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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com IGNACE \u2014 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\u2019s good news for people who don\u2019t want to see the deep geological repository built, We the Nuclear Free North\u2019s Charles Faust said Tuesday. \u201cThis is a good development for us,\u201d he told Newswatch. \u201cThis is a win.\u201d The IAAC is \u201ca shell of what it used to be, but it\u2019s still all we have to review projects,\u201d 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… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com IGNACE \u2014 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\u2019s good news for people who don\u2019t want to see the deep geological repository built, We the Nuclear Free North\u2019s Charles Faust said Tuesday. \u201cThis is a good development for us,\u201d he told Newswatch. \u201cThis is a win.\u201d The IAAC is \u201ca shell of what it used to be, but it\u2019s still all we have to review projects,\u201d 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... <\/p>\n

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