Nuclear Waste Management Organization appoints new Indigenous, transportation rep – Northern Ontario Business
March 12, 2025
Joe Heil will build relationships, engage in discussion about safe transportation of used nuclear fuel
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has appointed a new vice-president of Indigenous and municipal relations and transportation.
Joe Heil will be responsible for liaising between the public and the NWMO on issues including reconciliation and the transportation of used nuclear fuel.
His appointment comes following the decision last fall to situate Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel bundles on a site in northwestern Ontario near the communities of Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace.
