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Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area (CCRCA) is a non-governmental, volunteer organization that has been working for the clean-up and prevention of radioactive pollution from the nuclear industry in the Ottawa Valley for 40+ years. Our current focus is nuclear waste, in particular the proposed giant mound for one million cubic meters of radioactive waste at Chalk River, Ontario and the proposed “entombment” of the Nuclear Power Demonstration reactor at Rolphton, Ontario. Both of these proposed nuclear waste disposal projects risk contaminating the Ottawa River, a drinking water source for millions of Canadians. Check out our popular one-page fact sheets  here
TWO DAYS OF ACTION – AUGUST 21/22 – NO NUCLEAR WASTE ON THE OTTAWA RIVER
August 21
10 AM – Media briefing and press conference – National Press Theatre – for details see Media Briefing and Press Conference 
4 PM – Into Eternity: Is Canada Ready for the Age of Nuclear Waste? Public info session and photo exhibit, for details see  Into Eternity: Is Canada Ready for the Age of Nuclear Waste? 
August 22
10 AM – Noon – Red Canoe March for Nuclear Safety – Downtown –  Join us as we march with the Red Canoe to send a strong message that Canada needs to do a better job looking after its radioactive waste, for details see Red Canoe March for Nuclear Safety 
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Islands and rapids in the Ottawa River downstream of Chalk River~photo by Ray Nash

Protest canoe(2)

“No Nuke Dump on the Ottawa River”, Riverkeeper Parade, September 10, 2017

“CNL should explore the 70,000 acres of federal land adjacent to the Chalk River Labs property to find a more suitable location. With a better location, away from the river and in stable rock, we could all get behind this project and build a facility that Canada can be proud of.”

Dr. Ole Hendrickson, CCRCA

Nuclear waste is the most toxic waste ever produced by mankind.  These toxic wastes are literally indestructible. We don’t know how to shut off radioactivity. We have to store these wastes safely and somehow keep it out of the environment for these incredibly long times. For the benefit of what? Twenty or 30 years of electricity?

Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility