NB Power and nuclear industry partners want to build a radioactive waste pit in Northwestern Ontario. But they are hiding the risks of transporting the waste more than 2,900 km from Point Lepreau through communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.
Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO, including NB Power) filed their official project plan but did NOT include the 2,900 km drive from Point Lepreau. Why? To stop the public from raising concerns about it.
Here is the media release with more information, jointly issued by CRED-NB and the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group (PRGI) and the legal non-profit LAND (Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence) based in northern Ontario.
Here is a short video from LAND explaining the issue.
Don’t let them hide the risks to New Brunswick communities. Have your say! There’s two ways you can speak up:
- Submit a comment on the Impact Assessment Agency website. This takes only a few minutes. You need to do it by the deadline, February 4. The link is HERE.
and/or
- Send an instant action alert letter to your MP, the Impact Assessment Agency, and the federal ministers in charge of the file. Do it soon! The deadline to thie IAAC is February 4. The link to the action alert is HERE.
NB Power and NWMO plan to send hundreds of trucks loaded with radioactive waste every year from the Point Lepreau nuclear plant on the Bay of Fundy to a deep geological repository (DGR) in Northwestern Ontario near Ignace – if the project is approved and built. The roads and highways involved are known for numerous accidents involving trucks.
This is their plan, so why isn’t it in their DGR plan recently filed with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada?
They do not want us to ask questions about it.
They do not want the public or the Impact Assessment Agency to review and scrutinize the project’s cumulative impacts – including on future generations.
If enough people object to the Impact Assessment Agency, we can put the waste transportation back in the plan, so it can be properly evaluated. Please share this information with your friends, thank you!
