No Nukes News: Nuclear Dream to Nightmare

Fri Jun 25 16:20:46 EDT 2021

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☢ Tell our political leaders that you want Ontario to invest in wind and solar energy, not a new GTA nuclear reactor. www.NoGTAreactor.ca

The World
☢ US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare A blue-ribbon group of American nuclear non-proliferation experts warns that Canada’s investment in new nuclear technology could lead to the spread of nuclear weapons and new threats to the environment.

☢ Canada’s nuclear ambitions — linchpin of a carbon-free future or a path to ‘greenwash’ tar sands? New dirty nuclear to greenwash dirty oil?

☢ A nuclear start-up company could undermine Canada’s global non-proliferation policy Moltex wants to extract plutonium from radioactive waste at the Point Lepreau reactor site on the Bay of Fundy. Plutonium is the stuff that nuclear weapons are made of. To date there has been no democratic open debate or public consultation over the path Canada is charting with nuclear energy.

☢ Opposition grows to small nuclear reactors over alarming risks The federal government and the four provincial governments that back nuclear power face widespread opposition to their plans.

☢ Do Big Nuclear and SMRs Have a Place in the Climate Crisis? 75 min. webinar recording with Dr. Gordon Edwards & Angela Bischoff

☢ Nuclear industry’s propaganda war rages on While we wait for the long-promised nuclear breakthrough, cheaper wind and solar farms are being built rapidly across the planet.

☢ Atomic Lies & Nuclear Falsehoods Watch the presentations from this conference held April, 2021 in Austria featuring many prominent speakers.

☢ EU countries give final approval to multibillion euro green transition fund The newly established European Union's 17.5 billion euro ($21.27-billion) Just Transition Fund (JTF) combines money from the EU’s budget and its COVID-19 recovery fund. The money cannot be spent on nuclear power or fossil fuels, including natural gas.

☢ Radioactive! Podcast with Brennain Lloyd about nuclear waste in Canada.

☢ SMR's in Canada My powerpoint presentation 

Ontario
☢ We need to stop OPG’s GTA nuclear reactor plan now Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) plan to build a new nuclear reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Station – in the backyard of millions of people – is irrational, dangerous, unnecessary and expensive.

☢ Chalk River nuclear waste disposal site threatens Ottawa's water Hundreds of citizens and groups, including Indigenous leaders and scientists, have raised concerns about the landfill design, and the location near the Ottawa River – next to a wetland and in an earthquake zone.

☢ BWXT's Uranium Secrets Zach Ruiter and Adam Wynne express concerns about the extent of radioactive contamination around two plants that process uranium - one in Toronto, the other in Peterborough. Video and Transcript 

Renewables and Conservation
☼ Your electric vehicle could help power your home

☼ Solar and Wind Power – The Sky’s the Limit Solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand.

☼ No, we don't need 'miracle technologies' to slash emissions — we already have 95% By implementing only clean, renewable WWS (wind-water-solar) energy and storage, and implementing non-energy strategies, we will address not only climate, but also the 7 million annual air pollution deaths worldwide and energy insecurity.

☼ The Ottawa Renewable Energy Cooperative (OREC) has launched a new round of financing for the purchase of two wind Turbines near Zurich (Huron County) and Tiverton (Bruce County). It is the mandate of OREC to enable local residents to own the renewable energy generation assets in their immediate community; so that the electrons, jobs and profits remain local. 

Events
☢ The Atom: A Love Affair -- Canadian Film Premiere June 23 to July 4. This documentary is the turbulent story of the West's love-hate relationship with nuclear power over the past 70 years. 90 minutes. $10.  ☢ The Atom: A Love Affair -- Panel Discussion Mon. June 28, 7 p.m. EST. This webinar will centre around the rise of SMRs (small modular nuclear reactors) in Canada. Hosted and moderated by Angela Bischoff of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance and featuring: Film Producer/Director Vicki Lesley, Dr. Susan O’Donnell, University of New Brunswick, Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch and Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

☢ Global Nuclear Awareness Program Sat. June 26 and July 3, 10 a.m. EST free webinars
  Take Action
☢ Tell Ottawa: no more funding for new nuclear reactors! Once again, the federal government is planning to waste taxpayers dollars on a new nuclear technology which is far more hype than substance.

☢ Tell the CNSC to put safety before OPG's profits The CNSC must put a moratorium on the continued operation of the Pickering nuclear station until OPG has submitted proper safety data.

☢ Say no to new nuclear in the GTA Tell our political leaders that you want Ontario to invest in wind and solar energy, not a new GTA nuclear reactor.

☢ Decommission the Pickering Nuclear Station immediately after shutdown in 2024 This would provide a jobs transition for the workers and would reclaim the Pickering waterfront.

☢ Tell Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: Don't Subsidize New Nuclear Once again, the federal government is planning to waste taxpayers dollars on a new nuclear technology which is far more hype than substance with no working prototypes in Canada. Send her a letter here.

☢ Nuclear waste should not be buried underground in Ontario The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is proposing a deep geological repository to abandon spent nuclear fuel bundles underground in South Bruce, Ontario. Support the community in their request for a referendum.

☢ Say no to nuclear waste in Labrador

☢ International Petition Against the Discharge of Contaminated Water from Fukushima into the Sea And here's another.

☢ Order your FREE leaflets here calling on the Ford Government to phase out gas power plants, immediately dismantle the Pickering nuclear station after shutdown in 2024, and calling on Chrystia Freeland to not fund new nuclear in the GTA. High school students can claim volunteer hours distributing leaflets to mailboxes in their neighbourhoods. 

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