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Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
         regarding Darlington Nuclear Plant

As submitted by Louisette Lanteigne on October 15, 2012

                 700 Star Flower Ave.,
                   Waterloo Ontario
                        N2V 2L2
                      519-885-7619
              butterflybluelu@rogers.com
Land-Use Planning

Traditionally, the underlying belief of planning is that
collective rationality can be brought into the way our
cities are built rather than leaving it up to individuals
in the marketplace where inefficiencies may prevail
especially with respect to long-term thinking
(Makuch, 2004).
Land-Use Planning And
       Private Development Bias
Planning is a highly charged financial process -
development or redevelopment can mean big bucks
for private individuals.
Private interests may have deleterious implications
despite the benefits they may bring about and thus
must be reconciled with the interests that the public
has for appropriate development that takes into
consideration other values such as environmental
protection and not overburdening municipal services
(Swaigen, 1993).
What Needs To Be Addressed

The technology, laws and regulations, and practices
for containing, responding to and cleaning up spills
lag behind the real risks and associated costs.
Nuclear Systems are leaking
Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of
U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into
groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an
Associated Press investigation shows
Tritium, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites,
according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Source: Ageing Nukes: A four-part investigative series by Jeff Donn, Associated Press

        http://www.ap.org/company/awards/aging-nukes
Many Leaks Have Happened




US based nuclear sites have suffered more than 400
  accidental radioactive leaks during their history.
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists. September 2011
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_risk/safety/nrc-and-nuclear-power-safety-annual.html
Remediation Can Be Very Expensive




The new price tag for completing the remainder of
 Hanford nuclear reservation cleanup, plus some post-
 cleanup oversight, is $112 billion.
  Source: The Tri-City Herald article New Cost for Hanford Clean Up by Annette Car Feb. 9 2012
 http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/09/138402/new-estimate-of-hanford-cleanup.html#storylink=cpy
Is Remediation Even Possible?




Many contaminated aquifers cannot not be reclaimed
because fixing the damage is “too costly” or “technically
infeasible.”
Complacency To Monitoring Poses Risks




 It's assumed that the monitoring rules and requirements
 are in place and are protective but nobody knows for sure
 unless someone gets sick or complaints are issued.
First Nations Paid the Price for Ontario's Lack of
Reasonable Monitoring regarding Mercury Dumping




58.7% of Grassy Narrows and White Dog First
Nations people have been poisoned by Mercury.
33.7% have been diagnosed with Minimata Disease.
      Contamination violated Aboriginal Treaty Rights.
Long Term Data is Lacking




Once waste is underground, there are few ways to track how
far it goes, how quickly or where it winds up. There is plenty of
theory, but little long term data to prove how well these
systems actually works. Bedrock aquifers and bedrock
fractures exist but risks of these are often underestimated.
Unreasonable economic burden

The actual costs to monitor and maintain long term
nuclear storage for the required 10,000 to millions of
years, needs to be based on sound science and a
reasonable economic model to insure funding will be
there to complete the set tasks to avert public risks for
future generations.
Is the financial scheme to support this project, based on
current proven need or is this based on projected needs
analysis on the premise that Ontario will actually want to
use nuclear power in the future?
 We need an energy plan in place first!
Current Cost of Power per Kilowatt Hour in Ontario
 Source: Brochure titled Let's Cut Some Real Wastes as published by Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment & Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario.


