Michigan Senator prevented from speaking at hearing on Lake Huron nuclear waste dump plans

Joint Review Panel on nuclear waste dump refuses to hear Pavlov’s testimony http://www.voicenews.com/articles/2014/08/14/news/doc53ed1501d6bf8967664942.txt?viewmode=3 By Jim Bloch Voice Reporter Jim Bloch is a freelance writer. Contact him at bloch.jim@gmail.com

“…..Jamault said that the official list of all oral presenters will be published toward the end of August.

“Michigan State Sen. Pavlov has the full weight of the Michigan Senate behind him, and they are unanimous in their opposition to this plan,” said Beverly Fernandez, founder and spokesperson for the Canadian group Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump. “We find it shocking that the Joint Review Panel denied Senator Pavlov the opportunity to present the concerns of Michiganders at the public hearings in Canada.”

Pavlov, who represents District 25, which includes St. Clair and Lapeer counties, has been spearheading a movement to derail the plans of Ontario Power Generation to construct a deep underground repository for low and medium nuclear waste near Kincardine, Ontario, within a mile of the Lake Huron.

Many of the wastes to be buried in the dump will remain radioactive for more than 100,000 years, 10 times longer than the lakes have been in existence. To date, every deep underground waste facility in the world has leaked radioactivity into the environment, including the Waste Isolation Pilot Project near Carlsbad, N.M., on Feb. 14, in which 22 workers were poisoned, said Fernandez when she spoke at Pavlov’s July 29 town hall in Port Huron on the dump. OPG cited the operation of WIPP as a sterling example of safe underground storage of nuclear waste.

Pavlov and Sen. Mike Green will host another town hall discussion on the proposed dump at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 in the Port Sanilac Waterside Gazebo, which is located at 7299 Cedar St. in Port Sanilac, in Green’s 31st District.

The Joint Review Panel took testimony on OPG’s environmental assessment for 22 days last fall. The panel meets again for an additional two weeks of testimony beginning Sept. 9 in Kincardine. Within three months of the close of the hearings, the panel will issue a report about the proposed waste dump to the Canadian federal cabinet, which is expected to make a decision about the dump in 2015.

Residents may sign either or both of two online petitions against the dump: ProtectLakeHuron.comand StopTheGreatLakesNuclearDump.com………

Accepted written submissions may be viewed at ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents-eng.cfm?evaluation=17520&type=4. ……

Even though Pavlov will not be allowed to speak, his submission will be part of the permanent record as catalogued in the comment section on the website of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, said Lucille Jamault, communications officer, speaking from Quebec. The address of the comment section is available at ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents-eng.cfm?evaluation=17520&type=3.

August 25, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general

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