A group against the proposed storage of Nuclear Waste near Lake Huron has asked the federal court to reject a report on the project.
Save Our Saugeen Shores is appealing a decision made by a joint review panel in May that recommended approval of the facility.
They say that a number of legal issues were not addressed in the panel's review and have asked the federal court to judicially review the decision.
In a press release for the organization, President Jill Taylor said:
“We have asked the Federal Court to judicially review the JRP (Joint Review Panel) decision recommending approval of the underground nuclear waste dump, because we believe: The government-appointed JRP failed to comply with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA); The JRP failed to comply with Terms of Reference and the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) Guidelines it was mandated to follow; The JRP failed to require Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to adequately evaluate the potential for reasonable foreseeable or unplanned events, singly or in combination, to produce significant short and long-term adverse effects on the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem as required under the CEAA and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA); The JRP failed to ensure that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) met the requirements laid down by the JRP; and The JRP failed to act on clear evidence of a reasonable apprehension of bias.”
The Joint Review Panel on the Deep Geologic Repository said it is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects, including to Lake Huron.
If approved the facility would store 200,000 cubic metres of dry low-and-intermediate level nuclear waste nearly 700 metres below the Bruce nuclear site.
*with files from Marty Thompson