Energy conservation and efficiency: 2.3 to 4.6 cents
Water power imports from Quebec: 5.8 cents
Wind : 11.5 cents
Nuclear – new and re-build 19-37 cents*

   *These numbers do not include the costs of decommissioning
old reactors, long term storage of wastes or risks of accidents.
For further information view: Toronto Star, Nuclear power too costly, Ontario Clean Air Alliance argues, John
Spears, Business Reporter March 20 2012
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1149273--nuclear-power-too-costly-ontario-clean-air-alliance-argues
Chloride Levels in Waterloo illustrates how water is drawn to wells
 regardless of surface topography. Currently watersheds are only
delineated based on surface topography not draw down influences.
        Does the data for Darlington have regard for this?.
http://research.ires.ubc.ca/projects/ISM/include/Torontopdfs/Stone_ISM_May2008.pdf
Topography does not prevent aquifer connectivity as shown in this
cross section of Waterloo Moraine. Clay is not impervious either: It
 only slows rate of infiltration. What kind of sediment layer is under
                          this plant currently? .
Modflow has it's flaws: Use more geology
Many hydrology firms use Modflow programs to study
aquifers but the program assumes aquifers are self contained
and this poses a risk.
Data input is often subjective which is why mandatory testing
standards and methods are needed to clarify processes to
explain where the numbers came from and how they came to
the results. Make sure the data being used is current.
Modflow works better when supported with localized
geological data including sediment type to better understand
actual hydrological connectivity.
Bore Hole Data isn't Enough!
Often times bore hole testing does not go deep enough to
monitor for potential impacts to aquifer systems and holes are
too widely spaced.
Test times often fails to have regard for seasonal variants
including spring thaw data and with climate change, year to
year modeling is needed to properly assess delta water levels
because trends from one year no longer apply to the following
year. Trends in Waterloo Region Weather station indicate
drought year/ flood year scenarios
Using bore hole data, outwash till formations can appear to
reflect consistent clay coverage but this poses a serious risk to
aquifer systems.
Ground Penetrating radar profiles can help mitigate the risks by
illustrating the sediment distribution of outwash till areas
Example: The Arkell Research Station in Guelph

                        •   Using standard bore hole testing, this
                            area appears to be covered in a
                            consistent clay layer.

                        •   GPR profiles identifies this area as a
                            shallow outwash aquifer. The clay is
                            discontinuous. They are like shingles
                            with many spaces of infiltration in
                            between.

                        •   This area gathers up to 7% of Guelph’s
                            potable water supply and it recharges
                            cold water trout streams.

                        •   The GPR profiles for the Arkell
                            Research Station were provided by
                            the Canadian Geological Survey of
                            Canada.
International Joint Commission




It is clear that human and ecosystem health
in the Great Lakes basin cannot be protected
without protecting ground-water resources.
 http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/2011/110308_e.htm
REGARDING ENGINEERING FIRMS
There is no money in discovering bad geology...or is there?
Problems With Engineering Firms
 Engineering firms are not held liable for their work in creating
environmental impact studies after they've signed off on it. The
risk transfers to the firm who purchased their data. If issues
arise due to poor environmental studies, they are not held
liable for any of the the work they did.
Firms like this stand to profit from remediation if things do go
wrong. There is no reasonable incentive for engineering firms
to do a the job right to prevent long term risks.
  Rubber Stamps are not enough. If there is a lack of fiscal
     accountability there is no guarantee of good work!
Why not hold a check worth the value of their services and if
         issues happen due to the poor EA: Cash it!
Engineering Firms Continued:
Studies for this Nuclear Power Storage facility appear to
be limited to a rather specific layer where the boreholes
were lucky enough to go through some solid chunks. Are
findings consistent with alternative geological data?
(Geologic Survey of Canada, USGS etc.)
Currently there is no mandatory criteria for what
constitutes as a reasonable test times or methods to
secure best management practices are reasonably
applied. Are test times and methods used reasonable or
do they reflect biased, outdated data and/or unclear
formulas? Will this data be peer reviewed?
If monitoring and peer review data costs extra hold
       industry accountable to those costs.
  Place a levy on these firms to cover for additional costs
  associated with long term independent monitoring as a way to
  protect the public interest. Make sure the monitoring is done by
  an independent firm rather that the company itself to make
  sure the science they are using is non biased and reasonable.
Is the Darlington Nuclear System sitting on KARST?
Map from a presentation by Dr Derek Ford, Professor Emeritus from McMaster University, Environmental Geography and Geology,
                                                      February 2012
         :http://www.couchconservancy.ca/ONCWebsite/htm/Among%20ourselves.htm
Quarries in Karst Increases Earthquake & Contamination risks
         How many pits in proximity to this project?
         Source: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0484/ofr-01-0484so.pdf
Regarding Megathrusts

