Nuclear site review could ‘prejudice’ legal case, says FirstNation

By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com EAGLE LAKE — A First Nation challenging the Nuclear Waste Management Organization in court says the ongoing assessment of a proposed nuclear waste site should be suspended. Eagle Lake First Nation filed an application for judicial review of the nuclear industry-funded not-for-profit’s site selection for the deep geological repository in December 2024. It’s arguing it wasn’t considered as an option to be a host community when the waste management organization deliberated its options leading up to the eventual selection of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation as hosts. “We are concerned that, as the impact assessment moves forward, it will prejudice our hearing on judicial review,” said Kate Kempton, legal counsel for Eagle Lake. “It’s just simply human nature that the more…

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