View my power point to learn about the hazards of the proposed nuclear waste dump by Lake Huron and visit http://saveoursaugeenshores.org/
The Joint Panel EA review of Ontario Power Generation's proposed Deep Geological Repository at the shores of Lake Huron case 06-5-17520 is now under review. Send your emailed comments to DGR.Review@ceaa-acee.gc.ca. The more people speak up the better!
Here is what I submitted to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regarding the Darlington Nuclear power plant. Submitted on October as a formal written comment on October 15 2012.
Submission to the CNSC regarding the geological risks of the proposed deep geological repository planned to be placed along the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario. Karst moraines and geological risks, seismic risks etc. (Project cancelled)
Concerns voiced for Darlington Nuclear Plant extension. Concerns of economics and environmental issues and need to review economic risks currently being externalized during the planning process.
Panel 2: Understanding Risk in Natural and Manmade SystemsResilienceByDesign
Risk plays an increasingly large role in shaping our cities. Risks on a global scale, such as terror threats and climate change, challenge cities to prepare and become resilient. At the same time, spatial decisions are often more driven by risks on a project scale, such as political calculations or the ability to obtain finance.
The panel will focus on understanding the complex roles of risk, and look at different ways in which systems theory helps us understand risk in our cities and landscapes. For instance, it is now understood that for a city to become resilient one has to look at physical, social, organizational aspects, understand the interdependencies between these aspects, and look at the ability to ‘learn’ and adapt. [We think our cities as complex adaptive systems, systems of many components, at different levels of organization, that interact in non-linear ways to adapt to changing environments – add or not? MB] What does this understanding of cities and landscape mean for the role of designers? Can design thinking be a form of systems thinking?
Study: The Potential Environmental Impacts of Fracking in the Delaware River ...Marcellus Drilling News
A $320,444 "study" bought and paid for by Big Green groups (the William Penn Foundation and Delaware Riverkeeper) that reportedly shows the impacts (i.e. harms) that would occur if shale drilling were allowed in Wayne and Pike counties in Pennsylvania. Currently those counties cannot drill for shale energy because they are part of the Delaware River Basin Commission's jurisdiction and the DRBC does not allow drilling. This study, using Big Green money, is meant to keep it that way--no drilling ever in those counties, denying landowners their Constitutional rights. It is a sham study with a pre-determined outcome authored by CNA, a non-profit organization that sells itself to the highest bidder.
Here is what I submitted to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission regarding the Darlington Nuclear power plant. Submitted on October as a formal written comment on October 15 2012.
Submission to the CNSC regarding the geological risks of the proposed deep geological repository planned to be placed along the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario. Karst moraines and geological risks, seismic risks etc. (Project cancelled)
Concerns voiced for Darlington Nuclear Plant extension. Concerns of economics and environmental issues and need to review economic risks currently being externalized during the planning process.
Panel 2: Understanding Risk in Natural and Manmade SystemsResilienceByDesign
Risk plays an increasingly large role in shaping our cities. Risks on a global scale, such as terror threats and climate change, challenge cities to prepare and become resilient. At the same time, spatial decisions are often more driven by risks on a project scale, such as political calculations or the ability to obtain finance.
The panel will focus on understanding the complex roles of risk, and look at different ways in which systems theory helps us understand risk in our cities and landscapes. For instance, it is now understood that for a city to become resilient one has to look at physical, social, organizational aspects, understand the interdependencies between these aspects, and look at the ability to ‘learn’ and adapt. [We think our cities as complex adaptive systems, systems of many components, at different levels of organization, that interact in non-linear ways to adapt to changing environments – add or not? MB] What does this understanding of cities and landscape mean for the role of designers? Can design thinking be a form of systems thinking?
Study: The Potential Environmental Impacts of Fracking in the Delaware River ...Marcellus Drilling News
A $320,444 "study" bought and paid for by Big Green groups (the William Penn Foundation and Delaware Riverkeeper) that reportedly shows the impacts (i.e. harms) that would occur if shale drilling were allowed in Wayne and Pike counties in Pennsylvania. Currently those counties cannot drill for shale energy because they are part of the Delaware River Basin Commission's jurisdiction and the DRBC does not allow drilling. This study, using Big Green money, is meant to keep it that way--no drilling ever in those counties, denying landowners their Constitutional rights. It is a sham study with a pre-determined outcome authored by CNA, a non-profit organization that sells itself to the highest bidder.
