Take action! Help stop Canada's proposed radioactive waste dump targeted at the Great Lakes shore!!

OPG's radioactive waste dump would be located about 3/4ths of a mile from the waters of Lake Huron, unless we stop it!Check out Beyond Nuclear's action alert on things you can do to help stop Ontario Power Generation's proposed radioactive waste dump targeted at the Lake Huron shoreline.

For updates, and to learn more about this "fight of our lives," and for our lives, check out the entries below on Beyond Nuclear's "Canada" website section.

Another great place to learn more about this issue is at Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump's website.

Please take action today, to protect 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 from the risk of radioactive contamination! The Great Lakes are 21% of the world's surface fresh water, and around 85% of North America's surface fresh water! The Great Lakes shoreline is the last place on Earth to bury radioactive wastes!

Update on August 12, 2015 by admin

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has just introduced the "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act."

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has co-sponsored it. And U.S. Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) will introduce a companion bill in the U.S. House.

Please take a moment to thank Sens. Stabenow and Peters, as well as Rep. Kildee, for their leadership in protecting the Great Lakes. You can phone their offices by being patched through via the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

You can urge your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor the "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act," as well. Get patched through to their office via the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Or you can find your two U.S. Senators, and their direct contact information (including office phone numbers, fax numbers, webforms, etc.) at http://www.senate.gov/.

You can find your U.S. Representative, and his or her contact information, at http://www.house.gov/

Aug. 16, Rally in Port Huron, MI to stop a nuclear waste dump on Lake Huron shore!

DO sign the petition at, and spread the word about, http://www.stopthegreatlakesnucleardump.com/An invitation from Valerie Daggett and Jeremy V. Whitmore:

Hi everyone!

Join us! on August 16th, 1PM at Pinegrove Park in Port Huron, Michigan (1PM - 4PM) to rally
to stop a deep underground nuclear dump, proposed for the shores of Lake Huron in Canada.
Here's a Facebook link to the event: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/952971808088757/953145028071435/

There will be an info tent, sidewalk chalk, signs, and banners.

Inform the public by using Banners, Signs and Flags. March along the Boardwalk,
Promote awareness in our area and surrounding areas. Join together and make your voice heard!

*This event does take place on the same day as Float Down. If you are participating in this years
Float Down please feel free to represent the cause! (Design a float, Decal , T-shirt or flag.)

Get involved and represent your city's vitality.

So far there are [524, as of July 20th] people who say they are coming, from both Canada and here in the U.S.

Hosted by Valerie Ann Daggett and Jeremy Whitmore

[DO sign the petition at, and spread the word about, http://www.stopthegreatlakesnucleardump.com/

See photo, above!]

Update on August 16, 2015 by admin

See the flier.

Update on August 16, 2015 by admin

As Kay Cumbow of the Blue Water Sierra Club and Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination has written:

"Valerie Daggett and Jeremy V. Whitmore invite you to join the rally Aug. 16 in Port Huron’s Pine Grove Park (Michigan) from 1PM -4 PM, to stop a permanent deep underground nuclear dump, proposed for Lake Huron’s shores in Canada! The Great Lakes are 90% of North America's fresh waters and are irreplaceable! Potential radioactive contamination from leaks would last much longer than the lifetime of the Great Lakes themselves! Water is Life! Respect the water.  - Join the Rally Aug. 16, 1-4PM, Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, Michigan to stop a nuclear dump on Lake Huron’s shores! – See you there!"

Beyond Nuclear's Radioactive Waste Watchdog, Kevin Kamps, does plan to attend! Please come if you can, and spread the word to others who'd be interested as well!

Opposition to OPG DGR grows: 168 Great Lakes resolutions representing 22.5 million, joined by National Association of Counties!

Map showing communities in Canada and the US that have passed resolutions opposing OPG's DGR. See a large format version of the map at www.stopthegreatlakesnucleardump.comAs reported by Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump, with the addition of Macomb County, MI, as well as Loyalist Township and the Municipality of Bluewater in Ontario, there are now 168 resolutions from across the Great Lakes Basin in opposition to Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste burial on the Lake Huron shore at its Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario.

The population represented by these 168 resolutions, from states, counties, cities, towns, and villages, has now topped 22.5 million -- well over half of those (40 million) who depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water across 8 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Nations.

