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Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump

Posted on 2016/01/15 by norma field
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17 comments 1909 treaty could force Canada to rethink Lake Huron nuclear waste dump via mlive.com

Posted on 2015/08/14 by norma field

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A 100-plus year old treaty could act as the legal basis for stopping a proposed nuclear waste repository on the Canadian side of Lake Huron, according to one of Michigan’s two Democratic U.S. senators. Sen. Debbie … Continue reading →

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Canada opens comment period on nuclear dump proposed for Lake Huron via The Voice

Posted on 2015/06/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A month after the Joint Review Panel decided that the best place for a Canadian nuclear waste dump is less than a mile from the shores of Lake Huron, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is calling for public comment on … Continue reading →

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Controversial Ontario nuclear waste plan approved via WBFO

Posted on 2015/05/19 by norma field

A Canadian government review panel has approved a plan from the Ontario electricity utility to store nuclear waste deep underground near the Great Lakes. Critics are angry over the decision. The environmental assessment concluded that burying the hazardous nuclear material … Continue reading →

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Kincardine nuclear waste site gets federal seal of approval via The Star.com

Posted on 2015/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Deep Geologic Repository proposed by Ontario Power Generation at its Bruce site is “not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects,” report concludes. A federal panel has given an overall seal of approval to the controversial nuclear waste disposal site … Continue reading →

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Lake Huron nuclear waste burial report expected this week via CBC News

Posted on 2015/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ontario Power Generation proposes burying nuclear waste in underground bunker near Great Lakes A Canadian environmental assessment of a proposal to bury nuclear waste deep underground near the shores of Lake Huron is expected this week amid fierce opposition to the idea … Continue reading →

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Public comment period closes on Canada’s Lake Huron nuclear waste dump proposal via Michigan Live

Posted on 2014/11/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SAGINAW, MI — Canada’s Deep Geologic Repository Joint Review Panel has closed the public comment period on a proposal to bury 7 million cubic feet of nuclear waste near the shores of Lake Huron. Ontario Power Generation is seeking permission to … Continue reading →

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Political Split Bigger Than Scientific Fissures Over Nuclear Waste Home via EnergyBiz

Posted on 2013/10/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Resolving the issue of long-term nuclear waste storage seems impermeable. Yucca Mountain is alive, but barely. Other ideas are plausible, but remote. Right now, used nuclear fuel rods are cooled in pools for up to five years before they are … Continue reading →

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【petition】Would you bury poison beside your well? via Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump

Posted on 2012/12/18 by norma field

We believe that there is an almost complete lack of awareness among Canadians and Americans of Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plans to bury radioactive nuclear waste “approximately 1 km inland from Lake Huron at the surface and more than 400 … Continue reading →

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Burying Nuclear Waste at the Bruce: OPG’s Proposed Deep Geological Repository

Posted on 2012/10/05 by norma field

Ontario Power Generation is asking the federal government to approve their proposal to bury nuclear waste under the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, near Kincardine on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. Called a “Deep Geological Repository”, the burial caverns would … Continue reading →

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