Bioassessment Approach to MS4 Evaluation and AssessmentJPoore
Jesse Poore presented logic and background information that supports integration of stream bioassessments into MS4 evaluation and assessment procedures.
An introduction to the emerging branch of Hydro-informatics Engineering.The presentation tries to highlight the salient points of this new specialization which involve contribution from various engineering ,science and management disciplines for the single objective of optimizing the utilization of water or water power resources.Various soft computation tools and techniques are generally used to achieve this objective.That is why, the knowledge of the subjects as well as the techniques are required to become an expert or professional from this stream.
NCASI Presentation: "Managing Risks Associated with Industrial Impoundments" ...TRC Companies, Inc.
TRC's Kent Nilsson recently spoke at the NCASI conference on industrial impoundments in the forest products industry, and how to manage their associated risks.
International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of computer science and electronics. IJESI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Engineering Science and Technology, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Submission by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper for the Darlington Nuclear Relicensing...LOWaterkeeper
On September 28, 2015, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper submitted a request to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Committee to intervene during the Day 2 Relicensing Hearing for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
Nonpoint source monitoring and sampling systems, Stormwater magazine, by Don Talend, brand storytelling, content management and demand generation expert. Water engineering industry
While flying over Iceland on our way home from Russia we were enthralled by amazing views out the plane window that helped us meditate with awe on God's magnificent creation.
Bioassessment Approach to MS4 Evaluation and AssessmentJPoore
Jesse Poore presented logic and background information that supports integration of stream bioassessments into MS4 evaluation and assessment procedures.
An introduction to the emerging branch of Hydro-informatics Engineering.The presentation tries to highlight the salient points of this new specialization which involve contribution from various engineering ,science and management disciplines for the single objective of optimizing the utilization of water or water power resources.Various soft computation tools and techniques are generally used to achieve this objective.That is why, the knowledge of the subjects as well as the techniques are required to become an expert or professional from this stream.
NCASI Presentation: "Managing Risks Associated with Industrial Impoundments" ...TRC Companies, Inc.
TRC's Kent Nilsson recently spoke at the NCASI conference on industrial impoundments in the forest products industry, and how to manage their associated risks.
International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of computer science and electronics. IJESI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Engineering Science and Technology, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Submission by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper for the Darlington Nuclear Relicensing...LOWaterkeeper
On September 28, 2015, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper submitted a request to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Committee to intervene during the Day 2 Relicensing Hearing for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
Nonpoint source monitoring and sampling systems, Stormwater magazine, by Don Talend, brand storytelling, content management and demand generation expert. Water engineering industry
While flying over Iceland on our way home from Russia we were enthralled by amazing views out the plane window that helped us meditate with awe on God's magnificent creation.
If you wait until the product launch or commercialization phase to crank up your marketing engine, you may be too late to generate positive results.
Putting the word out today doesn’t necessarily lead to revenue today (or even tomorrow). There is a lag time to move prospects from “aware” to “interested,” and from “engaged” to “customer.”
10 Ways to Hit Harder with Social MediaAliza Sherman
With a focus on Facebook and Facebook advertising, this presentation was given July 2016 at the Martial Arts Supershow in Vegas. About social media marketing best practices.
App Store Optimization For Extreme Newbies (Do not read if you're on a diet!)AppTweak
Ever wondered what App Store Optimization is exactly?
Find out with this fun and easy presentation!
In this presentation, I (Laurie Galazzo, content strategist at AppTweak) actually tried to explain you, in the easiest way possible, how App Store Optimization works and why it is important to implement it in any App Marketing strategy.
Warning: contains explicit visual content that may offend people on a diet.
Share it with your friends if you liked it (or if you like cheeseburgers) and help everyone understand the importance of ASO!
Oh and also, if you have an app, discover its ASO report on www.apptweak.com. It has already been done! Don't believe me? See for yourself! www.apptweak.com
Thank you!
Laurie
As a leader, you spend a lot of your time making sure that your team is working well together. Here are the secrets that every manager should know to make your team successful.
