Cart Before Horse

Two questions come to mind when reading the IPD:

1. The proposal defers the long-term management of high-level radioactive waste to a long-term storage facility.  While NMWO proposes to bury and abandon high-level nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario, the technology is not proven, transportation is not considered, and the facility does not exist.  How can a proposal punt long-term storage to a facility that does not exist?
    
2. Why are we purposefully adding to Canada's inventory of high-level radioactive waste before a long-term solution is in place?  More on this below.

This proposal conveniently punts long-term storage.  Doing so lets the proposal ignore the risks, impacts, and costs of long-term storage. Total cost of ownership is a bedrock concept used in business.  It should also apply to a nuclear plant proposal.   Include all risks, impacts, and costs so that decisions are made holistically.  

As there is no long-term storage facility in place today, this project should account for the risks, impacts, and costs of local storage.  The Wesleyville Project cannot and does not control what will happen with the DGR.  Therefore, it should assume local long-term storage as part of this project.  It's the only reasonable, rational approach at this stage, and it's the only way to see and understand the total cost of this proposal.  Ignoring the cost for convenience is unconscionable.