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Radioactive risks of ‘rust belt’ nuclear reactors

Resisting “Rust Belt” reactors’ radioactive risks! Beyond Nuclear 19 julyThe Great Lakes, which “host” 33 atomic reactors along its shores in the U.S. and Canada, is the drinking water supply for 40 million North AmericansAs if the closing steel mills and automobile manufacturing plants weren’t bad enough, some of the oldest, most risky atomic reactors in the U.S. are located in the Midwest. Worse still, they are on the shores of the Great Lakes, putting at risk the drinking water supply for 40 million people downstream in the U.S., Canada, and a large number of Native American First Nations. Altogether, 33 atomic reactors are located on the shorelines of the Great Lakes.

July 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general