No Nukes News: Imagine

Thu Feb 24 15:56:54 EST 2022

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“One cannot exist without the other. Without civil nuclear power, there is no military nuclear program, and without military nuclear programs, there is no civil nuclear power.” - President Macron of France  

☢ Nuclear War Risks Between Nuclear Superpowers over Ukraine Watch this recording from the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and this recording on Democracy Now. Ukraine’s reactors could be in the line of fire.

The World

☢ Letter to banks: nuclear power is a terrible investment 78 Public Interest groups are calling on Canada’s biggest banks to drop investments in nuclear power, including so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).

☢ Small modular reactor “too late, too expensive, too risky and too uncertain” NuScale small modular reactor project poses major financial risks and little upside for utilities.

☢ A big pile of PU 70 years after the UK first began extracting plutonium from spent uranium fuel to make nuclear weapons, the industry is finally calling a halt to reprocessing leaving 120 tons of plutonium that the gov’t has no idea what to do with.

☢ Nuclear power, climate protection and a reliable, renewable power grid – Amory B Lovins 9 min. recording.

☢ Nuclear power can't help – M.V. Ramana 13 min. recording.

☢ Decolonizing energy and the nuclear narrative of small modular reactors Kebaowek First Nation is calling for an alternative to a planned SMR project, one that won’t undermine proper consultation and leave a toxic legacy. Decision-makers have become fixated on carbon emissions as a metric for “clean and green,” ignoring the radioactive impacts and the risks of accidents with the technology.

☢ 'Disgrace': EU Panned Over Plan to Label Gas, Nuclear Green It amounts to an "anti-science plan" that represents the biggest greenwashing exercise of all time. More here.

☢ Japanese youth sue over cancer diagnoses post-Fukushima 

Ontario

☢ 30,000 shipments of nuclear waste would move through Ontario cities from across Canada A proposed transportation plan by Canada's nuclear industry would see up to 30,000 shipments of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel rods travel through ON's cities over 4 decades.

☢ An update on nuclear waste at Chalk River, Ontario

☢ Statement on suspension of licensing hearings for a radioactive waste dump beside the Ottawa River

☢ Nuclear regulator’s case to approve giant nuclear waste mound is fraught with serious errors and omissions, citizens’ groups say

Renewables and Conservation

☼ Canada’s offshore winds could power Eastern Canada

☼ How to launch a retrofit mission in the next federal budget Federal Budget Needs $5B for Net-Zero Retrofits, Efficiency Canada Tells Ottawa

☼ Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than thought, admits UK government

☼ Maximizing the benefits of lower overnight electricity rates for EVs Please contact ON Minister Smith and tell him that we need to decarbonize our electricity grid and our EVs by investing in energy efficiency, renewables and bi-directional chargers.

Take Action

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

☢ Stop the Disposal of Nuclear Waste in NW Ontario High-level nuclear waste should be managed using a "rolling stewardship" concept, rather than abandoning it in a deep geological repository. Learn more. Make a donation to help local organizers educate their neighbours.

☢ 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 Ottawa: no more funding for new nuclear reactors Tell federal Ministers to stop wasting our $ on polluting nuclear reactors.

Events

☢ Plutonium: How Nuclear Power’s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare Thur. Feb. 24, 8 pm ET. With Frank von Hippel. Read Gordon Edwards' book review of Frank von Hippel's book called: Plutonium

☢ The High Price of Bad Energy Choices: Doug Ford, Renewables and the Climate Emergency Wed. Mar 2, 7:30 p.m. ET. Jack Gibbons of The Ontario Clean Air Alliance will speak on Doug Ford's climate-blind, electrical grid choices and how we can get to a lower cost, zero carbon grid by 2030

☢ Nuclear is Not a Climate Solution: The Devastating Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster & Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S. Wed. March 9, 8 p.m. ET.

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