The Nuclear Waste Management Organization says it has received some promising water testing results from the area proposed for the Deep Geological Repository.

A hydrogeologist has been testing the water in the bore holes that have been drilled.

Only seven samples could be gathered and most were above the 150 meter mark, and only two samples were from below that depth.

Testing also showed the water below the 150 meter mark was millions of years old.

The NWMO says the results are promising because it shows how little water there is in the rock.

The DGR would be located more 500 meters below the surface.

(Photo from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization)