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Canadian protest about nuclear waste

Protestors voice anti-nuke opinion
Prince Albert Daily Herald JEREMY WARREN Saskatchewan News Network 18 Sept 09
Bumbling nuclear waste disposal technicians opened spent reactor fuel rods and spilt radioactive material on the ground in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel Thursday afternoon.

And people laughed, because this political vaudeville act was a protest against the closed-door Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) hearings.

The two-day meetings at the hotel were held as part of the search for a long-term nuclear waste storage facility. The NWMO, a not-for-profit established by Canada’s nuclear industry, has identified Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec as possible sites for deep geological storage…………………. Clean Green panned the NWMO for not properly alerting the public about the meeting, and then holding it behind closed doors.

“There’s no good excuse for a closed door meeting,” said Neil Sinclair, Clean Green spokesman.

“The excuse we got is because people wouldn’t be able to speak freely. Why would people be hesitant to to say something in public, but not privately?”

The nuclear industry’s track record with waste doesn’t bode well for waste storage, said Sinclair.

“We have Uranium City and the mines around there where the radioactive tailings aren’t secure — they’re just blowing in the wind,” he said.

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September 19, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Canada, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes