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Danger of storing radioactive wasters within a mile of Lake Huron

Panel Says Canada Should Bury Nuclear Waste Near Lake Huron, Forbes 26 May 15  Two weeks ago, a Canadian joint review panel recommended to Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s environment minister, to bury low-level and intermediate-level used nuclear materials 2,230 feet (680 meters) below the ground near the Bruce Power generating station in Ontario, less than a mile from Lake Huron.

Ontario Power Generation, the owner of Bruce, was pleased about the decision, but some others were not. A hundred public interest groups have called on the Ontario Government to step in and ban the proposed plan. The provincial government is the sole shareholder of Ontario Power Generation.

Elected officials from Michigan, Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing), Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township), Candice Miller (R-Harrison Township) and Dan Kildee (D-Flint Township) were pretty upset as well.

Rep. Kildee couldn’t understand “why a site farther from the Great Lakes wasn’t pursued.” Rep. Miller claimed “Storing radioactive nuclear waste within a mile of Lake Huron unnecessarily puts our magnificent Lakes in danger — posing a threat to both the U.S. and Canadian residents who rely on them.”

May 27, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general