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style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
size=5 color=teal face=Elephant><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;
color:teal'>Nukes</span></font><span class=apple-converted-space><font size=5
color=black face=Elephant><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;
color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=5 color="#ff6600"
face=Elephant><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;color:#FF6600'>News<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jan. 8, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Here’s to a
non-nuclear and sustainable 2010!</span></font></b><b><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>-angela<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:teal;font-weight:
bold'>Jump on board!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>A provincial by-election has been called for Feb.
4 in Toronto-Centre. The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is calling for a
ramped-up coal phase-out by June, 2010. We’ll be surveying all the
candidates, and distributing leaflets with their responses to constituents
in the riding at subway stations etc. If you’re up for helping, let
me know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Also, we’ve distributed leaflets <a
href="http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/CostlyNukes_12_09.pdf">http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/CostlyNukes_12_09.pdf</a>
to about 80% of the homes in Iggy’s riding (Etobicoke-Lakeshore). If
you’re up for helping complete this task, let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=3 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:teal;font-weight:
bold'>Thanks for all your support!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-a<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=purple face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></font></b></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=purple><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>'s dirty nuclear secret<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>With <i itxtvisited=1><u><span
style='font-style:italic'>Atomic Accomplice: How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit</span></u></i>,
Mr. McKay documents the official secrecy that has protected Canada's nuclear
industry from public scrutiny for two generations - and demonstrates why
Canadian environmentalists have much more to worry about than global <nobr
id="itxt_nobr_1_0" style='color:#001F5E;font-size:100%;font-weight:normal'>warming.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>For 60 years, he says, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> has participated in the
global dispersal of weapons-related elements, technologies and secrets. Indeed,
Canada has helped in the making of nuclear bombs for the United States,
Britain, Russia, France, Israel, India and Pakistan and has "dealt atomic
supplies and secrets" to Argentina, Taiwan, Romania, South Korea and
Communist China.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Canada</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> is now the world's leader in uranium
exports and, therefore, the world's leader in potential plutonium
proliferation. These exports generate $1-billion a year in Canadian cash flow
but bequeath to the world enough fissile material to make 5,000 nuclear
warheads every year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Read full book review
here: <font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-dirty-nuclear-secret/article1416520/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/canadas-dirty-nuclear-secret/article1416520/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Atomic
Accomplice</span></font></u> </i>is available online at <a
href="http://www.paulmckay.com" title="http://www.paulmckay.com/">www.paulmckay.com</a>
OR from the OCAA office (that’s me!).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=red
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;font-weight:
bold'>AECL seeks enriched uranium used to make isotopes</span></font></b></span><font
size=5 color=red><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="'Helvetica CY'"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"\0027Helvetica CY\0027"'><a
href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/AECL+readies+restart+Chalk+River+ailing+reactor/2409976/story.html"
title="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/AECL+readies+restart+Chalk+River+ailing+reactor/2409976/story.html">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/AECL+readies+restart+Chalk+River+ailing+reactor/2409976/story.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=red
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Note:</span></font>
The reason why the world is in a tizzy over <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place> and its uranium</span> <span
class=apple-style-span>enrichment program is that this technology can be used
to make</span> highly enriched uranium (<span class=apple-style-span>HEU) and
thus provide an avenue to the fabrication of atomic bombs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For many years now, the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> and
other nations have been trying to eliminate all traffic in HEU because
of the severe proliferation risk it poses (any criminal or terrorist
organization acquiring enough HEU -- about 50 kg -- could make a very
powerful atomic bomb -- small enough to be carried in the trunk of an
automobile).</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thus the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> has been forcing all research reactors in <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place></span></font></span> <span
class=apple-style-span>to convert from HEU to low enriched uranium (LEU) which
cannot be used as an explosive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>However, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Chalk</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType>
insists on continuing to demand HEU for the</span></font></span> <span
class=apple-style-span>production of medical isotopes, even though these
isotopes can be produced using low-enriched uranium (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region></st1:place>
does so for example) and even though AECL promised years ago to
work towards the elimination of HEU as an ingredient in their
isotope production program.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Canada</span></font></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
