SOUTH BRUCE, ONT. --
It’s a potentially monumental day in the Municipality of South Bruce.
Crews started borehole drilling Friday to determine if 1500 acres north of Teeswater could house Canada’s first permanent nuclear waste facility.
“We’re actually breaking ground. The rig is on site today, and has started the first part of the drilling, itself,” says Martin Sykes, senior geoscientist with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
For the next 11 months, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will be trying to prove that the rock and soil, north of Teeswater, can properly house Canada’s most radioactive waste, forever. They’ll be testing the geology and ground water, until at least next March, when they’ll report back to the community with their findings.