Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press. 24.1981 City caution urged in nuclear waste program by Ritchie Gage an Independent research committee has cautioned the atomic Energy control Board not to make an unduly Hur ried decision which would allow nuclear waste to be buried underground in the Canadian shield. The caution comes from the technical advisory commit tee an Independent National committee of scientists advis ing atomic Energy of Canada Ltd s decl nuclear waste management program. The committee chaired by or. L. S. Shemilt of Macmaster University says there in t enough data on Rock mass in the Canadian shield to make a preliminary estimate of its strength. In other words we do not really have a reliable and tested system yet and further work in this Field is the committee says that the underground research Laboratory at Lac Dubonnet is an important part of finding out if Granite Rock can be used As a shield. The report sent to or. Stanley Hatcher director of the nuclear waste program for atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., says much More research should be done before seeking approval of the atomic Energy control Board. Our reason for not wishing to hurry the final process lies in the complexity of the questions which must be answered. These include questions relating to the effect of radiation on the individual As Well As to the effect on a total population and the. Potential radiation n effects Over space and mathematical Model Hatcher said in an interview a mathematical Model of a burial site gave the company encouraging information. He said preliminary calculations indicated radioactive waste could be buried in Granite Rock without creating a health Hazard. However the committee s report although lauding the company for its current research approach said work on the project has just scratched the surface. Although the committee feels that the approach taken is the Correct one it notes that the environmental assessment group recognizes that Many of the assumptions made in the models and in the whole simulation Are still very the committee s report says the safety and practicality of underground disposal must be demonstrated in a Clear and convincing fashion so that the objective of permanent and Safe disposal of spent fuel and radioactive wastes can be met. The committee says the mathematical Model simulating underground burial of radioactive substances is a Correct approach to the problem of nuclear waste but emphasized such models must be evaluated with great the committee said such things As possible Impact of volcanoes and meteorites on buried radioactive substances should be incorporated into the mathematical Model. Up to Date techniques urged it also said up to Date computer techniques and the most advanced mathematical modelling methods should be used to improve the accuracy of calculations. The company has had continuing problems explaining its nuclear waste objectives to local communities where it has tested Granite Rock As a possible Container for waste. A citizens committee led by Lac Dubonnet residents has twice asked decl and Energy minister Marc Lalonde for a Public hearing into the underground Laboratory despite the fact that it has been endorsed by two local councils. Almost everyone agrees that research is essential to assess the safety of proposed waste disposal the committee report said. Communities have difficulty in divorcing the research phase of the program from the later site selection and demonstration disposal the committee said some alternative approaches Are needed for approving Field research decl has already arranged to avoid local government by choosing Sites in uncontrolled areas in Northern Ontario. We have chosen five areas but what we do will be up to Ontario and the Federal said Hatcher. Container makers sign painters Settle sixty six members of local 830, Canadian paper workers Union have ended an eight week strike against Macmillan Bloedel packaging Ltd. At 1360 Inkster Boulevard it was announced yesterday. A Union official said the workers who struck the Plant april 29, settled for a two year collective bargaining contract giving them an immediate an hour pay increase retroactive to March 1, with another 20-cents an hour raise in september. The workers will receive another an hour increase next March and a final 30-cents an hour raise in september 1982. Average pay before the strike was an hour. The workers originally sought an hour Over two years to give them parity with their counterparts in the company s corrugated Container plants in Calgary Edmonton and new Westminster. Normal work shifts at the Inkster Boulevard Plant were to resume today. Meanwhile 24 members of local 1565, International brotherhood of painters and decorators have settled their week Long walkout against Media com inc., 1695 Sargent ave nue. The workers ratified a contract which will earn them an extra 12 per cent retroactive to june 1, with another 10.5-per cent raise scheduled for next june. Pre strike pay rates ranged from an hour for trainees to for experienced sign painters. Business agent John be done said paid vacation and dental plan changes Are among fringe benefits also incorporated in the new contract. 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