The Nishnawbe Aski Nation is standing firm on its position that NAN territory is a nuclear waste free zone.
NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy is reiterating that message. Recently, the townships of Ignace and Schreiber have moved on to step three of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's nine-step site selection process.
That process will determine the best place for an underground repository to store Canada's used nuclear waste.
There are six Northern Ontario communities being considered as possible sites, including the township of Hornepayne, which sits on traditional NAN territory.
While the NWMO insists the practice is completely safe, Beardy disagrees with using the North as a nuclear dump site.
When asked what he thinks should be done with the nuclear waste, Beardy said he trusts other jurisdictions will come up with a solution that works for them.
