100 groups send Open Letter to Government of Ontario: OPG's plan to dump radioactive wastes on Great Lakes shore unacceptable

OPG's proposed so-called Deep Geologic Repository for radioactive waste burial would be located 3/4ths of a mile from the Great Lakes shoreline.Beyond Nuclear has joined 100 allied groups from across Ontario, the rest of Canada, the U.S., and other countries, in sending an Open Letter to the Provincial Government of Ontario. The province is the sole shareholder of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which plans to dump all of the "low" and "intermediate" level radioactive wastes from 20 reactors in a "Deep Geologic Repository" (DGR) at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario, within 1 km (0.75 mi) of the waters of Lake Huron.

The coalition's Open Letter comes in response to the Canadian federal Joint Review Panel's approval of OPG's environmental assessment for the insane scheme, which would put at risk the drinking water supply for 40 million people in eight U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Nations.

The coalition has issued a press release.