No Nukes News: dangerous legacy

Tue Dec 20 10:22:55 EST 2011

No Nukes News

Dec. 19, 2011 - Please pass this onto a friend!

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/brucecontest> A new holiday tradition -
guess the nuclear costs! - Win $100!

 <http://bit.ly/utF8E0> Closing Pandora's Box: As radioactive spent fuel
piles up, the world seeks a solution

 <http://bit.ly/uavLOH> Detailed Illustrations of Mutated Insects Challenge
the Science Of Nuclear Power - These disturbingly beautiful watercolor
paintings of mutated insects by Swiss science artist and illustrator
<http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/biographie.htm> Cornelia Hesse-Honegger show
that even properly functioning nuclear power plants can have a negative
effect on organisms.

 <http://bit.ly/w0bL34> Why Canada's nuclear cleanup will cost billions and
take decades

 <http://bit.ly/rVft4S> Decades of nuclear power have left a dangerous
legacy

 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfPh7aXI0J0> Fukushima - Could it Have a
China Syndrome? - Fairewinds' Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen discusses
whether the accidents at Fukushima were a meltdown, a melt-through, or a
China Syndrome. Whatever the accidents are named, thousands of tons of water
contaminated with plutonium, uranium, and other very toxic radioactive
isotopes are flooding the site, the surrounding water table, and the ocean.
12 min. video

<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/12/8/is-there-a-china-syndrome-at-fu
kushima.html> Is there a China Syndrome at Fukushima? - 7 min. video
interview with Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear

 <http://nyti.ms/rVb1JK> After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough - Helen Caldicott
in the NYT

 <http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111215_04.html> 40 years estimated
to scrap Fukushima plant

 <http://tinyurl.com/bprjsx2> 'Absolutely no progress being made' at
Fukushima nuke plant, undercover reporter says

 <http://bit.ly/uigkni> Chalk River's toxic legacy

 <http://bit.ly/vDcZ1t> Nuclear power proposal for Alberta withdrawn by
company

 <http://huff.to/u3XJEC> Saugeen Shores Nuclear Waste Site: Permanent Dump
Idea Sparks Unease In Southern Ontario Community 

 <http://bit.ly/vYrtw1> Radioactive water spills at N.B. nuclear plant
Facility evacuated as a precautionary measure

 <http://bit.ly/utUXci> Occupiers disrupt Fermi 3 meeting - Several
demonstrators belonging to  <http://occupytoledo.org/> Occupy Toledo said
building a third nuclear plant is dangerous. Minutes into a hearing, about
10 of them chanted the dangers of building a reactor.

 <http://bit.ly/uPDAJ0> Waterkeeper's comments on Cameco's Port Hope
licensing application - Dec. 19 is the deadline to submit your comments or
announce your intention to speak before the CNSC (Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission) about Cameco's application to renew. For more info:
<Interventions at cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca> 

 <http://bit.ly/tg4sDt> Major Coal Victory - LS Power Agrees to Abandon Two
Coal Projects, Invest in Solar

For coal plants, the end of an era - Targeted campaigns have blocked half of
proposed new US coal power plants <http://bit.ly/vCqWl8>  - Go Alberta!

 <http://bit.ly/tT5x5G> Big Oil and Canada thwarted U.S. carbon standards -
Emails show how a Washington lobbyist enlisted Canadian officials to beat
back U.S. carbon standards        

 <http://bit.ly/tEOGev> Ontario Feed-in Tariff 2011 Review: More Jobs,
Affordable, Clean Energy, and a Brighter Future for Ontario 

 <http://www.mi-group.ca/files/FAQ_Wind&Solar_Mindscape.pdf> Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) on Renewable Energy (Especially Wind and Solar)

 <http://reut.rs/tdZtX0> Denmark aims for 100 percent renewable energy in
2050

 <http://bit.ly/sRNHDB> Solar power much cheaper to produce than most
analysts realize, study finds

 <http://bit.ly/owxDJl> German Village Produces 321% More Energy Than It
Needs! - Ok, those Germans are just showing off now. Not only has the nation
announced plans to shut down all of its nuclear power plants
<http://inhabitat.com/german-parliament-approves-plans-for-nuclear-exit-by-2
022/>  and started the construction of 2,800 miles of transmission lines
<http://inhabitat.com/germany-to-construct-2800-miles-of-transmission-lines-
as-it-abandons-nuclear-power-for-renewable-energy/>  for its new renewable
energy initiative, but now the village of Wildpoldsried
<http://inhabitat.com/german-village-produces-321-more-energy-than-it-needs/
www.wildpoldsried.de/>  is producing 321% more energy than it needs! The
small agricultural village in the state of Bavaria is generating an
impressive $5.7 million in annual revenue from renewable energy.

During this Christmas time we should take time to thank Duncan Hawthorne,
President and CEO of Bruce Power, the largest nuclear conglomerate in the
world, for his gifts to humanity:

- