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By\u00a0 Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative reporter\u00a0 Fort William First Nation and Gull Bay First Nation are among a dozen regional Indigenous communities that are formally opposing a plan to transport spent nuclear-fuel rods to a potential underground storage facility near Ignace. In a letter to Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) president Laurie Swami that was made public on Friday, the chiefs of the 12 communities collectively “cite the potential for spills or leaks that could happen on site, or while the waste is being transported through their communities, watersheds, air sheds, and lands they rely on for their way of life.” “They note that the waste will remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years, far longer than any human structure ever built.” The other 10 First Nations whose… <\/p>\n

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By\u00a0 Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative reporter\u00a0 Fort William First Nation and Gull Bay First Nation are among a dozen regional Indigenous communities that are formally opposing a plan to transport spent nuclear-fuel rods to a potential underground storage facility near Ignace. In a letter to Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) president Laurie Swami that was made public on Friday, the chiefs of the 12 communities collectively “cite the potential for spills or leaks that could happen on site, or while the waste is being transported through their communities, watersheds, air sheds, and lands they rely on for their way of life.” “They note that the waste will remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years, far longer than any human structure ever built.” The other 10 First Nations whose... <\/p>\n

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