Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project
Nuclear Radioactive Waste: A Potent Poison of The Planet Earth
- Reference Number
- 96
- Text
Why I called the radioactive waste a potent poison of the planet? Any nuclear fission reactor produces radioisotopes - unstable atoms emitting alpha, beta and gamma radiation in an attempt to reach an equilibrium state. All life, you, me, your children, plants, animals, bugs, insects, bacteria, viruses, all DNA and food we eat I made of stable atoms. Very tiny amount of atoms is low level radioactive. All atoms that we are all build of comes from one source - Earth. Mostly nothing vanishes there, and everything is recycled at atomic level. There is a reason a priest says " from dust to dust ". The atoms in our bodies could come from a machine build millennia ago, or other animal. The quality of life depends on quality of building material such as our cells, microbes and DNA. Building nuclear fission reactors and producing radioisotopes creates a new group of atoms in our enclosed environment that is constantly reshuffling and mixing all the materials. These radioisotopes are not compatible with life, especially with DNA. There is plenty of evidence in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, St. Luis, Chalk River, Port Hope, WindScale, ASSE II mine, Kyshtym, Andreev Bay and the list will go on. We are adding isotopes that kill life and eliminate stable atoms from our pool that build life. We are basically poisoning ourselves forever to a point of extinction. This is not a spectacular big even like comet fall with a loud bang. It is stealthy, quiet, slow, but indiscriminate, globally effective and permanent. It is more deadly than carbon dioxide emission because nature can recycle carbon dioxide, but nuclear radioactive waste cannot be recycled (it cannot eliminate radioactivity), at least for now. It is done all for the sake of economic growth and progress. Like our intelligence cannot comprehend the situation that we have alternative, more economic and safer options. Transporting nuclear waste elsewhere and hiding it underground like dust under the carpet is very irresponsible, a child's play, and it will not eliminate waste production at the source. The culprit is the source itself. Therefore, the waste should stay at the source and the nuclear fission reactors should be banned at federal level. Nuclear fission technology cannot be used as a business adventure. It is not a toy. It is a science failure and a very deadly weapon. I do not want a future generation to deal with from "global warming" to "global radioactivity contamination" situation because radioactivity last for millions of years which means that in terms of our life span, forever. I think that we can be smarter than dinosaurs.
- Submitted by
- Adam Szewczyk
- Phase
- Planning
- Public Notice
- Public Notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Initial Project Description and funding available
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- Date Submitted
- 2026-01-22 - 7:42 AM