Local attitudes have changed since the Chippewas of Nawash held a week-long vigil at their Owen Sound burial grounds . That change is reflected in the charges laid against a non-Native Sauble Beach cottager for disturbing remains . It will be marked and protected. Nawash has sent extensvie comments into the CEAA in support of the Band's request for a full environmental assessment of the proposal. Click here for more .
Tests are already underway at Chalk River.
It is the fuel, the result of mixing plutonium with uranium oxide, that reactors such as Bruce A would burn. Bruce A is presently mothballed as part of Hydro's re-tooling and in the face of a highly critical consultant's report released in 1997. Hydro intends to restore the reactors at Bruce A over the next four years. Nawash is not the only one in the Bruce-Grey area of Ontario to oppose Hydro's proposal for dry storage at Bruce Nuclear. The Inverhuron Ratepayers Association also sent comments to CEAA, as did the Citizens for Renewable Energy.