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August 19: Michigan’s state Rep. Sarah Roberts to speak on nuclear waste site plan

U.S. officials urging debate of Canadian nuclear waste site  (includes video)  http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20130810/NEWS01/130819996/u-s-officials-urging-debate-of-canadian-nuclear-waste-site By GINA JOSEPH  gina.joseph@macombdaily.com; @ginaljoseph

While Michigan residents enjoy the benefits of the surrounding Great Lakes, Ontario waterfront residents ponder the idea of becoming the final resting spot for Canada’s nuclear waste, and it has local legislators and environmentalists concerned.

Ontario Power Generation wants the Canadian federal government to approve its plan to bury low and intermediate level radioactive nuclear waste under the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, on the shore of Lake Huron in the municipality of Kincardine.

Kincardine is less than 3 hours from the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron and north of Grand Bend, Ont.

She will also co-host a public forum on the proposal on Monday, Aug. 19, at Wayne State University in Detroit. “This site is dangerously risky to the public’s health and the quality of our water. I just don’t understand their logic,” said Roberts, who in the past worked for the environmental group Clean Water Action.

Cheryl Grace, a member of the Ontario citizens’ group Save Our Saugeen Shores, said money is complicating the issue. By agreeing to be the host community for the deep geologic repository (DGR), Kincardine and nearby towns receive payments every year, including Grace’s community of Saugeen Shores.

August 12, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ACTION