Step 1. Initiate Process >> Overview: Invitation to Learn More

The Government of Canada selected Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel in June 2007. The approach, called Adaptive Phased Management, involves the development of a large infrastructure project in an informed and willing host community. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is federally mandated to implement this project and is beginning the multi-year process for selecting an informed and willing community to host this national facility.

The plan calls for the construction of a deep geological repository to safely and securely contain and isolate Canada’s used nuclear fuel.

This multi-billion-dollar project will also involve the creation of a centre of expertise for technical, environmental and community studies. It will become a hub for national and international scientific collaboration, and it will generate thousands of jobs in a host region and hundreds of jobs in a host community for many decades.

The NWMO is providing an opportunity for interested individuals, organizations and communities to learn more about Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel, the activities of the NWMO, and the process it will use to select an informed and willing community to host this project. Communities that express interest in learning more are not obliged to participate in the site selection process.

To learn more about this important initiative, please contact:

Jamie Robinson

Director, Communications

Nuclear Waste Management Organization

22 St. Clair Avenue East, 6th Floor

Toronto, ON M4T 2S3

Canada

Tel: 647.259.3012

Fax: 647.259.3692

Email: learnmore@nwmo.ca

Website : www.nwmo.ca/sitingprocess