stock here, I have weighed in on this several times. It seems like if we cannot stop them from putting a long term nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron, maybe it's time to throw in the towel?
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On March 1, the Canadian Minister of the Environment will either approve or disapprove Ontario Power Generation’s plan to build a deep geological repository that will store nuclear waste right off the coast of Lake Huron. The Great Lakes make up one-fifth of the world’s supply of fresh water, so many, not just environmental activists, are wondering why a nuclear waste dump located less than one mile from Lake Huron seems like a smart idea.
Ontario Power Generation’s plans assert that the nuclear waste dump will hold the radioactive contents for 100,000 years. Opposition points out that the Great Lakes were only created 12,000 years ago, so the proximity is irresponsible and the alleged lifespan of the repository is unrealistic.
Rep. Candice Miller wants the plans halted for good.
Miller writes in The Times Herald that she has “repeatedly called on the State Department to engage the International Joint Commission to ensure we can stop the proposed project.” Miller points out that millions depend on the Great Lakes for their economic and social livelihoods.
Many hope that the newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and new Environment Minister, Catherine McKenna, will do something to stop the proposed plans from being implemented.
“I will continue to be a vocal critic of this proposal. Tens of millions of United States and Canadian citizens depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, recreation and other industrial and economic uses,” Pavlov wrote. “Placing a permanent nuclear waste repository in Kincardine could lead to a leak or breach of radioactivity from the facility or to a similar pollution incident, which could severely harm the ecology of the Great Lakes, perhaps permanently. Astonishingly, OPG failed to consider any other sites besides the location near Lake Huron. That decision is remarkably shortsighted and dangerous.”
[Image via Stop The Great Lakes Nuclear Dump]
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On March 1, the Canadian Minister of the Environment will either approve or disapprove Ontario Power Generation’s plan to build a deep geological repository that will store nuclear waste right off the coast of Lake Huron. The Great Lakes make up one-fifth of the world’s supply of fresh water, so many, not just environmental activists, are wondering why a nuclear waste dump located less than one mile from Lake Huron seems like a smart idea.
Ontario Power Generation’s plans assert that the nuclear waste dump will hold the radioactive contents for 100,000 years. Opposition points out that the Great Lakes were only created 12,000 years ago, so the proximity is irresponsible and the alleged lifespan of the repository is unrealistic.
Rep. Candice Miller wants the plans halted for good.
Miller writes in The Times Herald that she has “repeatedly called on the State Department to engage the International Joint Commission to ensure we can stop the proposed project.” Miller points out that millions depend on the Great Lakes for their economic and social livelihoods.
Canada Feds “OK” Proposed Nuclear Waste Site near Lake Huron https://t.co/Xn3oCEMtos pic.twitter.com/p8i1MwlGQO
— ThumbWind (@thumbwind) November 24, 2015
Ontario Power Generation is a corporation owned by the Province of
Ontario. The company plans to bury and abandon low and intermediate
level radioactive nuclear waste almost directly off the shore of Lake
Huron, in the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario. The nuclear waste
dump would have 31 burial caverns that would be located 680 metres below
the ground encased in limestone. Intermediate level nuclear wastes
remain highly radioactive for over 100,000 years, but Ontario Power
Generation’s plans indicate the dump should hold just about that long.
Deadline for decision on burying nuclear waste near Lake Huron pushed back to March 1: https://t.co/PKVtVQlVLS pic.twitter.com/RbigfBGPkz
— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) November 27, 2015
The nuclear waste dump was set to span about 100 acres underground near Lake Huron. After loaded with radioactive junk,
the nuclear waste dump will be sealed with a sand/clay mixture and
concrete. Then, about a decade later, if no leaks are found, it will no
longer be actively monitored. After 300 years, it will be completely
abandoned where it will be expected to remain for 100,000 years within
easy walking distance of Lake Huron.
Deadline for decision on burying nuclear waste near Lake Huron pushed back to March 1: https://t.co/PKVtVQlVLS pic.twitter.com/RbigfBGPkz
— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) November 27, 2015
Senator Phil Pavlov wrote in the Voice News that more than 90,000 people signed petitions at ProtectLakeHuron.com and StopTheGreatLakesNuclearDump.com
trying to stop the nuclear waste dump from ending up on the coast of
Lake Huron. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters also have strongly
opposed the nuclear waste dump plans. U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee, several
other state lawmakers, Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, and
at least 154 American and Canadian communities oppose the plan. The 154
communities mentioned, representing more than 21 million people, all
passed resolutions opposing the plan to bury nuclear waste by the waters
of the Great Lakes.Many hope that the newly elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and new Environment Minister, Catherine McKenna, will do something to stop the proposed plans from being implemented.
“I will continue to be a vocal critic of this proposal. Tens of millions of United States and Canadian citizens depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, recreation and other industrial and economic uses,” Pavlov wrote. “Placing a permanent nuclear waste repository in Kincardine could lead to a leak or breach of radioactivity from the facility or to a similar pollution incident, which could severely harm the ecology of the Great Lakes, perhaps permanently. Astonishingly, OPG failed to consider any other sites besides the location near Lake Huron. That decision is remarkably shortsighted and dangerous.”
SIGN petition against Ontario Power Generation’s plan to dump nuclear waste by Lake Huron https://t.co/MoU9eczKGt https://t.co/n6KgEY8xXS
— Maralee (@MaraleeJL) December 19, 2015
What do you think of the proposal to put a nuclear waste dump just off the shore of Lake Huron?[Image via Stop The Great Lakes Nuclear Dump]
Nice posts lately, thanks Stock.
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Ontario Power Generation
"Intermediate level nuclear wastes remain highly radioactive for over 100,000 years, but Ontario Power Generation’s plans indicate the dump should hold just about that long."
So this begs the question of where are they hiding the magical crystal ball that "indicates"?
This statement is not factual, provable, or even remotely logical. These nuclear misfits now want to play god and tell the world, we've solved the problem of nuclear waste. We've heard this about WIPP and look what happened. Yucca Mountain has water problems and this place won't? WIPP didn't even make it 10 years let alone 100,000 years and it was state of the art.
This makes no sense at all to place the worlds most toxic poison next to one of the largest, bodies of fresh water on planet earth. Sheer stupidity and heart breaking.
TY coot, indeed, they stupid play is simply to save money and not have to move the materials to a more remote site, as more than half are already at Bruce radiation plant.
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