Advocates call for more input on northwest Ontario nuclear repository - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

The proposed nuclear waste repository is based in an area near Ignace Ontario , and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation .

The group is funded by the producers of nuclear energy in Quebec , Ontario , New Brunswick , and New Brunswick .

The proposed site is surrounded by waters that flows west down the English River system into the Winnipeg River , and eventually Lake Winnipeg .

The town of Ignace , Man., is the only community that has expressed a willingness to host the site.

The Assembly of First Nations produced a final report for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization .

The AFN had concerns over deep geological repository to weather against time, climate change and natural environmental conditions.

University of Manitoba environment and geography professor Warren Bernauer specializes in resource extraction projects in remote Indigenous communities.

He believes the NWMO should have gotten the consent of multiple affected communities.

The Ignace-Wabigoon Lake project is still undergoing a federal regulatory decision-making process, which could be completed by 2033 .

It is expected to begin operating in 2040 and will see the placement of nuclear waste over nearly 70 years .