Also as reported by Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump, the National Association of Counties has passed a resolution opposing the DGR. The National Association of Counties represents 2,300 counties across the U.S., where 255 million Americans reside.

If your town, county, or state has not yet passed a resolution, use the models posted at Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump website, and urge your elected officials to do so, to protect the Great Lakes!

Sen. Stabenow's "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act" seeks to protect the Great Lakes against OPG's DGR

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced her legislation, the "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act," in Detroit during the first of a series of statewide meetings with community leaders and stakeholders on efforts to protect our Great Lakes and waterways.On August 10th, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), at a community meeting in Detroit, announced the introduction of her "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act." U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) is co-sponsoring the bill, and U.S. Representative Dan Kildee (D-MI) will introduce companion legislation in the U.S. House.

The bill would require the U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. State Department to activate the International Joint Commission (IJC), a U.S.-Canadian body established under the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty between the two countries, to comprehensively study the risks to the Great Lakes of Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) proposed Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) for so-called "low" and "intermediate" level radioactive wastes, targeted at the Lake Huron shore at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario.

The Great Lakes represent more than 20% of the world's surface fresh water, and around 85% of North America's surface fresh water. The Great Lakes serve as drinking water for 40 million people in eight U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Nations. The Great Lakes serve as the lifeblood of one of the world's single largest regional economies.

Please take a moment to thank Sens. Stabenow and Peters, as well as Rep. Kildee, for their leadership in protecting the Great Lakes. You can phone their offices by being patched through via the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

You can urge your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor the "Stop Nuclear Waste by Our Lakes Act," as well. Get patched through to their office via the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Or you can find your two U.S. Senators, and their direct contact information (including office phone numbers, fax numbers, webforms, etc.) at http://www.senate.gov/.

You can find your U.S. Representative, and his or her contact information, at http://www.house.gov/

Update on August 12, 2015 by admin

Michigan Radio's Stateside interviewed Sen. Stabenow about this legislation.

ABC12/WJRT reported on Sen. Stabenow's community meeting in Frankenmuth. It interviewed Dr. Marc Gaden, the legislative liaison and communications director with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission:

"It's a $7 billion fishery, you know, very important to people all around the Great Lakes region, whether you fish commercially or recreationally, so we've got to do everything possible to protect the water quality, but also preserve the habitat for the fish," said Dr. Marc Gaden, the legislative liaison and communications director with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

The Detroit Free Press reprinted Beth LeBlanc's article from the Port Huron Times Herald.

Fox 2 News/Detroit also reported on this story. So too has the Detroit News, as well as MLive/The Grand Rapids Press.

CBS affiliate WWMT TV3 in Kalamazoo has reported on Sen. Stabenow's Grand Rapids community meeting on August 12th.

The Associated Press has also reported on this story.

Update on September 10, 2015 by admin

On September 10, 2015, the "Stop Nuclear Waste by our Lakes Act 2015" (S. 2026) was introduced in the US Senate by US Senator Debbie Stabenow [D-MI], co-sponsored by US Senators Sherrod Brown [D-OH], Richard Durbin [D-IL], Mark Kirk [R-IL] and Gary Peters [D-MI]. A companion bill (H.R.3483) was introduced in the U.S. House by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee [D-MI].

"Downstream," by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education

The Great Lakes -- around 85% of North America's surface fresh water, and over 20% of the world's -- provide drinking water for 40 million people in 8 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces, and a large number of Native American First Nations.Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education, has posted a blog entitled "Downstream," about the radioactive risks to the Great Lakes from dozens of atomic reactors located on their shorelines, in both the U.S. and Canada.

Gundersen has served as expert witness for Beyond Nuclear et al. in numerous challenges to continued operations at risky reactors on the Great Lakes, including Palisades and Fermi 3 in Michigan, as well as Davis-Besse in Ohio.

(Beyond Nuclear's pamphlet, "Routine Radioactive Releases from U.S. Nuclear Power Plants," also shows it doesn't take an accident to cause contamination of surface fresh water supplies, nor coastal oceanic fisheries for that matter. A map is included, indicating which watersheds are impacted by each operating reactor in the U.S.)