Canada
Canada is the world's largest exporter of uranium and operates nuclear reactors including on the Great Lakes. Attempts are underway to introduce nuclear power to the province of Alberta and to use nuclear reactors to power oil extraction from the tar sands.
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Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste watchdog, Kevin Kamps, is quoted in the article, as are several environmental allies. The article also features a photo gallery.
And, as mentioned in the article, the rally organizers' Facebook page also include a link to a ten-minute YouTube video montage of the day's activities, speakers, and participants.
As reported by Arthur White of VICE News, the U.S. State Department is derelict in its duty to protect the Great Lakes against a radioactive waste dump, proposed by Ontario Power Generation to be built on the Lake Huron shoreline, upstream of 40 million people's drinking water supply. Both Sierra Club of Canada, as well as Canadian Environmental Law Association, are quoted in opposition to the Deep Geological Repository (DGR).
The Port Huron Times Herald has editorialized against Ontario Power Generation's proposed Deep Geologic Repository for radioactive waste burial on the Lake Huron shoreline, comparing the risks of a leak to EPA's recent spill of toxic gold mining wastewater into the Animus River in Colorado.
The Port Huron Times Herald has posted a video interview with Valerie Daggett, organizer of the Port Huron rally against Ontario Power Generation's proposed radioactive waste dump upstream on the Lake Huron shore.
August 22, 2015