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Canada’s nuclear waste problem, risks to Lake Huron

 In Canada’s 40-year nuclear power program, two million used fuel bundles have been created, enough to fill six hockey arenas. As Canada’s largest nuclear plant, about 50 per cent of that used nuclear waste is stored above ground at the Bruce plant…..

Nuclear-waste dump proposal sparks protest in cottage country, Frances Barrick, The Record  Apr 04 2012 SAUGEEN SHORES — The battles lines are drawn in Saugeen Shores over the contentious issue of whether this Lake Huron tourist community should be the site of Canada’s first underground repository for high-level nuclear waste.

“I can’t imagine why people would want to come here and vacation beside Canada’s nuclear waste dump,” said
Cheryl Grace, a Southampton resident who has spearheaded a grassroots
group opposed to plans to store high-level radioactive nuclear waste
here.

Called Save Our Shores, the group is concerned about health risks
associated with the project and its possible threat to Lake Huron.

“I just think they are just being too quick and too cavalier to say
this is safe,” Grace said.

The group plans to hold a public meeting this Saturday at the
Southampton Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to inform residents and
cottagers of the project….. In Canada’s 40-year nuclear power
program, two million used fuel bundles have been created, enough to
fill six hockey arenas. As Canada’s largest nuclear plant, about 50
per cent of that used nuclear waste is stored above ground at the
Bruce plant…..
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/699374–nuclear-waste-dump-proposal-sparks-protest-in-cottage-country

April 5, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, wastes