As Bruce Power awaits an answer from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission — another group has come forward to oppose its steam generator plan.
A First Nation has now come forward saying it wants Bruce Power’s plans to transport any radioactive equipment through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to be rejected.
The Anishinabek Nation says treaty rights give it jurisdiction over the Great Lakes
and the shipping of radioactive waste or radioactive contaminated equipment has the potential to adversely affect the rights of aboriginal people in the area.
Bruce Power plans to ship 16, school bus-sized steam generators from Owen Sound to Sweden for recycling.
CNSC staff have recommended the proposed plan be approved allowing shipment.
This after a number of Groups and private individuals expressed concerns regarding safety and health issues.
79 interveners addressed the commission hearings last month, almost all of them opposed to the shipment of the 16, 100 tonne decommissioned generators through the Great Lakes Shipping System.
The President and CEO of Bruce Power, Duncan Hawthorne says because the Commission ruling won’t come down until sometime in November — the project may be delayed several months.
Also — if a full Environmental Assessment is requested — the recycling plan would probably be scrapped because of the cost.
