No Nukes News: Poisoned Legacy

Wed May 25 16:42:26 EDT 2022

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☢ Russian fossil gas and nuclear firms could earn billions more thanks to EU taxonomy ‘green’ label Russia currently supplies 45% of Europe’s gas and 20% of its enriched uranium. Russia also provides technical maintenance services at 18 Russian-designed nuclear power plants in the EU, mostly in central and eastern Europe, and stores vast quantities of the EU’s radioactive waste.

☢ Germany says it will vote against EU plans to label nuclear power as a green investment Germany will oppose European Union plans to include nuclear energy as a sustainable investment in its "taxonomy" policy for labelling green investments.

☢ Chornobyl: history, current status, and radiation safety assessment Learn about the history of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and review the consequences of the 1986 accident as well as the 2022 war. With Dr. Olena Pareniuk, an expert in nuclear power plants safety.

☢ Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can’t be nuclear Warfare, economic collapse, climate change itself – all of these increasingly real risks make nuclear sites potentially perilous places.

☢ The poisoned environmental legacy of France’s ‘Nuclear Park’ France prides itself on its fleet of 56 nuclear reactors that deliver 70% of the country’s electricity. However, the environmental effects – specifically from the need to mine uranium and the choice to reprocess irradiated nuclear fuel – have negatively impacted the health of the French people.

☢ Tritium isn’t harmless – Japan’s plan to dump tritiated water into the ocean comes with big risks

☢ Nuclear power: the jobs myth 1-hour webinar recording + slides

☢ New Brunswick’s nuclear reactor emits high levels of radioactivity, increasing cancer risk NB Power admits that people are exposed to radiation from its Lepreau nuclear reactor, but does not measure tritium levels in people, nor does it carry out epidemiology studies into ill-health levels in nearby populations.

☢ Opposition mounts against 25-year licence extension request from N.B. nuclear plant with no long-term waste disposal plan

☢ Chalk River's toxic legacy Elected officials in the Ottawa Valley have been lobbied to support the giant Chalk River nuclear waste landfill for one million tonnes of radioactive and hazardous waste.

☢ Doctors Debate: Is Nuclear Energy Too Risky? Two sets of Canadian doctors square off on the danger of nuclear energy during a time when war rages around nuclear reactors in Ukraine.

☢ Why Not Nuclear Power? Brilliant 6 min. video synopsis wIth Dr. Mark Jacobson, Stanford U and the Solutions Project on the reasons why nuclear power can’t help solve the climate crisis and even makes the problem worse. 

Ontario

☢ The Ontario Clean Air Alliance has asked the four parties represented in the Ontario Legislature where they stand on phasing out polluting gas-fired electricity, whether they would institute a moratorium on building new nuclear reactors in the Greater Toronto Area, and where they stand on immediate dismantling of reactors after the shutdown of the Pickering Nuclear Station. Read their responses here. Doug Ford's PC party is mum. 

Renewables and Conservation

☼ Distributed Energy Matches New Gas Capacity in the U.S., Lags in Canada As distributed solar that puts power technology closer to consumers, rather than at a centralized generating station, gains serious ground in the US, distributed energy resources (DERs) are running into barriers in Canada, especially in Ontario.

☼ Netherlands to ban fossil heating from 2026, make heat pumps mandatory
  ☼ ‘Lifeline’ of renewable energy can steer world out of climate crisis 

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.

☢ stopSMRs short film This GoFundMe campaign is raising funds for a project called: "micro micro mini mini.'  It’s a short (7 min.),  theatrical satire poking fun at SMRs.

☢ Say No to the Nuke dump proposed for SW Ontario Residents of South Bruce do not want to be the dumping ground for all on Canada’s high-level nuke waste. Show your support by signing their petition.

☢ 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.

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

☢ Reclaim Pickering’s waterfront Call for the immediate dismantling of the Pickering Nuclear Station after closure in 2024. Send a message to Ontario’s Finance Minister and your MPP here.

Events

☢ No Consent For Nuclear Waste on Algonquin Lands Thur. May 26, 9:30 - noon ET Hear key nuclear and legal experts speak on the serious issues with the nuke waste dump proposed for Chalk River, ON (upstream from Ottawa). Hosted by the Algonquin Nation of Kebaowek. ID: 858 7053 6259 | Passcode: 334127

☢ The Chernobyl Disaster is not Mankind's Greatest Nuclear Disaster - with Kate Brown Thur. May 26, 8 p.m. ET

☢ 100% clean, reliable, renewable electricity for Canada is possible by 2035. Here’s how Thur. May 26, 7 p.m. ET. Join the David Suzuki Foundation to learn how wind, solar, energy storage, energy efficiency and better grid connections combine to make 100% renewable electricity by 2035 100% possible.

☢ International Uranium Film Festival May 19 - 29. 42 films, free, online. Nuclear war! The legacy of uranium mining! Is nuclear power a solution against climate change? 

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