LETTER

Nuclear waste and water don’t mix

 

You might be surprised to learn that a significant portion of Canada’s largest environmental liabilities lie within our own Ottawa River Watershed. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has accrued about 8 Billion dollars worth of liabilities in the form of contaminated wastes that must be safely stored in order to protect our water and life. You can read a bit more on these liabilities in our blog written by our Riverkeeper, Meredith Brown.
    
We find it shocking that our country has no official policy regarding the long-term management of non-fuel radioactive waste. As Canadian taxpayers, we are all on the hook to clean up our nuclear waste on the Ottawa River and beyond.
    
A federal policy on non-fuel radioactive wastes is urgently needed.
    
Make your voice heard! Tell your local MP, as well as our Ministers of the Environment and Climate Change, Natural Resources, and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs that clean water is Canada’s most important resource and that we need an official policy regarding the long-term management of non-fuel radioactive waste.

Ottawa Riverkeeper
Ottawa