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MI SR0150
Resolution
AI Summary
- Urges the Great Lakes Commission to study and take a formal position on Ontario Power Generation's proposed underground nuclear waste repository at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, located less than a mile from Lake Huron's shore
- Expresses concern that a leak or breach of radioactivity from the facility could damage the ecology of the Great Lakes, which tens of millions of U.S. and Canadian citizens depend on for drinking water, fisheries, tourism, and recreation
- Directs the Great Lakes Commission to study potential impacts of the proposed facility and similar facilities on the Great Lakes and the people who depend on them
- Requires copies of the resolution be sent to the Great Lakes Commission Board of Directors, Executive Director, Michigan's delegation to the Commission, and the International Joint Commission
- Resolution adopted by the Michigan Senate on June 11, 2014
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the Great Lakes Commission to study and take a formal position on the proposed underground nuclear waste repository in Ontario, Canada, and to study the potential impacts of this facility and similar facilities on the Great Lakes and on the people who depend on the lakes.
underground nuclear waste repository
Last Action
Adopted
6/11/2014
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources, Environment And Great Lakes5/21/2014
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