There are fault zones that have severe implications
on the seismic hazard of nuclear facilities located on
them, as well as deep geological waste repositories
including this proposed nuclear storage project.
More effort should be undertaken to properly map
these megathrusts, mainly by processing the
available seismic data in Lake Huron.
These cold-joint megathrusts are clearly visible in deep seismic
reflection data. The leading one is the Grenville Front (GF) fault, the
middle one is the Central Metasedimentary (CM) fault, and the third
is the Elzevir (EL) fault.
Current Seismic Risks shows dots in proximity to Nuke plant   .
Lanteigne on Darlington Nuclear Plant
Recommended Reading

     Negative impacts of grouting on the underground karst
     environment
    Ognjen Bonacci, Sanja Gottstein, Tanja Roje-Bonacci


     For more information outlining various ways man made
     earthquakes can be created, please visit this link:

    http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/top-5-ways-that


.
The frequency of tornadoes in Ontario is expected to
increase with climate change. Are we planning for it?
Nuclear Energy = Carbon Emissions

-   Huge amounts of diesel fuel is used to extract, process
    and transport uranium products creating significant
    carbon emissions while creating serious ecological risks
    by way of tailings ponds etc.
- Uranium comes from Saskatchewan, a province which
  relies heavily on coal energy to process the uranium.
- Energy still must be spent running nuclear plants and
  transporting and storing nuclear materials for the long
  term. What will power those aspects?


      Nuclear power is neither clean nor is it carbon free!
The Biggest Risk of All:
Political Interference hampering sound science.

Prime Minister Harper mandated 2 year approvals
for environmental assessments by the Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission.
"There is no analysis or rationale that can be
 produced by the government to defend the two-year
 arbitrary time line,"
     Liberal Natural Resources critic David McGuinty
Political Interference continued:

Two-thirds of recent environmental assessments by
the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, including
those involving storage of radioactive waste, have
taken more than two years to complete, say new
numbers released by the agency.
Most nuclear reviews don't meet Harper's two-year
limit
Source: MIKE DE SOUZA, POSTMEDIA NEWS JUNE 1, 2012
  http://www.canada.com/Most+nuclear+reviews+meet+Harper+year+limit/6716437/story.html
Harper fired Linda Keen
Source: CBC NEWS Nuclear safety watchdog head fired for 'lack of
                   leadership': minister
       http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/01/16/keen-firing.html

                                           When the chief of the
                                           Canadian Nuclear
                                           Safety Commission
                                           suggested that one
                                           shouldn't run nuclear
                                           plants without
                                           necessary safety
                                           equipment, she was
                                           fired.
Political Interference Continued:

With Bill C-311, the Nuclear Safety Control Act
undermined. Environmental assessments will be
moved to the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission, which is a licensing body not an
assessing body -- so there is a built-in conflict.
A reasonable approach to avert risk is to stop
        generating nuclear wastes.
HAVE REGARD TO CANCER RATES.


A 1983 study done in the United Kingdom showed
a higher than expected rate of childhood leukemia
in those living near the Sellafield nuclear
reprocessing plant.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1662601/
A Parliamentary Review found elevated cancer
         rates in Pickering and Ajax

   Similarly, a study carried out by the AECB in 1991
   compared the rate of childhood leukemia in the
   province of Ontario as a whole with rates in
   communities near nuclear power stations. The study
   showed a higher than average rate in Pickering and
   Ajax.
 Source: Federal Parliament CANADA'S NUCLEAR REACTORS: HOW
              MUCH SAFETY IS ENOUGH? Interim Report
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/371/enrg/rep/repintjun01part1-e.htm
Our acceptable MSV levels are killing people.

