92,000 petition Canada not to store nuclear waste near Great Lakes

92,000 petition Canada not to store nuclear waste near Great Lakes Montreal (AFP) Jan 21, 2016 - Ninety-two-thousand people have pressed Ottawa to reject a proposal to store nuclear waste in an underground vault near the Great Lakes, fearing a spill would contaminate this source of drinking water for 40 million in Canada and the United States. A 6,000-page petition signed by opponents of local utility Ontario Power Generation's proposal to store waste in a deep limestone vault to be dri ... more http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/92000_petition_Canada_not_to_store_nuclear_waste_near_Great_Lakes_999.html