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No Nukes News

May 20, 2010

"Nuclear power results in up to 25 times more carbon emissions than wind
energy, when reactor construction and uranium refining and transport are
considered." - Scientific American 

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<http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2010/05/new-report-from-ontarios-chief-med
ical-officer-of-health-says-there-is-no-direct-causal-link-between.html> New
Report From Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Of Health Says There Is No
Direct Causal Link Between Wind Turbines And Adverse Health Effects

http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2010/05/new-report-from-ontarios-chief-medi
cal-officer-of-health-says-there-is-no-direct-causal-link-between.html 

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Watch these video excerpts from a talk given by Canadian Dr. Gordon Edwards
in  Finland (at Loviisa, on January 12, 2010) edited down to a total of 45
minutes. Fantastic overview.

1/5: Nuclear Power Cannot Solve Climate Change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqheZZ0pRNw

2/5: Radioactivity from Bomb Fallout and Reactors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epexkJ5VEnQ

3/5: Atomic Radiation and High-Level Nuclear Waste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjlFOEtsDRQ

4/5  Reactor Accidents - Meltdowns and Power Excursions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SruTxZJyMkA

5/5: Recycling Nuclear Fuel = Plutonium Reprocessing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaQFjjkAo

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Tritium Awareness Project

Tritium is a serious hazard  in Canada, requiring urgent action by the
public and legislators alike. On this website you will find scientific
documents, media reports, personal stories and fact sheets. Learn about the
massive quantities of radioactive tritium released by the nuclear industry
in Canada on a routine basis and why this of such concern. 

http://www.tapcanada.org/ 

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Radioactive material must be barred from Great Lakes

This fall, Bruce Power plans to truck 16 100-ton radioactive steam
generators from Bruce units 1 and 2 near Kincardine, Ontario, to Owen Sound
on Georgian Bay. From there, they plan to ship them through the Great Lakes
and the St. Lawrence Seaway to Studsvik, a company located on the Baltic Sea
in Sweden. Studsvik would process them in its melter, releasing 90% of the
metals (with what is considered "allowable" radioactive contamination) to
global markets for unrestricted use.

Groups here and in Europe are calling attention to these shipments and the
critical policy questions they pose. They are urging authorities to stop
these and future shipments, to protect our watersheds and communities for
the long-term.

"Should the nuclear industry be allowed to dump their radioactively
contaminated waste metals in with other scrap metals and call it
'recycling?' Can the addition of long-lived man-made radioactive poisons
such as plutonium, americium, and curium to existing stocks of metals be
countenanced as 'recycling?' "We strongly believe that the answer to all of
these questions should be no. These practices must be nipped in the bud now,
to prevent an ever-increasing traffic in radioactive waste shipments and an
ever-escalating market in radioactive materials that are released for
unrestricted use to an unaware and consenting public."

Do we really want radioactive metal in our kitchenware or our babies' cribs?
Does not the precautionary principle apply here?

http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20100520/OPINION02/5200311/1014/NLETTE
R01/Point-of-view--Radioactive-material-must-be-barred-from-Great-Lakes?sour
ce=nletter-news

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Nuclear proposal questioned

A company hoping to ship massive radioactive steam generators through the
Great Lakes needs to do a better job of informing the public, Sarnia's mayor
says. 

"Actually what they're doing is dispersing radioactive material in  the form
of scrap metal for unrestricted use," Gordon Edwards said. "This material
would find its way into all sorts of household appliances, 

knives, forks and spoons, into all kinds of things." Saving money is the
company's only motive, according to Edwards.

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true
<http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2579976>
&e=2579976 

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Chiefs of Ontario concerned about radioactive waste shipment

http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content
<http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9146
&Itemid=1> &task=view&id=9146&Itemid=1

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Register your opposition as an individual or a group:
http://www.nirs.org/radwaste/glresradsteamgen.pdf  

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<http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/05/18/darlington-new-nuclear-power-plant-pro
ject-joint-review-panel-process-open-house-information-sessions-2/>
Darlington new nuclear power plant project joint review panel process - open
house information sessions

June 1, 2, 3 at Bowmanville, Oshawa and Whitby 

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/05/18/darlington-new-nuclear-power-plant-proj
ect-joint-review-panel-process-open-house-information-sessions-2/

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Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act discussed in the House of Commons

Members of the House of Commons, Hansard, May 14, 2010,

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/05/17/nuclear-liability-and-compensation-act-
discussed-in-the-house-of-commons/

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Wind-blown debate 

The verdict: Wind turbines are not perfect. They need to be carefully sited
and allow for appropriate setbacks. But the current science - as opposed to
anecdote - suggests they do not threaten human health. Unlike coal, they are
not destroying our climate and killing hundreds of Canadians every year.
Unlike nuclear, they are not associated with cancer - nor do they condemn
the next thousand generations to the menace of radioactive waste.

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/2010/05/14/13955486.html

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Geothermal could meet Canada's power needs

Canada could technically meet all its electricity needs and dramatically
lower greenhouse-gas emissions if it moved aggressively to develop enhanced
geothermal power projects, according to the first comprehensive assessment
of the country's deep geothermal resources.

http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/809649--hamilton-geotherm
al-could-meet-canada-s-power-needs

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Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem

US scientists believe they will soon be able to use algae to produce biofuel
for the same cost as fossil fuels

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/13/algae-solve-pentagon-fuel-
problem

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Offshore energy report could dash defeatist arguments against the rocks

A new report on the capacity in the UK for offshore wind, wave and tidal
power should be used to put pressure on ministers

. Offshore green energy could make UK net exporter by 2050
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/19/offshore-green-energy-uk>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/may/20/offshore-ren
ewables-pirc-report 

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Judge Sets $100,000 Bail for Anti-Coal Activists 

It's worth keeping your eye on West Virginia these days, where a campaign of
civil disobedience against coal mining activities is attracting increasingly
tough reprimand from state judges.

Many prominent environmental leaders- including Al Gore, James Hansen, Bill
McKibben, and Wendell Berry- have encouraged youth to consider mass actions
of civil disobedience against coal extraction and burning. Hansen, in fact,
was one of 30 people arrested
<http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/hansen-of-nasa-arrested-in-coa
l-country/>  at an anti-mountaintop removal mining demonstration in West
Virginia last June. Since Climate Ground Zero began its campaign of
non-violent protests last year, over 100 people have been arrested.

http://www.desmogblog.com/judge-sets-100000-bail-anti-coal-activists 

Read the statement from the 2 activists charged:
http://climategroundzero.net/openletter/ 

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