 Acceptable background radiation exposure in Ontario is
 2.4 MSV
 1.0 MSV is acceptable for public level exposure per year
 For nuclear power workers, 100 MSV/5 years or max
 50MSV/year is deemed acceptable.
 Nuclear workers have 3.2 excess deaths than public.
 With more exposure there is always more harm. There
 are no reasonable “safe” limits but industry prefers to
 look at yearly values instead of considering the harm that
 could be created by “spikes” from exposure.
When you trust industry to police themselves, things
                 like this happen:

   According to a Canadian Environmental Law
  Association, CELA, media release, Shield Source
  has “recalculated its tritium emissions for the
  years 2010 and 2011 at five to nine times the
  levels previously reported”, adding, “The new
  levels are more than twice the release limits allowed
  by the CNSC licence.” Joseph Castrilli, legal counsel
  at CELA is acting on behalf of a local citizen’s group,
  SAGE, Safe and Green Energy Peterborough, in the
  matter.
Accidents happen. These ones are just a few
      examples of Canadian Nuclear incidents.
    December 12 1952: The NRX accident. Explosions occurred in the reactor
    core.The world's first major nuclear reactor accident at Chalk River.
    May 24, 1958 Fuel rods in the reactor overheated and ruptured inside the
    reactor core. A rod caught fire and broke when removed, then dispersed fission
    products and alpha-emitting particles at Chalk River.
    November 1978 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. 2,739 litres of coolant
    oil leaked, most of it into the Winnipeg River.
    August 1 1983 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. Catastrophic pressure
    tube rupture. Tube that holds the fuel rods ruptured.
    March 1986 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. Catastrophic pressure tube
    rupture. Tube that holds the fuel rods ruptured.
    On March 14, 2011, Ontario Power Generation has notified Canada's federal
    nuclear regulator about the release of 73,000 litres of demineralized water into
    Lake Ontario at the Pickering A nuclear generating station
.
There are no guarantee safe storage options.

There is no moral ethical or scientifically valid
evidence to show that we can reasonably monitor or
manage the safe disposal of radioactive wastes for
10,000 to millions of years.
It is unreasonable to assume we could design such
a system without flaws or adverse consequences to
future generations when current evidence shows
systems are failing in less than 100 years at an
alarming rate.
Where We Need To Invest
Green Energy is Do-able Now
“Renewable energy sources, accessed with commercially available
 technologies, could adequately supply 80% of total U.S. electricity
 generation in 2050 while balancing supply and demand at the hourly
 level.”
National Renewable Energy Lab US:
http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_futures/
The expected resource potential of Canada, electricity generated by
geothermal energy could replace approximately 10 nuclear power
plants and provide up to 10% of Canada's current total electricity
generation.
Canadian Geological Survey
http://www.globe-net.com/articles/2011/september/16/canada-is-awash-with-clean-geothermal-energy-resources/
If you think there is a lack of public support for
              nuclear power today,,,
...how will public perception change when this arrives?
In Conclusion

Darlington sits in proximity to Karst, along aquifers, farmlands,
the Great Lakes and fault lines. This location is not reasonable.

With the unreasonable, non-scientific 2 year deadline for
approvals, as mandated by Harper Government, it's not
reasonable to assume such a short review period can secure
the prevention of long term ecological, sociological or
economic risks associated with this proposal.
Conclusion Continued:
In the absence of a National Energy Strategy, it is premature to
commit Ontario taxpayer dollars to a venture like this when
there is no proven need or proven plan in place to show that
this project is economically feasible or beneficial for the
province over the long term.
Data shows cheaper, cleaner energy options exist that create
more jobs and more economic prosperity for residents. This is
outlined in numerous reports including Tide Canada's A New
Energy Vision for Canada found online here:
         http://tidescanada.org/energy/newenergy/
Why are we spending so much in tax payer dollars supporting
a private firm using an antiquated system of energy supply that
binds Canadians to have to store toxic wastes in perpetuity? It
is not reasonable. Time to simply cut bait and drop nuclear. It's
cheaper in the long run.
For this project at this location:
          Just say no.

