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Wake up America, to Great Lakes nuclear waste threat – says Sarnia Mayor

“I do not believe on the American side that there’s very much knowledge what’s going on, on this side of the border.”

Let U.S. comment on Canada’s nuclear waste plans, says Sarnia mayor The Star.com, November 15, 2012 John Spears Business Reporter The Canadian mayor who helped stall transport of radioactive equipment on the Great Lakes is pushing for an “international debate” on Canada’s plan for storing nuclear waste.

Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley has asked fellow mayors on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border to take a “strong position” on Canadian proposals for nuclear waste.

He has written to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative to get the ball rolling.

The group has more than 90 member cities and towns including Toronto,
Chicago, Montreal, Milwaukee and Rochester……
In an interview, Bradley says he has “great concern” about any
depository being located close to other Great Lakes.

“It just amazes me,” he said. “Forty million Canadians and Americans
take their water from there, and we continue to treat it like it’s a
toilet bowl.”

“I wasn’t asking for anything outlandish,” in writing to the Great
Lakes body, Bradley said. “It was simply saying: Let’s make sure
there’s a full public process, and an international debate on this
initiative.’”

“I do not believe on the American side that there’s very much knowledge what’s going on, on this side of the border.”

His letter asks his fellow mayors to support “a full public process
that would allow an international debate on this initiative.”

He encloses a motion drafted by the Inverhuron Committee requesting a
debate on both side of the border. Inverhuron is a small community,
technically part of Kincardine, that is the Bruce nuclear plant’s
closest neighbour.

Bradley was one of those who protested Bruce Power’s plans to ship
old, radioactive steam generators to Sweden for recycling through the
Great Lakes. The shipment was put on hold……
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1288077–let-u-s-comment-on-canada-s-nuclear-waste-plans-says-sarnia-mayor

November 16, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, USA, wastes