Nuclear Free Thunder Bay is a group of individuals in and around Thunder Bay, Ontario, who oppose the transportation and burial of nuclear waste in Northwestern Ontario.
If plans proposed by the NWMO proceed, 2-3 truckloads of highly radioactive nuclear fuel waste could pass through Thunder Bay for the next 50 years by road and rail.
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2022 Thunder Bay Municipal Candidates’ Poll
Nuclear Free Thunder Bay conducted a two-question email poll of Thunder Bay’s 2022 municipal candidates regarding the possible transport of nuclear fuel waste to a proposed burial site in Northwestern Ontario.
Read the 2022 Thunder Bay Municipal Electoral Candidates’ Responses, and Nuclear Free Thunder Bay’s media release.
Recent opposition activities
In 2023, 2024 and 2025, Nuclear Free Thunder Bay has supported and participated in numerous rallies and information-sharing events in the Thunder Bay area, and kept area supporters informed via our Facebook page and our email list (to join the email list, please email Nuclear Free Thunder Bay via contact@wendyoconnor.ca).
In October 2023, Environment North member and NFTB supporter Dodie LeGassick made a deputation to Thunder Bay City Council about the NWMO’s proposal to transport and bury all of Canada’s nuclear fuel waste in a site between Ignace and Dryden, northwest of the city.
In winter 2023/spring 2024, Nuclear Free Thunder Bay volunteer Charles Faust, We the Nuclear Free North volunteer Wendy O’Connor, and Environment North member & volunteer Dodie LeGassick made deputations the Thunder Bay City Council’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee on the threat of nuclear fuel waste to Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario.
In October 2023, local opposition groups participated in a Peaceful Demonstration Against Nuclear Waste Transportation and Burial in NW Ontario, prior to the Council meeting where the “proximity principle” regarding management of nuclear wastematter would be discussed.
Nuclear Free Thunder Bay wants Thunder Bay City Council to take a stand against nuclear waste transport and burial in our area. In a 1997 referendum, 91% of Thunder Bay voters expressed their opposition to nuclear waste in the Thunder Bay area. Soon after, in 2000, Council passed a motion expressing concern with the transportation of nuclear waste through the city.
Thank You to all who joined the Sept. 2022 Nuclear Free Thunder Bay Walk
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