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VIDEO: Nuclear Waste Burial in the Great Lakes Basin

Deep Trouble: Nuclear Waste Burial in the Great Lakes Basin By Ahni Oct 13, 2012 http://intercontinentalcry.org/deep-trouble-nuclear-waste-burial-in-the-great-lakes-basin/ This video is a recording of the joint St. Clair County Community College’s Green Team and Blue Water Sierra Club presentation “Deep Trouble — Nuclear Waste Burial in the Great Lakes Basin.”

The presenters discuss Canadian proposals to bury radioactive waste in
the Great Lakes basin. Speakers include John Jackson, interim
executive director and director, clean production and toxics, Great
Lakes United, and Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch project coordinator and
community organizer.

The nuclear industry in Canada is pursuing approval to bury 200,000
cubic meters of radioactive waste below the Bruce Nuclear Generating
Station on the eastern shore of Lake Huron and is studying 21
different communities — 15 of them in the Great Lakes basin — as
possible burial locations for all of Canada’s high level nuclear fuel
waste. The presentation will include descriptions of the burial
schemes, the hazards and risks for the Great Lakes community, possible
transportation risks and linkages to U.S. nuclear waste issues.

October 25, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual