MPU, Alm.del - 2010-11 (1. samling) - Bilag 545: Henvendelse af 27/4-11 fra Nuclear Free Local Authorities Secretariat om Transport of 16 Radioactive Steam Generators from Canada

Dear Mr Andersen,I would like to bring all members of the Danish Committee on the Environment aware of the attached letterfrom the Chair of the UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) raisingconcerns over the upcoming shipments of radioactively contaminated steam generators from Canada toSweden, which will pass through Danish territorial waters. I understand the Committeeis meeting tomorrow and so ask for this letter to be submitted to all members of the Committee for theirattention.The NFLA also endorses the email and attachments you have just received from Gordon Edwards of theCanadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, which outline the concerns around these shipments in detail.Yours sincerely,Sean MorrisNFLA Secretary

Nuclear Free Local Authorities Secretariatc/o Manchester City Council Planning & Building ControlPO Box 532NTel: 44 (0)161 234 3244Fax: 44 (0)161 274 7397Blackberry Mobile: 44 (0)7771 930196NFLA Website:http://www.nuclearpolicy.infoThe Environment and Regional Planning CommitteeDanish Parliamentc/o ChristiansborgDK-1240 København KDenmarkEmailed to:[email protected]Dear Mr. Andersen,TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTES THROUGH DANISH TERRITORIAL WATERSFor the attention of: All members of the CommitteeI would like to make a brief written submission to the Committee for it to seek further information from theCanadian Government, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, the SwedishGovernment, Bruce Power and the Swedish company Studsvik about the upcoming series of highlyradioactive waste shipments that will commence shortly from the Bruce Power plantin Canada.These will see shipments of large and highly radioactive steam generators – containing significant levels ofisotopes such as Plutonium – from the Bruce Power plant, across the GreatLakes and the North Atlantic, which are passing by the Orkney Islands, the Norwegian coast, the Danishcoast before their destination in Sweden for partial clean-up.

Bruce Power has been given permission by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to start shipping thesewastes and the shipments are expected to begin within the next few weeks.The shipments contain radioactive materials at much higher ‘safe’ radioactive levels than IAEA shippingguidelines recommend and are of real concern to the UK and Ireland Nuclear FreeLocal Authorities (NFLA) and other groups such as KIMO International, the Canadian Coalition for NuclearResponsibility, the Council of Canadians and a large body of citizen groups acrossNorth America, the British Isles and Scandinavia.The NFLA urge the Danish Government and the Committee to attain information on these shipmentsurgently from the Canadian authorities and urgently consider banning them from Danishwaters. The NFLA have made the same request of the UK, Irish and Scottish Governments.You will be receiving separately a detailed submission on the shipments from Gordon Edwards, on behalf ofthe Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, which the NFLA completelyendorses. As members of the OSPAR Committee, the Danish Government should also consider asking theOSPAR Radioactive Substances Committee to consider these shipments indetail and advise the relevant member governments accordingly of any concerns it has with them.I hope this letter can be tabled to all committee members and that the Committee can seriously consider thedeep concerns of a large number of international nuclear-concerned groupsover these shipments. The NFLA urges the Committee to recommend to the Danish Government that suchshipments get banned from Danish territorial waters.