NUKE WASTE DUMP: #Ojibwe Country once again targeted

May 1, 2025

"#BeyondNuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, presented '#WaterIsLife, #NuclearWasteIsToxic' at the annual meeting of #EnvironmentNorth, in #ThunderBay, #Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of #LakeSuperior, April 23, 2025.

"Environment North is the lead local grassroots organization resisting the Canadian federal #NuclearWaste Management Organization’s (#NWMO, dominated by the nuclear industry, such as #OntarioPowerGeneration - #OPG) designation of the #IgnaceWabigoonLake #OjibwayFirstNation area as the national #RadioactiveWaste dump.

"A number of Ojibway #FirstNation Bands have also passed resolutions opposing the scheme, which would require long-distance, high-risk transportation of highly radioactive waste, from some two-dozen reactors to the east in #Canada, on the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence, and Atlantic."

Source [includes more info and links]:
https://beyondnuclear.org/nuke-waste-dump-ojibwe-country-once-again-targeted/

#EnvironmentRacism #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #NuclearWasteIsForever #DGR #NuclearPowerPlants #NuclearPowerNoThanks #IndigenousLand

#SouthBruce staff to prepare report on second #NuclearWaste repository

As runners-up in the #NWMO's first site-selection process, the municipality of South Bruce is uniquely positioned as the organization now seeks a second site to bury nuclear waste deep underground.

Greg Cowan
Published Jul 28, 2025

Excerpt: "The proposed site faced significant public opposition, including from the Protecting Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste group. Furthermore, the #SaugeenOjibwayNation, with its traditional territory stretching from the tip of the #BrucePeninsula to south of #Goderich, announced earlier this year that it plans to issue a #moratorium on future nuclear intensification and waste projects if no progress is made on addressing nuclear legacy issues in its territory.

" 'We will enforce this moratorium by all legal and political means necessary until a just and satisfactory resolution is in place,' the letter signed by #Nawash Chief #GregNadjiwon and #Saugeen Chief #ConradRitchie stated. 'Accordingly, the Nuclear Advisory Committee has been directed to pursue the resolution of legacy issues through agreements with Ontario Power Generation (#OPG), the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (#NWMO), other private nuclear operators, as well as the federal and provincial governments.' "

Read more:
https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/south-bruce-staff-to-prepare-report-on-second-nuclear-waste-repository

#DGR #RadioactiveWaste #NuclearEnergy #NuclearWaste #FirstNations #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanNews #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #RespectTheTreaties #CanPol
#WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearDumping #NuclearInjustice #EnvironmentalRacism #OntarioPowerGeneration

SON Says Legacy Issues Not Addressed, Sets Deadline For #Nuclear Moratorium

Claire McCormack
Jan 24, 2025

#SaugeenOjibwayNation Chiefs' statement: “For many decades our land has been exploited for the production of #NuclearEnergy and storage of #RadioactiveWaste. This occurred without consultation or SON #consent. Today,our territory holds the vast majority of of #Canada’s #NuclearWaste and hosts one of the largest #nuclear facilities in the world. Even now, following the announcement by #NWMO that it will seek to build a deep geological repository (#DGR) for used fuel in the north, SON is expected to continue to host the used fuel for another 60 years without our consent and without redress while the DGR undergoes the assessment process licensing and permitting processes and construction.

"It is unacceptable that we continue to face inaction from #OPG and other members of the nuclear industry and government in addressing these injustices for the SON people. Their repeated failure to uphold commitments is an ongoing affront to SON’s rights. Our joint chiefs and council have taken a strong stance: We will not allow the exploitation of #Anishinaabekiing without a fair and just resolution.”

https://www.560cfos.ca/2025/01/24/son-says-legacy-issues-not-addressed-sets-deadline-for-nuclear-moratorium/

#FirstNations #Ojibwe #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanNews #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #RespectTheTreaties #WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearDumping #NuclearInjustice #EnvironmentalRacism #OntarioPowerGeneration

The growing movement of #Indigenous leaders across #NorthernOntario opposing #NuclearWaste dump

'We live off the land every day. It’s the most precious food market we have in the world'

October 3, 2024
Jon Thompson

"#FirstNations opposing nuclear waste burial in northwestern Ontario are growing in number and are now mobilizing across the region.

