Members of the Council of Canadians are in Grey Bruce today to voice their opposition to Bruce Power’s steam generator plan.
National water campaigner Emma Lui and regional organizer Mark Calzavara are meeting with various community stakeholders.
They are stopping outside the Bruce Power site first, and this afternoon are meeting in Owen Sound with local opponents of the plan including the group CARGOS.
Bruce Power wants to ship the 16 steam generators — each the size of a school bus — from its Tiverton plant to Sweden, through the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence.
National water Campaigner for the Council of Canadians, Emma Lui feels there has been a lack of public consultation on the plan.
She is concerned about the precedent it sets for shipments of radioactive material on the Great Lakes and the group wants a new environmental assessment.
Officials also say the shipment threatens the Great Lakes, does not meet packaging requirements and radioactive levels exceed international guidelines by 50 times.
