Welcome to another episode of journeys with me your host Kelly Kenny. I was able to sit down with Jessica Perrit and Peter Keech from Nuclear Waste Management organization they work together in the department that interweaves Indigenous knowledge into the organization. They both speak on what they partake in within the organization.
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is a not-for-profit organization implementing Canada’s plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel inside a deep geological repository, in a manner that protects people and the environment for generations to come.
Canada’s plan will only proceed in an area with informed and willing hosts, where the municipality, First Nation and Métis communities, and others in the area are working together to implement it. The NWMO plans to select a site in 2023.
Knowledge from Indigenous worldview has also helped the NWMO better understand what successful partnership with Indigenous communities might look like – things like the need for Indigenous voices to be elevated, breaking down misconceptions and being open to new ways of understanding.
The NWMO is working to interweave these knowledge systems into all aspects of our work as we continue to develop our understanding of the geosphere – and its evolution over time – in the potential siting areas that could safely contain, and isolate Canada’s used nuclear fuel.
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