"What’s wrong with proposed nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron?"

Dr. Gordon Edwards of CCNR. Photo by Jim Bloch.Jim Bloch at The Voice has reported on an April 14th presentation in Port Huron, MI, by Dr. Gordon Edwards of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility in opposition to the Ontario Power Generation Deep Geologic Repository targeted at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario. Bruce is located about 110 miles northeast of Port Huron.

Describing OPG's proposal and its attempted justifications, Dr. Edwards said “This is not science. This is a belief system which is based upon the hope that we have a solution. It is not proof that we have a solution.”

"Another Look at the Deep Geologic Repository Plan"

Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump's spokesperson Beverly Fernandez testifies against OPG's DGRAs reported at the Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump website, on April 17th, Beverly Fernandez was interviewed by Agenda producer Hilary Clark about "Another Look at the Deep Geologic Repository Plan." Fernandez is a spokesperson for Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump's efforts in opposition to Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) proposal to bury so-called "low" and intermediate level radioactive wastes less than a mile from the Great Lakes -- drinking water supply for 40 million people in 8 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces.

The Agenda web link above also links to another of its reports from back in the autumn of 2013, after the Canadian federal Joint Review Panel wrapped up their first hearings on the DGR proposal. The Agenda hosted a discussion between Larry Kraemer, Mayor of Kincardine and strong advocate for the project, and Brennain Lloyd of Northwatch, an opponent of the proposal. Kraemer claims it was he who approached OPG with the initial idea for the DGR, in 2001. Kincardine and other area municipalities, largely populated by Bruce Nuclear workers, have been and will continue to recieve a million dollars per year from OPG for their support of the DGR proposal.

Resolutions to stop the Great Lakes nuclear dump spreading!

This map from Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump shows the growing number of resolutions, representing many millions of Americans and Canadians, opposing Ontario Power Generation's proposed radioactive waste dump targeted at the Lake Huron shoreline.

Please get your community, county, and/or state to pass a similar resolution. Use the ones that have already passed as a model.

Update on April 10, 2014 by admin

Speaking on "Derailing the Lake Huron Nuclear Dump: Sustainable Stewardship Is the Alternative," Dr. Gordon Edwards, President of Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (photo, left), will be hosted on Sunday, April 13th in Detroit by the Alliance to Halt Fermi 3, Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination, and the Swords Into Plowshares Gallery and Peace Center. See the event flier here.

Dr. Edwards will then speak in Port Huron, MI on Monday April 14, from 7-9:00 p.m., in Room 201 of the Clara E. Mackenzie Building at St. Clair County Community College, 323 Erie St.

Finally, Dr. Edwards will speak on Tuesday, April 15, 7 PM, Room L-141, Life Science, Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, MI 48161.