Subscribe to our free 11-day email course on HOW TO BE A BETTER LEADER:
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Read more on employee engagement on Officevibe blog:
https://www.officevibe.com/blog
OECD Strategic Crisis Management Workshop, presentation by Dr. Miriam HARITZOECD Governance
This presentation by Dr. Miriam Haritz, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany, was made at the 2014 OECD/Swiss Federal Chancellery Strategic Crisis Management Workshop (12-13 June, Geneva).
Smartwatches sind in aller Munde – doch wie werden sie eigentlich genutzt? Welche Apps werden auf der innovativen Uhr verwendet? 55 Prozent der Träger nutzen sie jeden Tag. Weitere spannende Zahlen finden Sie hier.
Robotic process automation: who is buying, and why?UiPath
I recommend business decision-makers use this logic as a lodestone to guide themselves past any confusion; the
point of innovative technology must be better automation, because only better automation can produce better business
outcomes.
THIS IS A PPT SPEECH EXERCISE MADE FOR THE SUBJECT "ENGLISH FOR PHOTOGRAPHY" IN THE ESCUELA DE ARTE DE MURCIA (MURCIA SCHOOL OF ARTS) IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016 YOU CAN FIND THE PPT WITH NOTES IN SLIDESHARE. IT ALSO INCLUDES A VIDEO
Contribuir con el mejoramiento de la competitividad de su empresa, a través de la aplicación de nuevas metodologías de gestión, utilizando los principios de adecuación, simplicidad e integración.
Por nuestro conocimiento y experiencia logramos el mayor impacto en el menor tiempo posible.
Fotos diversas de la historia argentina del siglo XX. Contienen referencias de año, y son de muy buena calidad. Algunas muy conocidas y otras no tan difundidas, pero todas excelentes.
Gov2.0 - What the Government should and should not doThe Start Society
With so many different and conflicting opportunities and ideas, it is hard for Government to act strategically. A distilled view from one niche global consultancy with a substantial international track record in business technology, financial markets and startups.
One firm's view of the opportunity of Gov2.0 or our.gov.au our government.
Full screenflow at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXW_8V05hcA
tiop, comofas? - Tiopês: comunicação e estratégias de diferenciação social na...you PIX
TCC de Jean Souza na UFRJ (Comunicação Social, habilitação Jornalismo) sobre tiopês. Saiba qual é a origem desse jeito de escrever neste link: http://youpix.com.br/destaquedodia/a-origem-do-tiopes/
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
IEEE SusTech Global Future of Water Presentation 11/14/17Mark Goldstein
Water remains an essential element for life that plays a central and critical role in all aspects of our national and global economies and environment. We are entering an era of immense water-related threats due to climate change and human actions bringing floods, droughts, reduced water availability, and degraded water quality that threaten communities, nations, and global sociopolitical and economic security.
This presentation covers water futures from a macro level as regions, governments, and industries prepare for and manage increasing water-related threats utilizing traditional and emergent technologies to resolve these issues and provide water and sanitation that address the needs of all. It also will cover water futures from at a more personal and community level featuring technological advances and rediscovery of appropriate technology of the past to forge a water-secure future.
Invited plenary talk (part one) given by Prof. Farid El-Daoushy at the Inter. Radiation Protection Congress, Afrirpa-2010, Sept. 2010, Nairobi, Kenya, It summarizes assessing large-scale and long-term transport and accumulation processes of radioactivity, anthropogenic and human waste. It compares the impacts of such processes on European and Nile Basin surface water systems. Utilization of these instruments for decision making and for sustainable water management policies are also explained.
There are several documentaries about the engineering disasters assoc.pdfanshuanil26
There are several documentaries about the engineering disasters associated with Hurricane
Katrina There are equally as many publications on the topic. Review at least three publications
(not blogs or media reports or public opinion-based sources) to address the following questions
What failed Why it failed Possible corrective actions Who was at fault and why Write a 3-5
page review addressing the afore-mentioned topics and include the following as well Describe in
detail what ethical issues may have been partly/wholly responsible for the failure Be sure to
address lack of professionalism or conscientiousness that may have helped lead to this failure
You must cite references appropriately and there must be at least three credible references.