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Lanteigne on Darlington Nuclear Plant

  • 1. Submission to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regarding Darlington Nuclear Plant As submitted by Louisette Lanteigne on October 15, 2012 700 Star Flower Ave., Waterloo Ontario N2V 2L2 519-885-7619 butterflybluelu@rogers.com
  • 2. Land-Use Planning Traditionally, the underlying belief of planning is that collective rationality can be brought into the way our cities are built rather than leaving it up to individuals in the marketplace where inefficiencies may prevail especially with respect to long-term thinking (Makuch, 2004).
  • 3. Land-Use Planning And Private Development Bias Planning is a highly charged financial process - development or redevelopment can mean big bucks for private individuals. Private interests may have deleterious implications despite the benefits they may bring about and thus must be reconciled with the interests that the public has for appropriate development that takes into consideration other values such as environmental protection and not overburdening municipal services (Swaigen, 1993).
  • 4. What Needs To Be Addressed The technology, laws and regulations, and practices for containing, responding to and cleaning up spills lag behind the real risks and associated costs.
  • 5. Nuclear Systems are leaking Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows Tritium, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites, according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Source: Ageing Nukes: A four-part investigative series by Jeff Donn, Associated Press http://www.ap.org/company/awards/aging-nukes
  • 6. Many Leaks Have Happened US based nuclear sites have suffered more than 400 accidental radioactive leaks during their history. Source: Union of Concerned Scientists. September 2011 http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_risk/safety/nrc-and-nuclear-power-safety-annual.html
  • 7. Remediation Can Be Very Expensive The new price tag for completing the remainder of Hanford nuclear reservation cleanup, plus some post- cleanup oversight, is $112 billion. Source: The Tri-City Herald article New Cost for Hanford Clean Up by Annette Car Feb. 9 2012 http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/09/138402/new-estimate-of-hanford-cleanup.html#storylink=cpy
  • 8. Is Remediation Even Possible? Many contaminated aquifers cannot not be reclaimed because fixing the damage is “too costly” or “technically infeasible.”
  • 9. Complacency To Monitoring Poses Risks It's assumed that the monitoring rules and requirements are in place and are protective but nobody knows for sure unless someone gets sick or complaints are issued.
  • 10. First Nations Paid the Price for Ontario's Lack of Reasonable Monitoring regarding Mercury Dumping 58.7% of Grassy Narrows and White Dog First Nations people have been poisoned by Mercury. 33.7% have been diagnosed with Minimata Disease. Contamination violated Aboriginal Treaty Rights.
  • 11. Long Term Data is Lacking Once waste is underground, there are few ways to track how far it goes, how quickly or where it winds up. There is plenty of theory, but little long term data to prove how well these systems actually works. Bedrock aquifers and bedrock fractures exist but risks of these are often underestimated.
  • 12. Unreasonable economic burden The actual costs to monitor and maintain long term nuclear storage for the required 10,000 to millions of years, needs to be based on sound science and a reasonable economic model to insure funding will be there to complete the set tasks to avert public risks for future generations. Is the financial scheme to support this project, based on current proven need or is this based on projected needs analysis on the premise that Ontario will actually want to use nuclear power in the future? We need an energy plan in place first!
  • 13. Current Cost of Power per Kilowatt Hour in Ontario Source: Brochure titled Let's Cut Some Real Wastes as published by Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment & Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario. Energy conservation and efficiency: 2.3 to 4.6 cents Water power imports from Quebec: 5.8 cents Wind : 11.5 cents Nuclear – new and re-build 19-37 cents* *These numbers do not include the costs of decommissioning old reactors, long term storage of wastes or risks of accidents. For further information view: Toronto Star, Nuclear power too costly, Ontario Clean Air Alliance argues, John Spears, Business Reporter March 20 2012 http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1149273--nuclear-power-too-costly-ontario-clean-air-alliance-argues