class=apple-style-span> is setting a very bad example for the rest of the world
in</span> <span class=apple-style-span>allowing AECL to continue to import,
stockpile and use highly enriched uranium. After all if AECL
can do it, why can't any other research agency in the world do it
too? The world will not long tolerate a double standard like this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Canadian government
should crack the whip and order AECL to convert to the use of low enriched
uranium, starting now.</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=red
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>- Gordon
Edwards.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=red
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Clearly the
struggle to keep <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Saskatchewan</st1:State></st1:place>
nuclear free isn't over just yet. </span></font></span><font color=red><span
style='color:red'> –a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=blue><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Research reactor will
allow U of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Sask</st1:State></st1:place>
to reach potential</span></font></b></span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>But included in the Saskatchewan Party
government's announcement Thursday was support for the Canadian Neutron Source
-- a multipurpose research reactor proposed to be built on the <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saskatchewan</st1:PlaceName>
campus not only to help supply the global demand for medical isotopes, but to
take over as <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
primary nuclear research facility.</span><font color=teal><span
style='color:teal'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Research+reactor+will+allow+reach+potential/2362109/story.html"
title="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Research+reactor+will+allow+reach+potential/2362109/story.html">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Research+reactor+will+allow+reach+potential/2362109/story.html</a></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#FF6600'>Nuclear
plant spills tritium into lake<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Workers
at the Darlington nuclear station filled the wrong tank with a cocktail of
water and a radioactive isotope Monday, spilling more than 200, 000 litres into
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ontario</st1:PlaceName></st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/742225--nuclear-plant-spills-tritium-into-lake?bn=1">http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/742225--nuclear-plant-spills-tritium-into-lake?bn=1</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:olive;font-weight:bold'>Nine out of Ten
are Opposed to Uranium Exploration in the Area of Sept-Iles,
Quebec</span></font></b></span><font size=5 color=olive><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:olive'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>(translated)</span></font></span> <span
class=apple-style-span><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Nine out of
ten residents of Sept-Iles are opposed to uranium exploration in the area
of the municipality. Those are the results of an opinion poll
commissioned by the City.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Furthermore, support for a moratorium on
all uranium exploration and mining projects throughout <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State></st1:place> reached 87 percent.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://nordest.canoe.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=124005&id=1267&classif=Derni%E8re+heure"
title="http://nordest.canoe.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=124005&id=1267&classif=Derni%E8re+heure">http://nordest.canoe.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=124005&id=1267&classif=Derni%E8re+heure</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=fuchsia
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia;font-weight:
bold'>New problem with Lepreau refurbishment</span></font></b></span><font
color=fuchsia><span style='color:fuchsia'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The refurbishment of
Point Lepreau, which is already about 16 months behind schedule, has run into a
new problem involving the nuclear reactor's calandria tubes, officials have
confirmed.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Point Lepreau is the
first Candu-6 reactor to undergo a complete gutting and rebuild. It was
intended to be a showcase for AECL to display its ability to revive the 1980s-era
reactors.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The project started
running into problems in October, 2008, when two $10-million</span></font></span>
<span class=apple-style-span><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>turbines
were accidentally dropped into <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saint
John</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbour</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"\0027Helvetica CY\0027"'><a
href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/06/nb-lepreau-refurb-problems.html"
title="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/06/nb-lepreau-refurb-problems.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/06/nb-lepreau-refurb-problems.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>New Jersey nuclear
plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/new_jersey_nuclear_plant_shut.html">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/new_jersey_nuclear_plant_shut.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Brazilian mayor seeks
shutdown of nuclear power plant after floods<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/1865830.html">http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/1865830.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://antinuclear.net/2009/12/24/nuclear-power-declining-not-reviving-in-usa/"
title=Permalink><font color="#ff6600"><span style='color:#FF6600;text-decoration:
none'>Nuclear power declining, not reviving, in USA</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>In
upstate <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State>,<span id=more-2095></span>
the Unistar Nuclear Energy front group asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
to delay its application to build a reactor at <st1:City w:st="on">Oswego</st1:City>,
near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Syracuse</st1:City></st1:place>.
