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Creighton has moved into Step 3 of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) process seeking a community to host an underground repository for spent nuclear fuel. Creighton is one of three northern Saskatchewan communities exploring the idea and has moved into the third stage of the process, Mayor Bruce Fidler said. 'We've moved into Stage 3, which is more of an intensified research and learning (process),' he said. 'They (NWMO) do a lot more community consultation and meet face-to-face with a lot of different community members.' Creating and developing a community plan is also part of the process, which involves completing interviews with people from the community and the region. The community plan includes a view of the community's future and if and how the repository project would be involved. The process will also give the community an idea of the support or opposition in the area. NWMO representatives come into the community monthly, meeting with members of the Community Liaison Committee, made up of representatives from the area and the communities of Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach. 'Every month we have them up here and they do their research. It gets deeper and deeper,' said Fidler. Fidler said the process is moving along well. 'It's a learning process on both sides, really,' he said. The hope is that Step 3 will be complete by the end of 2013. Fidler said he understands the NWMO hopes to have the process narrowed down to a few eligible communities by the end of this year. Pinehouse Lake and English River First Nation are the other two Saskatchewan communities involved the NWMO process along with 18 Ontario communities _ÊValerie G. Barnes-Connell, The La Ronge Northerner