  • 14. Chloride Levels in Waterloo illustrates how water is drawn to wells regardless of surface topography. Currently watersheds are only delineated based on surface topography not draw down influences. Does the data for Darlington have regard for this?. http://research.ires.ubc.ca/projects/ISM/include/Torontopdfs/Stone_ISM_May2008.pdf
  • 15. Topography does not prevent aquifer connectivity as shown in this cross section of Waterloo Moraine. Clay is not impervious either: It only slows rate of infiltration. What kind of sediment layer is under this plant currently? .
  • 16. Modflow has it's flaws: Use more geology Many hydrology firms use Modflow programs to study aquifers but the program assumes aquifers are self contained and this poses a risk. Data input is often subjective which is why mandatory testing standards and methods are needed to clarify processes to explain where the numbers came from and how they came to the results. Make sure the data being used is current. Modflow works better when supported with localized geological data including sediment type to better understand actual hydrological connectivity.
  • 17. Bore Hole Data isn't Enough! Often times bore hole testing does not go deep enough to monitor for potential impacts to aquifer systems and holes are too widely spaced. Test times often fails to have regard for seasonal variants including spring thaw data and with climate change, year to year modeling is needed to properly assess delta water levels because trends from one year no longer apply to the following year. Trends in Waterloo Region Weather station indicate drought year/ flood year scenarios Using bore hole data, outwash till formations can appear to reflect consistent clay coverage but this poses a serious risk to aquifer systems. Ground Penetrating radar profiles can help mitigate the risks by illustrating the sediment distribution of outwash till areas
  • 18. Example: The Arkell Research Station in Guelph • Using standard bore hole testing, this area appears to be covered in a consistent clay layer. • GPR profiles identifies this area as a shallow outwash aquifer. The clay is discontinuous. They are like shingles with many spaces of infiltration in between. • This area gathers up to 7% of Guelph’s potable water supply and it recharges cold water trout streams. • The GPR profiles for the Arkell Research Station were provided by the Canadian Geological Survey of Canada.
  • 19. International Joint Commission It is clear that human and ecosystem health in the Great Lakes basin cannot be protected without protecting ground-water resources. http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/2011/110308_e.htm
  • 20. REGARDING ENGINEERING FIRMS There is no money in discovering bad geology...or is there?
  • 21. Problems With Engineering Firms Engineering firms are not held liable for their work in creating environmental impact studies after they've signed off on it. The risk transfers to the firm who purchased their data. If issues arise due to poor environmental studies, they are not held liable for any of the the work they did. Firms like this stand to profit from remediation if things do go wrong. There is no reasonable incentive for engineering firms to do a the job right to prevent long term risks. Rubber Stamps are not enough. If there is a lack of fiscal accountability there is no guarantee of good work! Why not hold a check worth the value of their services and if issues happen due to the poor EA: Cash it!
  • 22. Engineering Firms Continued: Studies for this Nuclear Power Storage facility appear to be limited to a rather specific layer where the boreholes were lucky enough to go through some solid chunks. Are findings consistent with alternative geological data? (Geologic Survey of Canada, USGS etc.) Currently there is no mandatory criteria for what constitutes as a reasonable test times or methods to secure best management practices are reasonably applied. Are test times and methods used reasonable or do they reflect biased, outdated data and/or unclear formulas? Will this data be peer reviewed?
  • 23. If monitoring and peer review data costs extra hold industry accountable to those costs. Place a levy on these firms to cover for additional costs associated with long term independent monitoring as a way to protect the public interest. Make sure the monitoring is done by an independent firm rather that the company itself to make sure the science they are using is non biased and reasonable.
