No Nukes News: Petition for a Moratorium on new nukes!
Angela Bischoff-OCAA
angela at cleanairalliance.org
Wed Mar 30 11:59:04 EDT 2011
No Nukes News
Mar. 30, 2011
The solution to pollution by dilution is fallacious when it comes to
radiation. - Dr. Helen Caldicott, Darlington Hearings
For the best updates on Japan's nuclear crisis see
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/
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Sign the <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> Petition Calling
for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects
If you think we should spend the next six months examining the effectiveness
of these options instead of on hearings
<http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/readingroom/newbuilds/opg_darlington/fol
low-the-cnsc-at-the-darlington-jrp-hearing.cfm#tollfree> for new nuclear
reactors when Ontario Power Generation can
<http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/961876--nuclear-question-
marks> 't even tell us what technology will actually be deployed or who will
supply it, then sign our petition
<http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> in support of a
moratorium on new nuclear projects until the province has fully explored the
potential to meet our electricity needs using a mix of lower cost and safer
options.
This is a turning point in ending our costly reliance on nuclear power -
tell the Ontario Government it is time to rethink its priorities.
Sign the petition <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> now and
we'll make sure your voice is heard in the Ontario Legislature! Thank you!
http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php
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Physicians call for moratorium on nuclear power
http://pgs.ca/?page_id=89
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Darlington Nuclear Hearing
The federal hearing on the proposal by Ontario Power Generation to build up
to four new reactors of yet-to-be-specified design is happening from Mar. 21
- mid April. They are open to the public - come one, come all! They're at
Hope Fellowship Church, 1685 Bloor Street, Courtice (between Oshawa and
Bowmanville, a few kilometres due north of the Darlington Nuclear Generating
Station)
You can watch the proceedings LIVE webcast online, or call in and listen
live.
See the schedule here:
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/commission/joint_review_panel/darlington/
index.cfm#RelatedJRPInfo
Access the live Webcast here: http://jrpcnsc.canadacast.ca/ (use explorer,
not firefox)
Toll-free dial-in telephone numbers for English audio here: 613-960-7527 or
1-877-413-4815. The identification number is 5760957.
Written transcripts and audio recordings of the proceedings will be
available the day after each session here:
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/commission/joint_review_panel/darlington/
index.cfm#RelatedJRPInfo
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Calling All Youth - Sign the petition opposing new reactors at Darlington
Your signatures will be delivered to the Darlington Hearing Panel by a youth
delegation on Apr. 8th. And if you're interested in attending and supporting
the youth delegation, contact Andrew or Michael at michaelpolanyi at rogers.com
for details on the chartered bus.
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43683.html
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Liability cap on Canada's nuclear plants 'outdated'
Canadian nuclear plant operators would have to pay no more than $75-million
in liability claims if a nuclear disaster like that unfolding in Japan were
to occur in Canada. Nuclear critics say that's a tiny fraction of the
billions in health and damage claims that could result, and even Canada's
nuclear industry thinks it is too low. But a 1970s-era law, still on the
books, caps the operators' civil liability.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-r
esources/liability-cap-on-canadas-nuclear-plants-outdated/article1960595/
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Fukushima disaster causes fallout for nuclear industry worldwide
Nick Clegg says coalition will be unable to subsidise nuclear energy should
current uncertainty cause investors to pull away
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/29/japan-nuclear-clegg-energy
-policy
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Consultant Skeptical About Need For Nuclear Power
Paul McKay was an award-winning journalist and the author of two books on
our country's nuclear industry. As hearings get underway into the proposal
to build new reactors at Darlington, McKay insists there is still too much
uncertainty about the safety of the technology to proceed.
8 min. audio interview.
http://www.cbc.ca/ontariomorning/episodes/2011/03/22/consultant-skeptical-ab
out-need-for-nuclear-power/
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George Monbiot is wrong. Nuclear power is not the way to fight climate
change
Renewable energy is a safe, clean source which will become cheaper as we
invest in it
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/24/renewables-nuclear-fukus
hima-japan-environment?utm_source=twitterfeed
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/24/renewables-nuclear-fuku
shima-japan-environment?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>
&utm_medium=twitter
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Traces of Japanese radiation detected in St. John's, Newfoundland
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/03/23/nl-radi
ation-japan-323.html
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Not Rex: Discovering Japan
5 minute video. The Fukushima nuclear plant is a memorandum on nuclear
safety even for Ontario...
http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2011/03/not-rex/not-rex-discovering-
japan
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Bruce Power delays shipment of steam generators through Great Lakes!
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Bruce+Power+delays+shipment+steam+generators/45
20404/story.html
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Anti Nuke News Now - activist video reporting from the Darlington Hearings
#1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuUN3NklS4
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuUN3NklS4&feature=related>
&feature=related
#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIVRMM-LCU
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIVRMM-LCU&feature=related>
&feature=related
#3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzuLg6nFyFk
#4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibIDExRZNNE
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibIDExRZNNE&feature=related>
&feature=related
#5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSGDhCvzx0
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Order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets here:
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets
They contain postcards to politicians.
Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
Thanks.
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Sign the letter to provincial politicians opposing more nuclear bail outs!
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/nuke_debt
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Nuclear in the Spotlight - Wed. Mar. 30, Toronto
Wed. March 30th, 7:30 p.m.
Annex Live, 296 Brunswick (at Bloor), Toronto
With performers Mike Ford, Meghan Morrison, Richard Underhill, Michael Louis
Johnson, the Raging Grannies and more.
Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear will speak to the current situation in
Japan.
Help OCAA turn Ontario away from nuclear and toward safer options.
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
angela at cleanairalliance.org
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