Meanwhile, in Texas, the San Antonio city council’s deliberations over
building two new reactors has disintegrated into recriminations, resignations
and firings over a multi-billion-dollar price jump in projected cost estimates,
a furor that could doom reactor construction there as well. And in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State></st1:place>, Entergy has
threatened to shut its Yankee reactor if the legislature does not approve a
complex maneuver that would allow its owners to escape certain financial
liabilities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Throughout
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
while the corporate media hypes a “renaissance” of new nukes, facts
on the ground say the opposite is happening. The longer that trend continues,
the more likely we are to win a world powered by the Solartopian technologies
that really work, including wind, solar, geothermal, sustainable bio-fuels,
increased efficiency/conservation, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="http://antinuclear.net/2009/12/24/nuclear-power-declining-not-reviving-in-usa/">http://antinuclear.net/2009/12/24/nuclear-power-declining-not-reviving-in-usa/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#00ccff" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#00CCFF;font-weight:bold'>The Answer
Ain't Nuclear<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>"C" for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chernobyl</st1:City></st1:place>: site of the worst nuclear accident
in history nearly a quarter of a century ago. That wretched city inadvertently
became the perfect <a
href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/05/friday-cocktail-magnetic-fridges-nuclear-soybeans-and-amazing-invisible-endanger"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Frankenstein
laboratory</span></font></a> for studying the long-term behavior of radiation
in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:16.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Despite the passage of 23 years, normalcy is
not returning to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chernobyl</st1:City></st1:place>
nearly as fast as predicted. Specifically, the <a
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/153/3735/525"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>cesium 137</span></font></a>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chernobyl</st1:City></st1:place>'s
soils isn’t decaying as fast as its 30-year half-life. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>And so the idea that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region>
could repopulate the <a
href="http://motherjones.com/photoessays/2006/05/chernobyl-20-years-later"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Chernobyl dead zone</span></font></a>
in "only" 180 to 320 years is proving pure fantasy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/12/answer-aint-nuclear">http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/12/answer-aint-nuclear</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Exposing <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
War Industry Profiteers</span></font></b><b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b>The Canadian Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) has
just published a 50-page report called "CANSEC: War is Business."<b><font
size=5 color="#ff6600"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Order a
copy or subscribe here: <a href="http://coat.ncf.ca/">http://coat.ncf.ca/</a> </span></font><b><font
size=5 color="#ff6600"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:
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class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To kick off this new year, we are pleased to present
you with a very special issue of The Nuclear Monitor (issue # 700/701).
Produced in cooperation with our friends at WISE (World Information Service on</span></font></span>
<span class=apple-style-span>Energy) and WECF (Women in <ST1:PLACE u1:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Europe</ST1:PLACE></st1:place> for a Common Future), this 40-page
booklet is titled:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=fuchsia face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>Nuclear Power: The
Critical Question</span></font></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=5 color=fuchsia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia'> </span></font></span><font
size=5 color=fuchsia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color=fuchsia face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>First hand reports from
the frontlines of the nuclear fuel chain.</span></font></b></span><font size=5
color=fuchsia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Download it here: <a
href="http://ccnr.org/WECF_6_final.pdf" title="http://ccnr.org/WECF_6_final.pdf">http://ccnr.org/WECF_6_final.pdf</a>
(1.28 MB)</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>Paris</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><font
size=5 color=blue><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>
to compensate nuclear victims <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p><span id=Htmlphcontrol1><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>France</span></span></font></st1:country-region><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>'s parliament has passed a law to compensate
victims of nuclear tests in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Algeria</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and the South Pacific.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>After decades of complaints by people suffering from
radiation-related illnesses, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
senate on Tuesday removed the final legislative hurdle and approved paying
off victims of its atomic testing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/2009122313244723672.html">http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/2009122313244723672.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=5 color=teal face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:teal;font-weight:bold'>US Intelligence Found <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Nuke Document Was Forged<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>U.<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">S.</st1:PersonName></span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
lang=EN> intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the
Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments
on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an
atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence
Agency official.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The story of the purported Iranian document prompted a
new round of expressions of <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">S.</st1:PersonName></st1:country-region> and European support for
tougher sanctions against <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region>
and reminders of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