"A fledgling movement of Indigenous leaders hosted a small rally with non-Indigenous allies in #ThunderBay on Wednesday, with a refrain of 'Gaa-Wiin,' the #Anishinaabemowin word meaning 'no' to nuclear waste burial.

"The demonstration followed a letter signed by nine chiefs last week, asking the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to respect their will not to bury Canada’s most #radioactive nuclear waste in a #DeepRepository site between the town of #Ignace and #WabigoonLake #Ojibway First Nation.

"The #NWMO is expected to issue a final decision by year’s end as to whether it will transport used #NuclearFuel, produced since the 1960s, by either train or highway over 1,600 kilometres to a deep geological repository. If the Ignace is chosen over Bruce County, where nuclear energy and its waste is produced, transportation would begin in the 2040s and will take 40 years to complete.

"Although the site selection process has been underway for 20 years, the looming final decision has prompted political actions, including a larger #ThunderBay demonstration in April and a march last month along the highway near the proposed site.

"'I don’t know why some people just don’t understand,' Asubpeeschoseewagong #Anishinabek (#GrassyNarrows First Nation) #ChiefRudyTurtle told the crowd of around 300 people. 'It’s so simple: no means no. That’s all it is. Why can’t you understand that? We are saying no, we don’t want nuclear waste.'"

"Thirteen First Nations have now signed on to last week’s statement opposing the repository, including #NorthwestAngle #33, whose leadership committed to the cause on Wednesday. Signatories include #FortWilliamFirstNation, #Gakijiwanong #Anishinaabe (#LacLaCroix First Nation), #GullBayFirstNation, #Kitchenuhmaykoosib #Inninuwug (#BigTroutLake First Nation), #MuskratDam First Nation, #Neskantaga First Nation, #NetmizaaggamigNishnaabeg (Pic Mobert First Nation), #Ojibways of #Onigaming, #ShoalLake #40 First Nation, #Wapekeka First Nation, #WauzhushkOnigum Nation."

Read more:
https://ricochet.media/indigenous/the-growing-movement-of-indigenous-leaders-across-northern-ontario-opposing-nuclear-waste-dump/

#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWasteDump #InformedConsent #CanadaFirstNations #NuclearTransport #NativeAmericanNews

#Ignace council votes in favour of potential #NuclearWaste repository

Ignace is one of two potential locations being considered by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Kris Ketonen · CBC News · Posted: Jul 10, 2024

"The Township of Ignace noted in its release that #WabigoonLake #OjibwayNation (#WLON) will hold its own willingness process, and Ignace respects that WLON's support will also be required if the repository is to be built in the area.

"Whichever municipality ends up being chosen, the site won't be operational for some time; construction is expected to start in 2033, and the site would be up and running by the early 2040s.

"The proposed northwestern #Ontario #nuclear waste repository has received pushback from regional organizations and #Indigenous communities.

"In a media release issued Wednesday afternoon, We the #NuclearFreeNorth said the decision should be a regional one.

"'The #NWMO has deemed Ignace to be the 'host community,' despite Ignace's distance from the site, lack of jurisdiction, and the presence of other communities closer to the site and #downstream,' the media release stated."

Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ignace-nuclear-waste-vote-1.7259610

#WaterIsLife #DGR #Nuclear #InformedConsent #GreatLakes #Ojibway #FirstNations #Canada

Canada: #NuclearWaste Petition Tabled in Parliament

Ottawa – "A petition calling on the Government to provide oversight of a controversial nuclear waste burial project has been tabled in the federal House of Commons, with a response required within 45 calendar days.

"Created by #Northwatch project coordinator Brennain Lloyd and sponsored by Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota, the petition gained the signatures of 3,327 Canadians who joined the call on the federal government to require the #NuclearWasteManagementOrganization (#NWMO) to demonstrate that it has the #consent of residents and communities, including #FirstNations and Treaty Organizations, along the transportation route and in the region of and downstream of the candidate repository site(s) before selecting a site.

"'Canadians expect a fair and accountable process when it comes to projects of this size, risk and long-term consequence', said petition organizer Brennain Lloyd, coordinator with Northwatch and an organizer with the Northern Ontario alliance #WeTheNuclearFreeNorth."

Read more:
https://nuclear-news.net/2024/05/11/1-b1-canada-nuclear-waste-petition-tabled-in-parliament/

#NoConsent #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #RenewablesNow