Environmental groups are accusing the federal government of abdicating its responsibility to protect Canadians by not acting against an Ontario nuclear utility's proposed plan to ship radioactive waste through the Great Lakes. Bruce Power has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for permission to ship 16 radiation-contaminated steam generators from its facility in Tiverton, Ont., to Sweden for re-processing.Bruce Power has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for permission to ship 16 radiation-contaminated steam generators from its facility in Tiverton, Ont., to Sweden for re-processing. (Bruce Power)
The groups say allowing Bruce Power to ship 16 radioactive steam generators the size of school buses through the lakes and across the Atlantic Ocean for processing in Sweden sets a dangerous precedent. They say it could open the way for more nuclear waste to be moved on Canadian waterways.
Bruce Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility said Canada should not start shipping radioactive waste outside of the country.
"This is just the tip of an enormous iceberg," Edwards told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is holding a hearing in Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday on Bruce Power's application to refurbish its nuclear generating plant on the shores of Lake Huron, which would include the controversial shipment plan.
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