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Radioactive river cargo

On February 4, 2011, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission authorized the export of 16 used radioactive Bus-sized
steam generators from a nuclear power plant in Ontario. Communities along the St. Lawrence River and the
Great Lakes are concerned about the threat posed to drinking water.
On-site storage of used
Transported by truck from Tiverton, on the
1 shores of Lake Huron, to Owen Sound.
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Loaded aboard
Each generator is the size of a
a ship.
school bus and becomes
Lake
Huron contaminated by radioactive
Owen Sound material during its life. Steam
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generator
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Transported through
Sweden
Lake Erie

4 the Seaway and the

St. Lawrence River.
Transported across
the Atlantic Ocean A storm
and the Baltic Sea.
of protest
Environ-
mental
CANADA groups

Atlantic Ocean
5 Recycling aren't the
only ones
opposed to
Dismantling of the generators at the Studsvik plant maritime transport of
in Nykoping, Sweden, to recover metals. nuclear waste. The Great
Lakes and St. Lawrence
Cities Initiative, which
represents over 70 munici-
palities, said it was "very
concerned" about possible
water supply problems in
the event of a maritime
6 Back to Halifax accident.
• The Great Lakes provide
Return of concentrated nuclear waste (10% of the initial charge) drinking water to 40 million
in Halifax, then by land to Ontario. people.

Sources: Radio-Canada; Wikipedia; Bruce Power, World Nuclear News; GLSL Cities; Nuclear Street RESEARCH BY PIERRE-TIENNE PARADIS; INFOGRAPHIE JUSTIN STAHLMAN/QMI AGENCY