosting Agreement between the Municipality of South Bruce and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) at a special meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. This Hosting Agreement maps out what happens if South Bruce decides it is a willing host and selected for the NWMO Project to safely store Canada’s used nuclear fuel.

SOUTH BRUCE, ON – At the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) meeting April 4. th.

SOUTH BRUCE, ON – The environmental and safety studies completed to date, show that a deep geologic repository can be safely built and operated in South Bruce, according to the municipality’s lead peer review consultant GHD Ltd. Ian Dobrindt, Senior Environmental Planner and member of the Peer Review Team, told the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) that there is no evidence that would keep the Municipality from going forward with the next steps of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) site selection process.

For Immediate Release. February 7, 2024.

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.

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.

For Immediate Release. October 30, 2023.

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.

SOUTH BRUCE, ON –The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is studying local environmental features to measure any potential impacts of the Project to store used nuclear fuel. A presentation summarizing findings to date was shared publicly on Thursday evening at the Community Liaison Committee meeting.