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26th November 2013 18:54
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Canada plans to bury Nuclear Waste Near Lake Huron
Insanity it appears is not just limited to the US.
The town of Kincardine in Canada's Ontario is among several small communities hugging the shoreline in southern Ontario’s Bruce County, which has miles of sandy beaches popular with tourists – particularly from Toronto, about three hours southwest. The downtowns are lined with shops, restaurants, parks, museums and woodsy footpaths. It is a beautiful place.
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A publicly owned Canadian power company wants to entomb waste from its nuclear plants 680 metres below the surface near Lake Huron.
The loudest objections are coming from elsewhere in Canada and the US – particularly Michigan, which shares the Lake Huron shoreline with Ontario.
“Neither the US nor Canada can afford the risk of polluting the Great Lakes with toxic nuclear waste,” US Reps. Dan Kildee, Sander Levin, John Dingell and Gary Peters of Michigan said in a letter to a panel that is expected to make a recommendation next spring to Canada’s federal government, which has the final say.
Some of the strongest support comes from Kincardine and other communities near the would-be disposal site at the Bruce Power complex, the world’s largest nuclear power station, which produces one-fourth of all electricity generated in Canada’s most heavily populated province. Nuclear is a way of life here, and many residents have jobs connected to the industry.
It is a billion dollar project. How about that. Risk the environment, the water across two Countries, mess with our children's children's future for thousands of years to come.
Stupidity obviously can cross borders with the greatest of ease.
So go figure.. Pollute the water for 100,000 years and keep jobs in the nuclear industry. Eh?
ref: http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com...0q27W6x08yM2vx
ref: http://www.opg.com/power/nuclear/waste/dgr/ Ontario Power Generation
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26th November 2013 21:57
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