Solution
Engineering Review of the Disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina
Even though 5 engineering review bodies operated separately, all of them reacted to IPET’s
work, the main and finest funded of the study groups. Volumes 2 through 7 of the IPET “draft
final” report divide the results into six broad sections:
1. Geodetic Vertical and Water Level Datums
2. Hurricane Protection System
3. The Storm
4. The Performance of the Levees and Floodwalls
5. Performance of Interior Drainage and Pumping
6. The Consequences; and Engineering and Operational Risk and Reliability Analyses
The report is more than 6,000 pages extensive so far, and the last section on risk and reliability
has not yet appeared. The NAE/NRC team and the ASCE team both prepared their commentary
to conform to the IPET pattern.
In reviewing a study of this kind, it is significant to keep in mind that critiques may address the
quality of the design and construction for facilities in place at the time of the hurricane or the
adequacy of the post-hurricane investigations described in the report. For example, one might
find that the wind and water levels used for the design calculations were not adequate but that the
hind-casting calculations of the hurricane’s effects described in the report are excellent. The
NAE/NRC team and the ASCE team had similar reactions, with some minor differences of
detail.
The detailed study of the geodetic levels revealed considerable room for confusion and error.
Two different benchmark levels were used in creating the levee system. In some cases, the water
levels were expressed against one benchmark and the height of the levees against another.
Furthermore, there seemed to be no consistent effort to monitor subsidence of the levee system
or its components. The focus was on building the levees to the “authorized” elevations without
considering whether the corresponding water elevations were measured from the same base or
whether subsequent settlement and subsidence might make the authorized levels irrelevant.
Ethical Issues:
All of the review teams found that the hurricane protection system was a system in name only.
Planning and system-wide design were confused by political and short-term economic
considerations over.
This is a reprinted version of a Power Point found on line. I did not create this but must store it here for quick reference to share with elected officials.
The Keystone XL Environmental Assessment report was released with a 45 day public feedback process. This is what I submitted.
Public comments can be emailed to: keystonecomments@state.gov
Interesting project observed. Louisette Lanteigne assumes no liability for any inaccurate, delayed or incomplete information, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All information should be verified independently before being used and relied on.
The Ontario Municipal Board recently ruled against the Region of Waterloo for measures the Region took to curb urban sprawl. Here are the reasons why I believe they should rescind their decision.
This was submitted on October 5th 2009 to the Joint Agency Review Team reviewing the Mount Nemo Quarry. I also provided the experts minutes from OMB case PL071044 to illustrate how a certain firm signed off on the fact their own data was insufficient. I have been monitoring the practices of this agency over years in different locations and have found consistencies in testing methods that result in undermined hydrogeological risks.
Overview of the groundwater issues of Brant County including concerns for development and gravel pits over recharge and potential impacts of a proposed Lake Erie pipeline.
Louisette Lanteigne assumes no liability for any inaccurate, delayed or incomplete information, nor for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All information should be verified independently before being used and relied on.
This Website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by persons other than (Name of website, user or company) You agree not to hold (Name of website, user or company) responsible for the content or operation of such websites.
The Aggregate Resource Act is being revised in Ontario. Here is the info I submitted to the ARA committee July 5th 2012 speaking of how aggregates put agricultural sectors, and water supplies and our GDP at risk.
I presented this data at the National Energy Board Hearing regarding the reversal of Line 9. To view transcript of this presentation view Hearing Transcript volume 2 at this link:
https://www.neb-one.gc.ca/ll-eng/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=818827&objAction=browse&sort=name
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
03062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
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Lanteigne re: nuclear waste dump planned by Lake Huron
1. Submission to the Joint Panel EA review of Ontario Power
Generation's proposed Deep Geological Repository at the
shores of Lake Huron. Case 06-5-17520.
As submitted by Louisette Lanteigne on July 11, 2012
700 Star Flower Ave.,
Waterloo Ontario
N2V 2L2
519-885-7619
butterflybluelu@rogers.com
2. Land-Use Planning
Traditionally, the underlying belief of planning is that
collective rationality can be brought into the way our
cities are built rather than leaving it up to individuals
in the marketplace where inefficiencies may prevail
especially with respect to long-term thinking
(Makuch, 2004).
3. Land-Use Planning And
Private Development Bias
Planning is a highly charged financial process -
development or redevelopment can mean big bucks
for private individuals.
Private interests may have deleterious implications
despite the benefits they may bring about and thus
must be reconciled with the interests that the public
has for appropriate development that takes into
consideration other values such as environmental
protection and not overburdening municipal services
(Swaigen, 1993).
