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A new report from the Sierra Club of Canada is making some troubling statements about the health of the Ottawa River. In the report, Tritium on Tap, the Sierra Club of Canada says levels of tritium in the Ottawa River near AECL are five times higher than in water at other locations without any nearby nuclear plants. Ottawa River Keeper Meredith Brown says this is actually deemed acceptable under Canada’s guidelines.
Brown says it’s up to AECL to make the ultimate decision to dump tritium in the river. Since the reactor has been shut down and repaired, AECL has been storing heavy water and has a choice of where and when to dump it. Brown says public pressure is about the only thing that will stop them from dumping the tritium into the river. AECL has yet to respond to our requests for an interview on the Sierra Club’s findings.