threats to attack Iranian nuclear programme targets if diplomacy fails.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.truthout.org/topstories/122809vh4">http://www.truthout.org/topstories/122809vh4</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><b><i><font size=5
color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:olive;font-style:normal'>Pakistan</span></font></i></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=5 color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:olive;font-style:normal'> Police: Detained
Americans Had Maps Of Area Where Nuclear Power Plant Located<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/26/ap/asia/main6024195.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/26/ap/asia/main6024195.shtml</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993300" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>The Nuclear Reaction
Awards 2009: The <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Honest, We’re Not
Making This Up</span></i> Award<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As the year comes to its close we’d like to recognise those who
have helped make the nuclear industry the over-subsidised and under-scrutinised
joke it is today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a
href="http://weblog.greenpeace.org/nuclear-reaction/2009/12/the_nuclear_reaction_awards_20_8.html">http://weblog.greenpeace.org/nuclear-reaction/2009/12/the_nuclear_reaction_awards_20_8.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;
font-weight:bold'>Utah</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><font
size=5 color=red><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>
Supreme Court Puts Kibosh on Coal Plant<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/05/utah-surpreme-court-puts-kibosh-on-coal-plant/#more-4127"
title="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/05/utah-surpreme-court-puts-kibosh-on-coal-plant/#more-4127">http://cleantechnica.com/2009/12/05/utah-surpreme-court-puts-kibosh-on-coal-plant/#more-4127</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h3><b><font size=5 color="#339966" face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#339966'>Wind power
production remains larger than nuclear in Spain <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<p class=entradilla><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wind energy produced 54% of electricity demand on 30
December. Yesterday, wind power and hydro provided 60% of electricity
consumption in Spain. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=entradilla><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=3172">http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=3172</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2 style='margin-bottom:.25in'><b><i><font size=5 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:teal;font-style:normal'>$100M announced for solar energy project in the
Sault</span></font></i></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'><br>
<br>
Financing and land acquisitions are in place to move forward with the
$100-million first phase of a 20-megawatt solar energy project in Sault Ste.
Marie. Once built, it will provide power for up to 8,000 homes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Around-the-North/100107/$100M-announced-for-solar-energy-project-in-the-Sault614.aspx">http://www.northernontariobusiness.com/Around-the-North/100107/$100M-announced-for-solar-energy-project-in-the-Sault614.aspx</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin:7.5pt'><strong><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600'>2 weeks left
to invest in one of ON’s first new Community Power projects under the
Green Energy Act</span></font></b></strong><font size=5 color="#ff6600"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:7.5pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks to a world-class Green Energy Act and feed-in
tariff programs, homeowners, businesses and communities all across the province
are now hard at work building green energy projects in their own backyards. One
such pioneering project that has recently received <a
href="http://www.ontario-sea.org/EbulletinLink.asp?MailingID=115347&LinkID=140&Lang=1"
title="blocked::http://www.ontario-sea.org/EbulletinLink.asp?MailingID=115347&LinkID=140&Lang=1
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation">media
coverage</a> is an initiative of the Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist
Congregation to install a <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>20 kW solar array</span></b>
on the roof of its <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>
church.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:7.5pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Congregation is offering the public the chance to
invest in its grid-tied photovoltaic array by purchasing debentures in
increments of $1000 that will pay 5% interest annually for 20 years. Already,
more than half of the 110 debentures have been sold but there is still time to
invest. <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'>The
deadline to buy a debenture is January 20th</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> -</span></b> only two weeks away!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:7.5pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For more information about the terms and conditions,
please visit the Congregation’s website at <a
href="http://www.nuuc.ca/solarpanels.htm"
title="blocked::http://www.nuuc.ca/solarpanels.htm">http://www.nuuc.ca/solarpanels.htm
</a>or contact Rick Salay, chair of the Congregation’s greening
committee, at <a href="mailto:rsalay@sympatico.ca"
title="blocked::mailto:rsalay@sympatico.ca">rsalay@sympatico.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Angela Bischoff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Outreach Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ontario</span></font></st1:State> Clean Air <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>625 Church Street, #402</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Toronto</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">M4Y 2G1</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/">www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/">www.cleanairalliance.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264&ref=ts"
title="blocked::http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264&ref=ts"><span
lang=EN-CA>Our Facebook Group</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition.php"><font
color=purple><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>Sign Our Petition</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#0032e6"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=purple><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>No Nukes News</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#0032e6"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0032E6'> </span></font><a
href="http://cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_donate"><font color="#0032e6"><span
lang=EN-CA style='color:#0032E6;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=127
height=27 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CA9093.21D77100"></span></font></a><font
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