4. What Needs To Be Addressed
The technology, laws and regulations, and practices
for containing, responding to and cleaning up spills
lag behind the real risks and associated costs.
5. Nuclear Systems are leaking
Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of
U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into
groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an
Associated Press investigation shows
Tritium, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites,
according to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Source: Ageing Nukes: A four-part investigative series by Jeff Donn, Associated Press
http://www.ap.org/company/awards/aging-nukes
6. Many Leaks Have Happened
US based nuclear sites have suffered more than 400
accidental radioactive leaks during their history.
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists. September 2011
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_risk/safety/nrc-and-nuclear-power-safety-annual.html
7. Remediation Can Be Very Expensive
The new price tag for completing the remainder of
Hanford nuclear reservation cleanup, plus some post-
cleanup oversight, is $112 billion.
Source: The Tri-City Herald article New Cost for Hanford Clean Up by Annette Car Feb. 9 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/09/138402/new-estimate-of-hanford-cleanup.html#storylink=cpy
8. Is Remediation Even Possible?
Many contaminated aquifers cannot not be reclaimed
because fixing the damage is “too costly” or “technically
infeasible.”
9. Complacency To Monitoring Poses Risks
It's assumed that the monitoring rules and requirements
are in place and are protective but nobody knows for
sure unless someone gets sick or complaints are issued.
10. First Nations Paid the Price for Ontario's Lack of
Reasonable Monitoring regarding Mercury Dumping
58.7% of Grassy Narrows and White Dog First
Nations people have been poisoned by Mercury.
33.7% have been diagnosed with Minimata Disease.
Contamination violated Aboriginal Treaty Rights.
11. Long Term Data is Lacking
Once waste is underground, there are few ways to track how
far it goes, how quickly or where it winds up. There is plenty of
theory, but little long term data to prove how well these
systems actually works. Bedrock aquifers and bedrock
fractures exist but risks of these are often underestimated.
12. Unreasonable economic burden
The actual costs to monitor and maintain long term
nuclear storage for the required 10,000 to millions of
years, needs to be based on sound science and a
reasonable economic model to insure funding will be
there to complete the set tasks to avert public risks
for future generations.
Is the financial scheme to support this project, based on
current proven need or is this based on projected needs
analysis on the premise that Ontario will actually want to
use nuclear power in the future?
13. Current Cost of Power per Kilowatt Hour in Ontario
Source: Brochure titled Let's Cut Some Real Wastes as published by Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment & Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario.
Energy conservation and efficiency: 2.3 to 4.6 cents
Water power imports from Quebec: 5.8 cents
Wind : 11.5 cents
Nuclear – new and re-build 19-37 cents*
*These numbers do not include the costs of decommissioning
old reactors, long term storage of wastes or risks of accidents.
For further information view: Toronto Star, Nuclear power too costly, Ontario Clean Air Alliance argues, John
Spears, Business Reporter March 20 2012
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1149273--nuclear-power-too-costly-ontario-clean-air-alliance-argues
14. Data Modelling can indicate that injectate
would be confined in the injection zone, but the
reality of the hydrogeologial situation is far
more complex in this area.
15. Chloride Levels in Waterloo illustrates how water is drawn to wells
regardless of surface topography. Currently watersheds are only
delineated based on surface topography not draw down influences.
http://research.ires.ubc.ca/projects/ISM/include/Torontopdfs/Stone_ISM_May2008.pdf
16. Topography does not prevent aquifer connectivity as shown in this
cross section of Waterloo Moraine. Clay is not impervious either: It
only slows rate of infiltration. Our wells still recharge in spite of clay.
17. Modflow has it's flaws: Use more geology
Many hydrology firms use Modflow programs to study
aquifers but the program assumes aquifers are self contained
and this poses a risk.
Data input is often subjective which is why mandatory testing
standards and methods are needed to clarify processes to
explain where the numbers came from and how they came to
the results. Make sure the data being used is current.
Modflow works better when supported with localized
geological data including sediment type to better understand
actual hydrological connectivity.
18. Bore Hole Data isn't Enough!
Often times bore hole testing does not go deep enough to
monitor for potential impacts to aquifer systems and holes are
too widely spaced.
