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NUKE WASTE DUMP: #Ojibwe Country once again targeted

May 1, 2025

"#BeyondNuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, presented '#WaterIsLife, #NuclearWasteIsToxic' at the annual meeting of #EnvironmentNorth, in #ThunderBay, #Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of #LakeSuperior, April 23, 2025.

"Environment North is the lead local grassroots organization resisting the Canadian federal #NuclearWaste Management Organization’s (#NWMO, dominated by the nuclear industry, such as #OntarioPowerGeneration - #OPG) designation of the #IgnaceWabigoonLake #OjibwayFirstNation area as the national #RadioactiveWaste dump.

"A number of Ojibway #FirstNation Bands have also passed resolutions opposing the scheme, which would require long-distance, high-risk transportation of highly radioactive waste, from some two-dozen reactors to the east in #Canada, on the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence, and Atlantic."

Source [includes more info and links]:
https://beyondnuclear.org/nuke-waste-dump-ojibwe-country-once-again-targeted/

#EnvironmentRacism #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #NuclearWasteIsForever #DGR #NuclearPowerPlants #NuclearPowerNoThanks #IndigenousLand

#SouthBruce staff to prepare report on second #NuclearWaste repository

As runners-up in the #NWMO's first site-selection process, the municipality of South Bruce is uniquely positioned as the organization now seeks a second site to bury nuclear waste deep underground.

Greg Cowan
Published Jul 28, 2025

Excerpt: "The proposed site faced significant public opposition, including from the Protecting Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste group. Furthermore, the #SaugeenOjibwayNation, with its traditional territory stretching from the tip of the #BrucePeninsula to south of #Goderich, announced earlier this year that it plans to issue a #moratorium on future nuclear intensification and waste projects if no progress is made on addressing nuclear legacy issues in its territory.

" 'We will enforce this moratorium by all legal and political means necessary until a just and satisfactory resolution is in place,' the letter signed by #Nawash Chief #GregNadjiwon and #Saugeen Chief #ConradRitchie stated. 'Accordingly, the Nuclear Advisory Committee has been directed to pursue the resolution of legacy issues through agreements with Ontario Power Generation (#OPG), the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (#NWMO), other private nuclear operators, as well as the federal and provincial governments.' "

#DGR #RadioactiveWaste #NuclearEnergy #NuclearWaste #FirstNations #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanNews #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #RespectTheTreaties #CanPol
#WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearDumping #NuclearInjustice #EnvironmentalRacism #OntarioPowerGeneration

SON Says Legacy Issues Not Addressed, Sets Deadline For #Nuclear Moratorium

Claire McCormack
Jan 24, 2025

#SaugeenOjibwayNation Chiefs' statement: “For many decades our land has been exploited for the production of #NuclearEnergy and storage of #RadioactiveWaste. This occurred without consultation or SON #consent. Today,our territory holds the vast majority of of #Canada’s #NuclearWaste and hosts one of the largest #nuclear facilities in the world. Even now, following the announcement by #NWMO that it will seek to build a deep geological repository (#DGR) for used fuel in the north, SON is expected to continue to host the used fuel for another 60 years without our consent and without redress while the DGR undergoes the assessment process licensing and permitting processes and construction.

"It is unacceptable that we continue to face inaction from #OPG and other members of the nuclear industry and government in addressing these injustices for the SON people. Their repeated failure to uphold commitments is an ongoing affront to SON’s rights. Our joint chiefs and council have taken a strong stance: We will not allow the exploitation of #Anishinaabekiing without a fair and just resolution.”

https://www.560cfos.ca/2025/01/24/son-says-legacy-issues-not-addressed-sets-deadline-for-nuclear-moratorium/

#FirstNations #Ojibwe #NativeAmericans #NativeAmericanNews #NoDumpingWithoutConsent #RespectTheTreaties #WaterIsLife #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearDumping #NuclearInjustice #EnvironmentalRacism #OntarioPowerGeneration

Ontario eyes new electricity generation sites, possibly including nuclear
Ontario is eyeing three sites across the province for new electricity generation facilities, including the possibility of large-scale nuclear plants.
#globalnews #Politics #nuclear #Ontarioelectricity #OntarioPowerGeneration
https://globalnews.ca/news/10890946/ontario-electricity-sites-nuclear/

Ontario Power Generation refurbishing 8 hydroelectric stations for $1B
Ontario Power Generation is spending $1 billion to refurbish eight hydroelectric generating stations in eastern Ontario.
#globalnews #Canada #Ontario #OntarioPowerGeneration #OPG
https://globalnews.ca/news/10592105/opg-refurbishing-hydroelectric-stations/

#OntarioPowerGeneration and #NewBrunswick Power continue to invest in #nuclearpower expansion.
https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/03/30/nuclear-dinosaurs-plan-an-ontario-new-brunswick-partnership/

Well, #Ontario #SunshineList is out for this year.

https://mastodon.bot/@Trillium/112174442880138157

No surprises really. Top 20 spots are all #OntarioPowerGeneration, #Metrolinx and #Healthcare heads.

#1, head of OPG, only $1.9M, that's actually not as high as I was expecting.

Nothing to see here.

Expertise from Ontario Power Generation showing results at Point Lepreau: NB Power
The Point Lepreau facility is performing better than it has in years and could become the subject of further cooperation between the two utilities.
#globalnews #Politics #NBPower #NewBrunswick #OntarioPowerGeneration
https://globalnews.ca/news/10313268/ontario-expertise-point-lepreau-nb-power/

Former Ontario nuclear plant operator employee charged in secretive leak case
In a case unfolding quietly in Oshawa, Ont., James Mousaly faces a rare charge under the Security of Information Act.
#globalnews #Canada #JamesMousaly #OntarioPowerGeneration #OPG
https://globalnews.ca/news/10305169/opg-employee-charged-leak-case/

#OntarioPowerGeneration

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