And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:17:40 -0800 (PST)
From: John Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X-Sender: wy430@vtn1
Plutonium headed to Canada for disposal: CTV News
TORONTO (CP) - Prime Minister Jean Chretien has told U.S. President
Bill Clinton that hes open to a plan to dispose of radioactive
plutonium in Canada, CTV News reported Monday.
The plutonium - from nuclear warheads in Russia and the U.S. - would
be mixed with uranium and used to produce electricity at the Bruce
nuclear power plant on Lake Huron starting in 2005, CTV says.
"We want to help Russia and the United States destroy its nuclear
weapons," Larry Schewuck, spokesman for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.,
told the network.
Despite a parliamentary committee headed by the Liberals that urged
the federal government to reject the plan, CTV reported that Chretien
is considering it anyway.
In a March 3 letter to the American president, obtained by the
network, Chretien says Canada "is prepared to consider any safe and
financially viable proposal."
He adds: "I can assure you that we share your concerns about the need
to dispose of the material resulting from warhead dismantlement."
A 1997 feasibility study also obtained by CTV says the plutonium would
be shipped by sea to ports including Montreal, Halifax, Quebec City
and Sarnia, Ont.
The mayor of Sarnia told CTV that "civil disobedience" would likely
result if the plan went ahead.
A recent public opinion poll conducted by Ontario Hydro, also obtained
by CTV through the Access to Information Act, suggested Ontario
residents are against the proposal.
Last week, federal Natural Resources Minister Ralph Goodale said
Ottawa would hold full-scale environmental and safety reviews before
it allows American and Russian plutonium to be used as fuel in Ontario
Hydro reactors.
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