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Radioactive shipments across Great Lakes exceed international safety limits

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission  has agreed that this shipment clearly exceeds the international safety limits for total amount of radioactivity allowed on a single ship.”

Blue Mountains mayor continues to rail against radioactive shipments Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin – Ontario, CA, 11 Feb 2011, THE BLUE MOUNTAINS — Mayor Ellen Anderson of The Blue Mountains is not happy that sixteen radioactive waste steam generators from the Bruce Powers nuclear station could be shipped out of Owen Sound and across the Great Lakes.Anderson said she was disappointed with the decision of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to approve the shipment of on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

“I remain concerned over the recent decision by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to approve Bruce Power’s shipment of 1,600 tonnes of radioactive waste on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River,” said Anderson, who is also a board member of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. “The CNSC has agreed that this shipment clearly exceeds the international safety limits for total amount of radioactivity allowed on a single ship.”

She said she’s worried about what an accidental spill of radioactive material could mean if it exceeded federal standards for radioactivity in drinking water. That could trigger an emergency intervention. The proposed shipment would see the equipment shipped from Owen Sound through Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence and out into the Atlantic.

Blue Mountains mayor continues to rail against radioactive shipments – Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin – Ontario, CA

February 12, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, safety