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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com IGNACE \u2014 Before a high-level nuclear waste site can be built in the region the project\u2019s proponent has a long regulatory process to navigate. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization held a media briefing Wednesday afternoon to explain what is scheduled to happen over the next nearly 20 years. That\u2019s how long the NWMO says it will take to go through the process the government-mandated and industry-funded organization is counting on to approve the construction of a deep geological repository at Revell Lake, between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. Now that a preferred site has been chosen, the impact assessment process will soon begin, said Carolyn Fell, the NWMO\u2019s manager of impact assessment communications. \u201cThis is coordinated by the Impact Assessment Agency… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com IGNACE \u2014 Before a high-level nuclear waste site can be built in the region the project\u2019s proponent has a long regulatory process to navigate. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization held a media briefing Wednesday afternoon to explain what is scheduled to happen over the next nearly 20 years. That\u2019s how long the NWMO says it will take to go through the process the government-mandated and industry-funded organization is counting on to approve the construction of a deep geological repository at Revell Lake, between Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation. Now that a preferred site has been chosen, the impact assessment process will soon begin, said Carolyn Fell, the NWMO\u2019s manager of impact assessment communications. \u201cThis is coordinated by the Impact Assessment Agency... <\/p>\n

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