  • 24. Is the Darlington Nuclear System sitting on KARST? Map from a presentation by Dr Derek Ford, Professor Emeritus from McMaster University, Environmental Geography and Geology, February 2012 :http://www.couchconservancy.ca/ONCWebsite/htm/Among%20ourselves.htm
  • 25. Quarries in Karst Increases Earthquake & Contamination risks How many pits in proximity to this project? Source: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0484/ofr-01-0484so.pdf
  • 26. Regarding Megathrusts There are fault zones that have severe implications on the seismic hazard of nuclear facilities located on them, as well as deep geological waste repositories including this proposed nuclear storage project. More effort should be undertaken to properly map these megathrusts, mainly by processing the available seismic data in Lake Huron.
  • 27. These cold-joint megathrusts are clearly visible in deep seismic reflection data. The leading one is the Grenville Front (GF) fault, the middle one is the Central Metasedimentary (CM) fault, and the third is the Elzevir (EL) fault.
  • 28. Current Seismic Risks shows dots in proximity to Nuke plant .
  • 30. Recommended Reading Negative impacts of grouting on the underground karst environment Ognjen Bonacci, Sanja Gottstein, Tanja Roje-Bonacci For more information outlining various ways man made earthquakes can be created, please visit this link: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/top-5-ways-that .
  • 31. The frequency of tornadoes in Ontario is expected to increase with climate change. Are we planning for it?
  • 32. Nuclear Energy = Carbon Emissions - Huge amounts of diesel fuel is used to extract, process and transport uranium products creating significant carbon emissions while creating serious ecological risks by way of tailings ponds etc. - Uranium comes from Saskatchewan, a province which relies heavily on coal energy to process the uranium. - Energy still must be spent running nuclear plants and transporting and storing nuclear materials for the long term. What will power those aspects? Nuclear power is neither clean nor is it carbon free!
  • 33. The Biggest Risk of All: Political Interference hampering sound science. Prime Minister Harper mandated 2 year approvals for environmental assessments by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. "There is no analysis or rationale that can be produced by the government to defend the two-year arbitrary time line," Liberal Natural Resources critic David McGuinty
  • 34. Political Interference continued: Two-thirds of recent environmental assessments by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, including those involving storage of radioactive waste, have taken more than two years to complete, say new numbers released by the agency. Most nuclear reviews don't meet Harper's two-year limit Source: MIKE DE SOUZA, POSTMEDIA NEWS JUNE 1, 2012 http://www.canada.com/Most+nuclear+reviews+meet+Harper+year+limit/6716437/story.html
  • 35. Harper fired Linda Keen Source: CBC NEWS Nuclear safety watchdog head fired for 'lack of leadership': minister http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/01/16/keen-firing.html When the chief of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission suggested that one shouldn't run nuclear plants without necessary safety equipment, she was fired.
  • 36. Political Interference Continued: With Bill C-311, the Nuclear Safety Control Act undermined. Environmental assessments will be moved to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which is a licensing body not an assessing body -- so there is a built-in conflict.
  • 37. A reasonable approach to avert risk is to stop generating nuclear wastes.
  • 38. HAVE REGARD TO CANCER RATES. A 1983 study done in the United Kingdom showed a higher than expected rate of childhood leukemia in those living near the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1662601/
  • 39. A Parliamentary Review found elevated cancer rates in Pickering and Ajax Similarly, a study carried out by the AECB in 1991 compared the rate of childhood leukemia in the province of Ontario as a whole with rates in communities near nuclear power stations. The study showed a higher than average rate in Pickering and Ajax. Source: Federal Parliament CANADA'S NUCLEAR REACTORS: HOW MUCH SAFETY IS ENOUGH? Interim Report http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/371/enrg/rep/repintjun01part1-e.htm
