No Nukes News: global response to Japan

Wed Mar 16 18:24:38 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

Mar. 16, 2011

The best news service on the Japan nuclear crisis is Beyond Nuclear
<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/> . Check it often.

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Japan may spell end of nuclear industry worldwide

"The situation is very grim and not just for the Japanese people," said Dr
Helen Caldicott. "If both reactors blow then the whole of the Northern
Hemisphere may be affected," she said. "Only one reactor blew at Chernobyl
and it was only 3 months old, with new cores holding relatively little
radiation; these ones have been operating for 40 years and would hold about
30 times more radiation than Chernobyl's."

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/international/caldicott-japan-may-s
pell-end-of-nuclear-industry-worldwide/ 

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Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants

* Only 10 of Germany's 17 nuclear plants to stay open
* About a third of German nuclear capacity to be shut down

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/germany-nuclear-idUSLDE72E17620110
315?pageNumber=1

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And in the US:

The US Republicans backing nuclear power aren't about to give up the
struggle because of events in Japan. Meet Republican congressman Devin Nunes
of California, who wants 200 new power plants and thinks the events in
Fukushima strengthens the argument for more nuclear plants. Nunes has
proposed a comprehensive energy bill that calls for 200 new nuclear power
plants by 2040. The bill has more than 50 sponsors, including House Budget
Committee chairman Paul Ryan. Citing the rarity of the disaster that caused
the nuclear crisis in Japan, Nunes insists the catastrophe may actually
strengthen the argument for building more reactors in the United States.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/mar/15/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam
i-japan

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Japan Teeters on the Edge of Nuclear Meltdown, While U.S. and Other
Countries Work to Build More Nuclear Reactors

You'd think the world would have wised up by now to the risks of nuclear
power, but that's not the case in our country and many others. 

http://www.alternet.org/environment/150247/japan_teeters_on_the_edge_of_nucl
ear_meltdown,_while_u.s._and_other_countries_work_to_build_more_nuclear_reac
tors

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China Suspends New Nuclear Power Plans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/china-nuclear-power-plans_n_836460.
html 

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Ontario not backing down on expanding nuclear plants

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/954547--ontario-not-backing-down-o
n-expanding-nuclear-plants 

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Democracy Now - Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age

Lots of good info here. Watch the video or read the transcript here: 

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/14/japan_facing_biggest_catastrophe_since
_dawn 

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Water leak at Pickering nuclear plant

Canada's nuclear regulator said Wednesday there was a demineralized water
leak at a nuclear power plant near Toronto late Monday after a pump seal
failed.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/954772--water-leak-at-pickering-n
uclear-plant

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Four explosions, two fires, and a cloud of nuclear mistrust spreads around
the world 

After decades of lies, nuclear reassurances now fall on deaf ears

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/four-explosions-two-fires-and-a
-cloud-of-nuclear-mistrust-spreads-around-the-world-2242988.html

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No Word for Meltdown: The Return of Nukespeak

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/rory-oconnor/34975/no-word-for-meltdown-
the-return-of-nukespeak

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Solar power outshines nuclear power: Study

A year-long Queen's University study has concluded that nuclear power is
simply not worth the risk when compared to solar energy.

The study concluded: "In light of these results and with the recent economic
challenges, climate destabilization and a new-found emphasis on
sustainability, U.S. energy policy needs to re-evaluate its options and
appropriate available funds wisely by moving away from nuclear power and
diversifying their energy portfolio to maximize the renewable (not
alternative) energy potential."

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/954262--solar-power-outshines-nuc
lear-power-study

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<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sunshot-lowering-price-of-
solar-electricity&print=true> SunShot: Lowering the Price of Electricity
from the Sun

The U.S. Department of Energy aims to make electricity from the sun cheaper
than that from burning coal or natural gas

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sunshot-lowering-price-of-s
olar-electricity

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The Highway of the Atom

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The surprising story of the atomic bomb's origins in Canada's North.

http://mqup.mcgill.ca/browse_archives.php?catalogue=35
<http://mqup.mcgill.ca/browse_archives.php?catalogue=35&page=3> &page=3

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End Subsidies to the Fossil Fuel Industry by the next Federal Budget

2 minute video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGUkma2qzhQ
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGUkma2qzhQ&feature=player_embedded>
&feature=player_embedded 

Then visit http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/ 

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Calling All Youth - Sign the petition opposing new reactors at Darlington

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43683.html

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Facing Off for Social Justice in a Militarized World

Conflict Zones, Human Rights and Health Care

Mar. 25/26, Ottawa, ON

Sponsored by Physicians for Global Survival

Agenda and registration: http://pgs.ca/?page_id=725

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Nuclear in the Spotlight - Wed. Mar. 30, Toronto

Feeling powerless? Come out to our
<http://nuclearspotlight.eventbrite.com/> Nuclear in the Spotlight event in
Toronto on Wed. March 30th to help us turn Ontario away from nuclear and
toward safer options.  Check out our Facebook Event
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192323914141758>  Page for more
details.  We will be dedicating some ticket funds and taking up a collection
at the event for Japanese relief efforts.

Hope to see you there. And until then, our thoughts and prayers extend to
the Japanese people and all those who will be affected by this disaster, now
and into the future.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192323914141758

http://nuclearspotlight.eventbrite.com/ 

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246

625 Church Street, #402

Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1

 <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org> angela at cleanairalliance.org

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