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Page 6, News, Tuesday, March 6, 1990 44,000 Truckloads of Radioactive Waste continued from page 5 lanes of an Interstate Highway for eight days, until the clean up was complete. The fire chief, the first person to arrive at the scene, has since died of lung cancer, from breathing radioactive material spilled on the highway. The Siting Task Force esti- mates it will take about five years, or 44,000 truck trips, to haul all the low level wastes from souther Ontario to a new site. Resnikoff says there are 4.5 large truck accidents in North America for every million miles travelled. That means there will be up to 120 accidents involving the movement of the low-level wastes, depending on how far the new site is from Port Hope. Yet, the Siting Task Force makes no mention of the cost of cleaning up such accidents, in its estimate of transportation costs. Resnikoff is complimentary of the voluntary site selection pro- cess being followed in Canada, calling it "mush more enlightened DOWNHILL SKI CLUB General Meeting March 12, 1990 7:30 p.m. ELECTIONS OF 90/91 SEASON Conference Room Recreation Centre LET'S GET A SKI HILL OF OUR OWN! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT than the site selection process in the United States." In the U:S., several possible sites are picked State governments, and the com- munities that are the weakest politically will end up getting the site, whether they like it or not. In Canada, Resnikoff observes, "you're allowed to hear opposing viewpoints, and come to your own judgement about what you want to do. It's a much fairer pro- cess." In Atikokan, people in the audience, including MP Ian Angus, pointed out that the com- munities along the transportation corridor aren't involved in the site selection process, and won't have a say whether they want those 44,000 trucks rumbling by their homes for five years. Resnikoff added that the unborn-people liv- ing five generations from now- don't have a say either. That's why he's urging the creation of storage systems, rather than thinking about any waste site as "permanent disposal", for wastes that will remain radioactive for at least 10,000 years. He agrees with another nuclear critic, Norm Rubin of Energy Probe in Toronto, that new technologies will no doubt be invented in the next two or three centuries to deal again with the wastes we leave Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canad ivi Multiculturalisme et té Canada Citoy Together Were Better! Let's Eliminate Racial Discrimination in Canada March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination As we enter a new decade, our challenge and our oppor tunity is to build a more just and fair country for all. Only by working together can we have a stronger and better Canada. By taking part in this special day you will be helping to make this dream be- come a reality. Canada behind. He suggests we should not make it hard for them, by burying the wastes in trenches and forgetting about them as the decades go by. Resnikoff suggests construct- ing cement storage vaults, partial- ly buried underground, surround- ed by fences, and guarded 24 hours a day. "You have to be eternally vigilant. You have to continue to watch the material, repackage it, to make sure that the waste storage system remains safe." If that is done, Resnikoff concludes, it is possible to have a safe storage site-one that would not allow any radioactivity to escape into the air, or into the ground water. "If you maintain a cover, you have a liner, no materi- al is leaking out, no radiation gets into the environment, in essence, no environmental impact, then the leakage is zero. If it's uncovered, then radon gas can come out and of into basements or could be inhaled, or could leak into ground water. Is the facility going to be fenced? Initially, its going to be fenced. But at some facilities in the States, fences deteriorated fields. Kids were sliding into sec- ond base, kicking up radioactive dust." But with "eternal vigilance" at the site, Resnikoff suggests it is possible to have an "environmen- tally friendly" storage site. But he's also urging that such a site should be close to where the waste is now, so "you've also reduced the risks from transpora- tions." " ESSEX MATERNITY HOSPITAL, AND DON! T RUSH--WE HAVE EIGHT MONTHS." Thank You We would like to thank.all those who made our suprise 60th Anniversary party such a success. We would also like to thank all those who came, brought gifts, money and best wishes. Wallis & Cliff Barker Authorized Service Depot Sears/Baycrest/Beaumark/Hitachi SATELLITE DISH Sales & Service Call: 825-9438 A Major Appliance Repairs Servicing done in your own home to ranges, washers, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, electric hot water tanks and electric heating units. Parts on hand for most makes and models. BILL CAMPBELL ELECTRIC 824-2743 or 824-2574 Servicing Jackfish, Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Rossport and Pays Plat