Our allies at Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump (whose online petition now has 46,748 signatures!) have reported the following municipal resolutions recently passed against Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) proposed DGR (Deep Geologic Repository, or DUD -- Deep Underground Dump) targeted at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station (the world's largest, with 8 operable reactors and a permanently shutdown prototype reactor) in Kincardine, Ontario on the Lake Huron shore for permanent burial of radioactive waste:
Ontario:
Michigan:
These resolutions join a long and growing list, representing nearly 20 million U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes region residents. Resolutions have come from the largest city in Canada, Toronto, as well as the company town for FirstEnergy's Davis-Besse atomic reactor, Port Clinton, Ohio, just to name a couple.
As reported by WKSU, U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) has repeated her concerns, as well as that of U.S. Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI), about the DGR. The two senior U.S. House members are seeking action from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. So too are both of Michigan's U.S. Senators, senior Democrats and Committee Chairs, Carl Levin (Armed Services) and Debbie Stabenow (Agriculture). Numerous Democratic MI U.S. House members have also expressed their concerns about the DGR to the Canadian federal Joint Review Panel (JRP) reviewing OPG's environmental assessment of the DUD.
Meanwhile, the JRP has opened another public comment period on the insane proposal. Please join the growing chorus of opposition, by sending a comment to the JRP.
Here is the JRP's contact info., where you can email or snail mail your comments:
Attn. Debra Myles; OPG DGR JRP Secretariat; 160 Elgin St., 22nd Floor; Ottawa ON K1A 0H3; Canada
Email: OPG-DGR@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca
[Please note this email address is a correction to the incorrect, dysfunctional one previously provided by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.]
And here is a sample comment you can use, or adapt to write your own: "The JRP expert paper by Dr. Peter Duinker, showing that OPG's cumulative environmental impacts assessment is woefully inadequate, is reason enough to reject OPG's application for a license to construct and operate the DGR on the Great Lakes shore. The Great Lakes are the drinking water supply for 40 million people in 8 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Nations. The health, safety, and environmental risks of this proposal are completely unacceptable."
Please also contact your local, county, and state elected officials, and urge that they lead the effort to pass a resolution against the DUD. In addition, urge your U.S. Senators and U.S. Rep. to join congressional efforts to block the DUD (you can call your Congress Members offices via the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121).