By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com IGNACE — Having decided the proposal to store nuclear waste northwest of Ignace needs further review, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has referred the project to an independent review panel. That’s good news for people who don’t want to see the deep geological repository built, We the Nuclear Free North’s Charles Faust said Tuesday. “This is a good development for us,” he told Newswatch. “This is a win.” The IAAC is “a shell of what it used to be, but it’s still all we have to review projects,” he said. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) wants to construct a deep-underground facility for the long-term storage of used nuclear fuel at a site just south of Highway 11 and 43…
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