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STOP THE GREAT LAKES NUCLEAR DUMP
Petition published by STGLND on Nov 24, 2012
12523 Signatures 
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Target: The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment
Region: Canada
Web site: www.stopthegreatlakesnucleardump.com
Petition Background (Preamble):
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), a multi-billion dollar power generation company, is seeking approval to build a nuclear waste dump (a Deep Geological Repository or DGR)
1 km from the shores of Lake Huron.
The Dump will extend underground to approximately 400 meters from the Lake. Some of this nuclear waste remains toxic and lethal for over 100,000 years.
Approval is anticipated within 9 months.
This dump puts at risk the fresh water of the GREAT LAKES, relied upon by 40 million people in two countries.
Any risk of buried nuclear waste entering the largest body of fresh water in the world is too great a risk to take, and need not be taken.
We can and must deliver an overwhelming wave of opposition to OPG's plan. Tell Minister Kent and the Canadian federal government to stand up for the protection of the Great Lakes.
Tell your friends on Facebook, Twitter and email.
1 km from the shores of Lake Huron.
The Dump will extend underground to approximately 400 meters from the Lake. Some of this nuclear waste remains toxic and lethal for over 100,000 years.
Approval is anticipated within 9 months.
This dump puts at risk the fresh water of the GREAT LAKES, relied upon by 40 million people in two countries.
Any risk of buried nuclear waste entering the largest body of fresh water in the world is too great a risk to take, and need not be taken.
We can and must deliver an overwhelming wave of opposition to OPG's plan. Tell Minister Kent and the Canadian federal government to stand up for the protection of the Great Lakes.
Tell your friends on Facebook, Twitter and email.
Petition:
“We call on you to refuse Ontario Power Generation’s application to build an underground Deep Geological Repository for radioactive nuclear waste within the Municipality of Kincardine on the shores of Lake Huron that would threaten the drinking water of 40 million Canadians and Americans.
We stand with concerned citizens in opposition to the building of an underground nuclear waste dump anywhere in the Great Lakes Basin.”
We stand with concerned citizens in opposition to the building of an underground nuclear waste dump anywhere in the Great Lakes Basin.”
The STOP THE GREAT LAKES NUCLEAR DUMP petition to The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment was written by STGLND and is in the category Environment at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: nuclear, nuclear waste, nuclear waste dump, dgr, opg, kincardine, deep geological repository, bruce nuclear, the bruce, western waste management facility, canadian environmental assessment agency, nwmo
