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NEWS: OPP contact the Council about our opposition to radioactive shipments on the Great Lakes

The Owen Sound Sun Times reports that, “Ontario Provincial Police officers are making the rounds in Grey Bruce, speaking to opponents of Bruce Power’s plans to ship 16 decommissioned steam generators from Owen Sound Harbour through the Great Lakes to Sweden.”

“Two officers — Calum Rankin and Ian George — from the force’s western regional headquarters (in London) called Sharen Skelly, a spokeswoman for the group Citizens Against Radioactive Generators in Owen Sound on Tuesday afternoon…”

They have also contacted the Council of Canadians national office in Ottawa. We will be speaking with them by telephone this morning to see what they might want.

“The OPP, (says Sgt. David Rektor, the OPP’s supervisor of communications for the Western Region), have ‘a responsibility to ensure the smooth transportation of the generators’ when and if the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission approves Bruce Power’s proposal.”

“The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has set aside two days to hear proponents and opponents to the Bruce Power proposal…”

The Council of Canadians will be speaking against the proposed shipments of radioactive generators from the Bruce Power nuclear plant at the public hearing on September 29 in Ottawa. We have been told that the OPP officers will also be present at the public hearings.

Add your voice by signing the petition in ‘ACTION ALERT: Stop the shipment of radioactive components through the Great Lakes’ at http://canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=4410.