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Opposition to nuclear steam generators in Canadian harbour

“The idea of having 16 steam generator sitting on the harbour wall for five weeks is not acceptable to me. They do emit radiation,” she said.

Mayor concerned about nuclear steam generators – Bruce Power officials at council tonight Owen Sound Sun Times – Ontario, CA By Denis Langlois 12 July 2010, A plan by nuclear generator Bruce Power to ship 16 radioactive steam generators out of Owen Sound Harbour to Sweden has run into opposition by the city’s mayor. Ruth Lovell Stanners said storing the school bus-sized, decommissioned generators, considered intermediate-level nuclear waste, next to the harbour and then shipping them on the Great Lakes poses too much of a public health and safety risk to ignore………….

An application for a licence to ship the steam generators is now before the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, due to the cargo’s size and level of radioactivity. If approved, it would be the first time a licence has been issued to ship nuclear waste across the Great Lakes.

Bruce Power has told Owen Sound officials that it plans to store the steam generators at the harbour for five weeks until a ship arrives this autumn.

City officials have been told that once the radioactive waste is put onto the ship, it is no longer Bruce Power’s responsibility, but that of the Swedish company.

Lovell Stanners said the generators are now being stored in a concrete warehouse at Bruce Power.

“The idea of having 16 steam generator sitting on the harbour wall for five weeks is not acceptable to me. They do emit radiation,” she said.

Mayor concerned about nuclear steam generators – Owen Sound Sun Times – Ontario, CA

July 13, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, reactors