  • 40. Our acceptable MSV levels are killing people. Acceptable background radiation exposure in Ontario is 2.4 MSV 1.0 MSV is acceptable for public level exposure per year For nuclear power workers, 100 MSV/5 years or max 50MSV/year is deemed acceptable. Nuclear workers have 3.2 excess deaths than public. With more exposure there is always more harm. There are no reasonable “safe” limits but industry prefers to look at yearly values instead of considering the harm that could be created by “spikes” from exposure.
  • 41. When you trust industry to police themselves, things like this happen: According to a Canadian Environmental Law Association, CELA, media release, Shield Source has “recalculated its tritium emissions for the years 2010 and 2011 at five to nine times the levels previously reported”, adding, “The new levels are more than twice the release limits allowed by the CNSC licence.” Joseph Castrilli, legal counsel at CELA is acting on behalf of a local citizen’s group, SAGE, Safe and Green Energy Peterborough, in the matter.
  • 42. Accidents happen. These ones are just a few examples of Canadian Nuclear incidents. December 12 1952: The NRX accident. Explosions occurred in the reactor core.The world's first major nuclear reactor accident at Chalk River. May 24, 1958 Fuel rods in the reactor overheated and ruptured inside the reactor core. A rod caught fire and broke when removed, then dispersed fission products and alpha-emitting particles at Chalk River. November 1978 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. 2,739 litres of coolant oil leaked, most of it into the Winnipeg River. August 1 1983 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. Catastrophic pressure tube rupture. Tube that holds the fuel rods ruptured. March 1986 LOCA Major loss of coolant accident. Catastrophic pressure tube rupture. Tube that holds the fuel rods ruptured. On March 14, 2011, Ontario Power Generation has notified Canada's federal nuclear regulator about the release of 73,000 litres of demineralized water into Lake Ontario at the Pickering A nuclear generating station .
  • 43. There are no guarantee safe storage options. There is no moral ethical or scientifically valid evidence to show that we can reasonably monitor or manage the safe disposal of radioactive wastes for 10,000 to millions of years. It is unreasonable to assume we could design such a system without flaws or adverse consequences to future generations when current evidence shows systems are failing in less than 100 years at an alarming rate.
  • 44. Where We Need To Invest
  • 45. Green Energy is Do-able Now “Renewable energy sources, accessed with commercially available technologies, could adequately supply 80% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2050 while balancing supply and demand at the hourly level.” National Renewable Energy Lab US: http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_futures/ The expected resource potential of Canada, electricity generated by geothermal energy could replace approximately 10 nuclear power plants and provide up to 10% of Canada's current total electricity generation. Canadian Geological Survey http://www.globe-net.com/articles/2011/september/16/canada-is-awash-with-clean-geothermal-energy-resources/
  • 46. If you think there is a lack of public support for nuclear power today,,,
  • 47. ...how will public perception change when this arrives?
  • 48. In Conclusion Darlington sits in proximity to Karst, along aquifers, farmlands, the Great Lakes and fault lines. This location is not reasonable. With the unreasonable, non-scientific 2 year deadline for approvals, as mandated by Harper Government, it's not reasonable to assume such a short review period can secure the prevention of long term ecological, sociological or economic risks associated with this proposal.
  • 49. Conclusion Continued: In the absence of a National Energy Strategy, it is premature to commit Ontario taxpayer dollars to a venture like this when there is no proven need or proven plan in place to show that this project is economically feasible or beneficial for the province over the long term. Data shows cheaper, cleaner energy options exist that create more jobs and more economic prosperity for residents. This is outlined in numerous reports including Tide Canada's A New Energy Vision for Canada found online here: http://tidescanada.org/energy/newenergy/ Why are we spending so much in tax payer dollars supporting a private firm using an antiquated system of energy supply that binds Canadians to have to store toxic wastes in perpetuity? It is not reasonable. Time to simply cut bait and drop nuclear. It's cheaper in the long run.
  • 50. For this project at this location: Just say no.