Miscellaneous
Radioactive Waste Dump in Ontario, sited less than one mile from the shores of Lake Huron, was resoundingly rejected by a vote by the Saugeen Ojibway Nation the First Nations people, on whose sovereign land Ontario Power Generation (OPG) sought to build it. Dr. Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility fills us in on what was proposed, how and why it fell to this First Nations people to make the ultimate decision, and what happens – or doesn’t happen – now.These are the two videos Dr. Edwards mentioned. They are from the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN-TV:Part 1: Indigenous communities courted as nuclear industry looks for place to put used fuelhttps://aptnnews.ca/2020/02/07/indigenous-communities-courted-as-nuclear-industry-looks-for-place-to-put-used-fuel/Part 2: Opportunity for youth, or sacrifice zone? Community reaction to nuclear waste burial plan is mixedhttps://aptnnews.ca/2020/02/14/opportunity-for-youth-or-sacrifice-zone-community-reaction-to-nuclear-waste-burial-plan-is-mixed/ Go to www.nuclearhotseat.com