By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY – Nuclear power producers want to put spent fuel rods below ground near Ignace, but some grassroots groups continue to oppose the idea. An informal gathering of critics of the proposed DGR, or deep geological repository, is set for Wednesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the north-side coffee shop and “no-alcohol bar” Howl at the Moon. The Nuclear Waste Info Nite – billed as a chance to “chat with regional activists” – was primarily organized by Neecha Dupuis, a member of the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen northwest of Savant Lake. “I wanted to create a space where Indigenous people and supporters can come together and talk about nuclear waste,” Dupuis explained to Newswatch. “There’s a lot of issues that we’re bringing…