SOS Great Lakes' analysis re: Ontario Power Generation’s Report of Findings of a Public Attitudes Poll Towards the Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump on Lake Huron

SOS Great Lakes' (also known as Save Our Saugeen Shores) executive summary of its analysis of "Ontario Power Generation's Report of Findings of a Public Attitudes Poll Towards the Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump on Lake Huron" states:

A review of sampling, methodology, and reporting of the Ontario Power Generation Report of the Deep Geologic Repository Study by the Gandalf Group shows:

• the entire poll, from sampling, through question design, to reporting is highly irregular;
• most questions are loaded with false or misleading assumptions designed to skew the response in favour of the DGR;
• there is no evidence to support OPG’s claim that the majority of people are in favour of building a DGR on Lake Huron;
• the only substantive finding supported by evidence shows most Ontarians (64%) believe the DGR poses a threat to public drinking water and to the health of the Lake.

If this study is to be believed, the data supports only one conclusion about Ontario public opinion on OPG’s proposed nuclear waste dump: it may be okay to build a DGR somewhere in Ontario, but not near Lake Huron.
These views are discussed under the above headings in this report.

SOS Great Lakes' analysis then provides additional detail.