“Both the U.S. and Canada...needs to find safe, permanent nuclear waste storage facilities,” said Rep. Kildee. '...We should not store something volatile...in any, any shared water basin.” Great Lake lawmakers reject Canada's nuclear waste proposal:
American politicianThere are more than 100 reactors in the U.S. and Canada, but few long-term solutions for storing radioactive waste that takes thousands of years to fully decompose.
With U.S. President Joe Biden heading to Canada this week, the U.S. lawmakers sense an opening. In a bipartisan resolution shared with POLITICO and released today, they are urging Biden to talk to Trudeau about Canada’s plan to permanently bury nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. So far 16 Democratic and Republican members of the House have signed on, with more likely to endorse it once it gets to the floor.
Over the years, Rep. Kildee has expressed his concerns with the Canadian embassy in Washington, as well as with the NWMO, a spokesperson for the Congressman said. Kildee’s office will go so far as to support the idea of a permanent facility, but draws the line at any project that could damage the Great Lakes.
Over the years, he corralled nearly two dozen lawmakers to back bipartisan resolution after bipartisan resolution against the project — a political move designed to show collective sentiment on a specific issue. Six senators from across the Great Lakes Basin, led by Michigan Sen.The senators and House members have appealed to Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on multiple resolutions to try to sway Trudeau against the NWMO’s South Bruce option.
“In any event, in 1986-7 the program for the repository was halted first by the Administration and then by Congress … so the issue became moot,” said Isaacs, who also held leadership positions within the Department of Energy in the 1980s. Chris Sands, director of the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute, says it’s a trick to imagine what comes next. “If Canadians are stubborn about it, could they ignore complaints from the Congressmen? Yes. Will the U.S. Congressmen then find a way to punish the Canadians by withholding funds or doing something else within their power, that’s possible.”
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