NUCLEAR WASTE BESIDE LAKE HURON & WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP

Saturday's Waterloo Region Record has this story titled "Nuclear waste hearings set to begin". The proposal for so called low and intermediate nuclear waste to be buried deep underground within 1.2 km of Lake Huron is controversial to say the least. Proponents have either already been bought off or will be bought off. By "bought off" I'm referring to financial incentives to groups and municipalities to accept ie. host a nuclear repository. The financial incentives are significant and in an area already dependent upon Bruce Nuclear and they with a solid local reputation; acceptance as a host really isn't all that surprising. On the other side of the ledger are neighbouring communities around the lake including U.S. ones. Finally there are those like myself who are horrified at the thought of burying nuclear waste underground anywhere near one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. Are we completely nuts?

Relative to Woolwich, all water whether surface or groundwater will not flow our way from this site. It will be into Lake Huron and it's tributaries and then flow south towards Lake St.Clair, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Does this proposal further north than the source of the Grand River (Dundalk area) not concern us? I believe it should concern all Ontarians and all Canadians. If this limestone formation, 680 metres below ground is so damn secure than indeed bury nuclear waste in the bedrock; just not beside a massive source of fresh water to millions of human beings. Move it inland or north where we have lots of bedrock and less Great Lakes. Is there something our authorities are failing to tell us here? It seems pretty obvious that there must be better areas than the one they've chosen.