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Groups Warn Canadian Radioactive Waste Dump on Lake Huron Would Harm Michigan. PDF October 23, 2006. Coalition press release.

Oral testimony by NIRS, on behalf of two dozen environmental groups in Michigan and another ten organizations in other Great Lakes states, to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, in opposition to the proposed dump for all of Ontario’s (20 reactors’ worth!) so-called “low” and “intermediate” level radioactive wastes, just 0.6 miles from the Lake Huron shoreline. PDF October 23, 2006.

Written submission by NIRS, on behalf of two dozen environmental groups in Michigan and another ten organizations in other Great Lakes states, to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, in opposition to the proposed dump for all of Ontario's (20 reactors’ worth!) so-called “low” and “intermediate” level radioactive wastes, just 0.6 miles from the Lake Huron shoreline. PDF October 23, 2006.

Written submission by NIRS, on behalf a coalition in Michigan and other Great Lakes states, to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, in opposition to the proposed dump for all of Ontario’s (20 reactors’ worth!) so-called “low” and “intermediate” level radioactive wastes, just 0.6 miles from the Lake Huron shoreline, as part of the Environmental Assessment Guidelines scoping proceeding. PDF September 22, 2006.

List of important documents relevant to the proposed radioactive waste dump on the Lake Huron shore at Bruce, Ontario, Canada. PDF September 22, 2006.

NIRS comments submitted to Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) regarding NWMO’s “Choosing A Way Forward” Draft Study Report on the long-term management of high-level radioactive waste in Canada. PDF August 31, 2005.

NIRS comments on the Environmental Assessment Guidelines re: Bruce A Refurbishment for Life Extension and Continued Operations. PDF April 20, 2005.

Comments on the Environmental Assessment Guidelines re Bruce A Refurbishment for Life Extension and Continued Operations Projec from the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility. PDF April 19, 2005

Submission of Derek Stack, Executive Director for Great Lakes United tonight to CNSC re: CMD05-H10: EA Guidelines for the Proposed Restart of Reactor Units 1& 2 at the Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station and Extension of Projected Operating Life through to 2043. PDF April 19, 2005.

Comments on the Environmental Assessment Guidelines re: the Bruce “A” Nuclear Power Plant Refurbishment for Life Extension and Continued Operations Project. April 19, 2005

Cluff Lake (uranium mine) Decommissioning Project: Comments on the Comprehensive Study Report Published December 2003 by MiningWatch Canada. February 27, 2004.

NIRS oral testimony to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regarding Bruce nuclear power plant’s application for a five year license extension for the Bruce A and B reactor complexes, September 24, 2003.

Great Lakes United Resolution for a Nuclear-Free Québec. June 2003.

NIRS letter to Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System opposing its partial takeover of the Bruce nuclear power plant, PDF 26.81KB December 20, 2002.

NIRS letter to TransCanada Pipelines in opposition to its partial takeover of the Bruce nuclear power plant, PDF 20.33KB December 20, 2002.

NIRS letter to Borealis Capital Corporation opposing its partial takeover of Bruce nuclear power plant, PDF 24.31KB December 20, 2002

Additional NIRS comments on the proposed restart of Bruce Nuclear Plant “A” Reactors 3 and 4, December 12, 2002.

Bush administration’s dismissive State Dept. response to Michigan’s U.S. Senators’ concern about the terrorist threat to 2,000 dry casks of high-level radioactive waste at the Bruce nuclear complex on the Lake Huron shoreline. October 29, 2002.

Letter from Michigan’s U.S. Senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, to Secretary of State Colin Powell expressing concern about 2,000 dry storage casks for high-level radioactive waste proposed for the Lake Huron shoreline at Bruce nuclear power plant, PDF 0KB October 17, 2002.

Growing Concern in US over Bruce Nuclear Waste (in Canada), Press Release, November 13, 2002.

A Yucca Mountain in the Heart of the Great Lakes?! PDF 34.72KB Nuclear Monitor article on on-site dry cask storage at Bruce NPP in Canada. November 5, 2002.

NIRS comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on the proposed restart of Bruce Nuclear Plant “A” Reactors 3 and 4, September 30, 2002.

Don’t Build a Yucca Mountain on the Lake Huron Shoreline! PDF 18.82KB Kevin Kamps' Press Statement on Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing on the proposed high-level radioactive waste dry cask storage facility at the Bruce nuclear plant. September 13, 2002.

Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission PDF 53.38KB regarding dry cask storage of HLRW at Bruce nuclear plant in Canada, September 13, 2002

NIRS press statement regarding “radioactive bull’s eye on the Great Lakes shoreline” – the proposal to put 2,000 high-level radioactive waste dry casks outdoors at the Bruce nuclear power plant – Ottawa, Canada, September 13, 2002.

MI Attorney General (now Governor) Jennifer Granholm’s response to concerned citizens regarding storage of large quantities of high-level radioactive waste in dry casks at Bruce nuclear complex on the Lake Huron shoreline. July 5, 2002

Letter from concerned Michigan citizen to Michigan Attorney General [now Governor] Jennifer Granholm, and Granholm’s response, on the dangers of irradiated nuclear fuel storage in outdoor dry casks on the shorelines of the Great Lakes in both Canada and the U.S., June/July 2002.

Great Lakes United on Expansion of High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage at the Bruce Nuclear Complex on the Shoreline of Lake Huron, Canada. June 2002.