Test times often fails to have regard for seasonal variants
including spring thaw data and with climate change, year to
year modeling is needed to properly assess delta water levels
because trends from one year no longer apply to the following
year. Trends in Waterloo Region Weather station indicate
drought year/ flood year scenarios
Using bore hole data, outwash till formations can appear to
reflect consistent clay coverage but this poses a serious risk to
aquifer systems.
Ground Penetrating radar profiles can help mitigate the risks by
illustrating the sediment distribution of outwash till areas
19. Example: The Arkell Research Station in Guelph
• Using standard bore hole testing, this
area appears to be covered in a
consistent clay layer.
• GPR profiles identifies this area as a
shallow outwash aquifer. The clay is
discontinuous. They are like shingles
with many spaces of infiltration in
between.
• This area gathers up to 7% of Guelph’s
potable water supply and it recharges
cold water trout streams.
• The GPR profiles for the Arkell
Research Station were provided by
the Canadian Geological Survey of
Canada.
20. International Joint Commission
It is clear that human and ecosystem health
in the Great Lakes basin cannot be protected
without protecting ground-water resources.
http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/2011/110308_e.htm
22. Problems With Engineering Firms
Engineering firms are not held liable for their work in creating
environmental impact studies after they've signed off on it. The
risk transfers to the firm who purchased their data. If issues
arise due to poor environmental studies, they are not held
liable for any of the the work they did.
Firms like this stand to profit from remediation if things do go
wrong. There is no reasonable incentive for engineering firms
to do a the job right to prevent long term risks.
Rubber Stamps are not enough. If there is a lack of fiscal
accountability there is no guarantee of good work!
23. Engineering Firms Continued:
Studies for this Nuclear Power Storage facility appear to
be limited to a rather specific layer where the boreholes
were lucky enough to go through some solid chunks. Are
findings consistent with alternative geological data?
(Geologic Survey of Canada, USGS etc.)
Currently there is no mandatory criteria for what
constitutes as a reasonable test times or methods to
secure best management practices are reasonably
applied. Are test times and methods used reasonable or
do they reflect biased, outdated data and/or unclear
formulas? Will this data be peer reviewed?
24. If monitoring and peer review data costs extra hold
industry accountable to those costs.
Place a levy on these firms to cover for additional costs
associated with long term independent monitoring as a way to
protect the public interest.
Make them pay for independent peer reviewed studies to make
sure the science they are using is reasonable.
Hold Engineering firms accountable for the work they produce
by holding a check worth the value of their services. If
problems happen as a result of a blatantly poor environmental
assessment, cash that check!
26. Highland Mega-Quarry Proposal facts
Proposed project size: 2,316 acres
Width: 5km
Amount of rock reserved: 1,000,000,000 tonnes
Depth of Quarry below water table: 200 feet
Water to be pumped per day: 600,000,000 litres
Over 500 wells will be working in perpetuity to re-inject water into aquifers
under the quarry.
Source: In the Hills magazine, Melancthon Mega Quarry by the Numbers by
Tim Shuff July 16, 2012
http://www.inthehills.ca/2011/06/back/melancthon-mega-quarry-by-the-numbers
27. The Proposed Mega Quarry and Proposed Nuclear
Storage both impacted by KARST
Map from a presentation by Dr Derek Ford, Professor Emeritus from McMaster University, Environmental Geography and Geology,
February 2012
:http://www.couchconservancy.ca/ONCWebsite/htm/Among%20ourselves.htm
28. Quarries in Karst Increases
Earthquake and Contamination risks
Source: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0484/ofr-01-0484so.pdf
29. Regarding Megathrusts
There are fault zones that have severe implications
on the seismic hazard of nuclear facilities located on
them, as well as deep geological waste repositories
including this proposed nuclear storage project.
More effort should be undertaken to properly map
these megathrusts, mainly by processing the
available seismic data in Lake Huron.
30. These cold-joint megathrusts are clearly visible in deep seismic
reflection data. The leading one is the Grenville Front (GF) fault, the
middle one is the Central Metasedimentary (CM) fault, and the third
is the Elzevir (EL) fault.
33. Recommended Reading
Negative impacts of grouting on the underground karst
environment
Ognjen Bonacci, Sanja Gottstein, Tanja Roje-Bonacci
For more information outlining various ways man made
earthquakes can be created, please visit this link:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/top-5-ways-that
.
