NDP urges Ontario premier to put the brakes on radioactive steam generator shipment

The Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) has urged Ontario provincial premier McGuinty to postpone any permits for shipping 16 radioactive steam generators from Bruce Nuclear Power Plant to the Port of Owen Sound -- where they would be loaded onto a boat for shipment across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to Sweden -- until the province has a solid "low" and "intermediate" level radioactive waste management policy. The NDP also condemned the "special arrangement" between Bruce Power and the Canadian Nuclear Safety (sic) Commission which has been approved, despite this shipment's lack of containers for the radioactive waste, as well as the amount of radioactivity aboard the single vessel, both of which are in violation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety standards.

U.S. agency could stop Canadian radioactive waste shipment on Great Lakes

Eartha Jane Melzer at the Michigan Messenger has reported that the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) could block Bruce Power's proposal to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through U.S. territorial waters on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, despite Canadian Nuclear Safety (sic) Commission approval of the plan. She quotes Terry Lodge, pro bono attorney for the binational environmental coalition opposing the shipment. Terry first wrote PHMSA on behalf of the coalition nearly five months ago.

Mohawk Nation communities condemn CNSC for approving radioactive waste shipment through their territories on Great Lakes and St. Lawrence

The Mohawk Nation communities of Akwesasne, Kahnawake, and Tyendinaga have issued a strongly worded statement condemning the Canadian Nuclear Safety (sic) Commission's approval of Bruce Power's application to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through their territories via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to Sweden for so-called "recycling."

U.K. Nuclear-Free Local Authorities speak out against Canadian radioactive waste shipment

UK NFLA logo.In a media release, the U.K. Nuclear-Free Local Authorities have spoken out strongly against Bruce Power's proposed shipment of 16 radioactive steam generators, which would pass through Irish and British waters on their way to Studsvik Nuclear for so-called "recycling" in Sweden. In addition to contacting the British and Irish governments, the UK NFLA is also contacting the governments of Norway and Sweden to urge them to not approve the shipment entering their waters.

Voices from Lake Erie concerned about Canadian radioactive waste shipment

The Erie, Pennsylvania Times News has reported that the Lake Erie Region Conservancy, the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie, and the mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania have joined the growing ranks of concerned citizens, environmental groups, municipalities, and Native American tribes concerned about and opposed to Bruce nuclear power plant's proposed shipment of 16 radioactive steam generators on the Great Lakes for so-called "recycling" in Sweden.