Opponents to a proposed underground storage site for spent nuclear fuel rods near Ignace believe their message is coming through, given the response so far to the proponent’s initial project description. The public has until Wednesday to comment on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s lengthy document submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. The We the Nuclear Free North citizen’s group has contended that the transportation of the fuel rods should be part of the proponent’s submission, given earlier concerns about potential road crashes expressed by rural municipalities and First Nations, including those near Thunder Bay. If the proposed storage site is approved, fuel rods could be railed or trucked to the Ignace-area site in specialized containers designed to withstand hard impacts, fiery crashes and immersion in water, the NWMO has said. Comments on the project description can be made online at the assessment agency’s website at iaac.gc.ca.