Fwd: Need help with contacts in Sweden

[Jeff Harti]

Hey Lumesians,

This email is primarily for those still in Sweden.

Below is an email from a good friend and mentor of mine, Ziggy Kleinau. Ziggy has worked to oppose nuclear energy development in Ontario (and importantly support renewable energy development). The link below is an article which describes the situation. Support from Swedish organizations in opposition to this plan is needed to help stop it (and the dangerous precedent it sets). So if you can help raise some awareness of this plan in Sweden among your networks it would be appreciated.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/plan-to-ship-radioactive-generators-through-great-lakes-draws-protest/article1730406/

Hope that all is well with you all.

Cheers,

- jeff
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From: S. (Ziggy) Kleinau <zig...@mountaincable.net>
Date: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:21 PM
Subject: Need help with contacts in Sweden
To: Jeff <Jeff....@gmail.com>

Hello Jeff, hope you and your parents are doing well.

Yes, Sweden has been our 'target' since Bruce Power has asked for a licence to ship 16 ( and another 16 later) radioactive steam generators from the Bruce A refurbishment to a firm called Studsvik in Sweden for recycling. They plan to melt the hulls down and sell the metal into the open market( without guarantee that the radiatian has been completely removed).

A large Canadian/U.S. opposition force has arisen to keep that from happening and I wondered if you have any contacts with NGOs or even government environment agencies you could provide us with.

We finally got the CNSC to hold hearings on that proposal and they stretched over 2 days late September with over 70 organizations opposing it. Now CNSC will accept supplementaries and we need to come up with even stronger arguments.

To raise awareness in Sweden would help - it is a dangerous shipping plan.

Thanks for any help you could give us

Take care, all the best,

Cheers,

Ziggy.