34. The frequency of tornadoes in Ontario is expected to
increase with climate change. Are we planning for it?
35. The Biggest Risk of All:
Political Interference hampering sound science.
Prime Minister Harper mandated 2 year approvals
for environmental assessments by the Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission.
"There is no analysis or rationale that can be
produced by the government to defend the two-year
arbitrary time line,"
Liberal Natural Resources critic David McGuinty
36. Political Interference continued:
Two-thirds of recent environmental assessments by
the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, including
those involving storage of radioactive waste, have
taken more than two years to complete, say new
numbers released by the agency.
Most nuclear reviews don't meet Harper's two-year
limit
Source: MIKE DE SOUZA, POSTMEDIA NEWS JUNE 1, 2012
http://www.canada.com/Most+nuclear+reviews+meet+Harper+year+limit/6716437/story.html
37. Harper fired Linda Keen
Source: CBC NEWS Nuclear safety watchdog head fired for 'lack of
leadership': minister
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/01/16/keen-firing.html
When the chief of the
Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission
suggested that one
shouldn't run nuclear
plants without
necessary safety
equipment, she was
fired.
38. Political Interference Continued:
With Bill C-311, the Nuclear Safety Control Act
undermined. Environmental assessments will be
moved to the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission, which is a licensing body not an
assessing body -- so there is a built-in conflict.
39. First Solution is to Stop the Problem
We Must End Nuclear Power Generation
and stop generating nuclear wastes.
40. There are no guarantee safe storage
There is no moral ethical or scientifically valid
evidence to show that we can reasonably monitor or
manage the safe disposal of radioactive wastes for
10,000 to millions of years.
It is unreasonable to assume we could design such a
system without flaws or adverse consequences to
future generations when current evidence shows
systems are failing in less than 100 years at an
alarming rate.
41. We need guidelines to strictly prohibit the placement of
Nuclear storage away from water, food and geological risks.
- Prohibit the placement of long term new nuclear storage
facilities along the Great Lakes basin to protect these shared
water resources and human populations for the long term.
- Only 6% of Ontario's land mass is suitable for A1 farming so
prohibit placing long term nuclear storage units in proximity to
farmlands or their watersheds in order to secure Canada's long
term food security.
- Designated appropriate storage areas based on low
hydrogeological connectivity and assume hydrological
fractures exist. The further the distance of the storage units
from growth areas and aboriginal communities the better.
43. Green Energy is Do-able Now
“Renewable energy sources, accessed with commercially available
technologies, could adequately supply 80% of total U.S. electricity
generation in 2050 while balancing supply and demand at the hourly
level.”
National Renewable Energy Lab US:
http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_futures/
The expected resource potential of Canada, electricity generated by
geothermal energy could replace approximately 10 nuclear power
plants and provide up to 10% of Canada's current total electricity
generation.
Canadian Geological Survey
http://www.globe-net.com/articles/2011/september/16/canada-is-awash-with-clean-geothermal-energy-resources/
44. If you think there is a lack of public support for
nuclear power today,,,
46. In Conclusion
To place long term Nuclear storage in Karst, along aquifers,
farmlands, the Great Lakes and fault lines is not reasonable.
This area is in proximity to significant seismic risks that will
only be aggregated by the proposed Melancthon Mega Quarry
and other subsurface geological changes brought on by
projects such as this.
With the unreasonable, non-scientific 2 year deadline for
approvals, as mandated by Harper Government, it's not
reasonable to assume such a short review period can secure
the prevention of long term ecological, sociological or
economic risks associated with this proposal.
47. Conclusion Continued:
In the absence of a National Energy Strategy, it is premature to
commit Ontario taxpayer dollars to a venture like this when
there is no proven need or proven plan in place to show that
this project is economically feasible or beneficial for the
province over the long term.
Data shows cheaper, cleaner energy options exist that create
more jobs and more economic prosperity for residents. This is
outlined in numerous reports including Tide Canada's A New
Energy Vision for Canada found online here:
http://tidescanada.org/energy/newenergy/
Why are we spending so much in tax payer dollars supporting
a private firm using an antiquated system of energy supply that
binds Canadians to have to store toxic wastes in perpetuity? It
is not reasonable. Time to simply cut bait and drop nuclear. It's
cheaper in the long run.