Great Lakes Compact leaves the door open to privitization

Jan, you have no idea how glad I am that you're around and posting these stories.

JanforGore I saw you post this yesterday but when I got on this AM, it is no where to be found. Had to search it through your name.

The nuclear industry needs to stop dumping radioactivity into our drinking water supplies. I don't know of any way to get it out. Close down the nuclear industry. Prevention is the key. Care about future generations. There are better ways to make electricity.

The following does not include the high-level or “low-level”(that is really high-level) waste , only the radioactive gases dumped into our air and the radioactive liquid dumped into our water supply. This is only for nuke plants around the Great Lakes and for the specified years. Multiply that by all the nuke plants plus all the years of operation. An astronomical number of man-made curies has been released into our ecosphere.
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Radiation Emitted from United States Nuclear Power Reactors Surrounding the Great Lakes:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, “Radioactive Materials Released from Nuclear Power Plants,” NUREG/CR-2907, BNL-NUREG- 51581, Vol 12, May 1994

Airborne Fission and Activation Gases (CURIES) (i.e. dumped onto the air we breathe) Total for 1972-1991 equals 5,890,708.609 CURIES
1991 total equals 11, 054.11 CURIES

Airborne Iodine-131 and Particulates (Curies) Total for 1972-1991 equals 29.0794843; 1991 .095022

Liquid Tritium Effluent (CURIES) (Dumped into the Great Lakes) Total 1972-1981 27,328.675; 1983-1991 35,490.65967; 1991 4,483.461 curies.

Liquid Mixed Fission and Activation Products Effluent (Curies) (Dumped into the Great Lakes) 1972-1991 354.8112; 1991 4.0051

Radiation Emitted from Canadian Reactors Surrounding the Great Lakes 1991 and 1992 (Curies)

Cited in Nuclear Hazard Report, 1991-1992, Waste, Contamination, and Safety at Ontario's Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Awareness Project, 1994, 40-41. Write Awareness Project, Box 2331, Oshawa, Ontario, LIH 7V6.

Airborne Pollutants, Noble Gases (CURIES): 1991 total 46,629; 1992 50,490.

Airborne Effluent, Iodine-131, and Particulates (CURIES): Total 1991 .04239; 1992 .0571509

Airborne Tritium Effluent (CURIES): Total 1991 71,010; 1992 64,530.

Liquid Effluent Tritium (CURIES) 1991 Total 113,670; 1992 141,642.

Liquid Effluent Gross Beta (CURIES): 1991 Total 2.322; 1992 1.7766.

The privatization of our water resources is an insane idea.. We as consumers always end up with the short end of the stick..

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/fresh-greens/2008/09/24/what-the-great-lakes...

More on the loophole and how companies like Nestle are already taking water from counties in this area. I now call them water predators.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c110:4:./temp/~c11070cSH5:e1292:

The compact was passed by both the Senate and the House, and signed by Bush in 2008. There was only one amendment to it regarding Congress. No changes were made before its passage in regards to diversions and their meaning. In essence, this compact was passed still leaving the door open to Nestle or another company to come in and take the water resources without it being considered a diversion based on the definition of diversion in the compact. The largest freshwater source in North America is now open to any company looking to bottle it for profit.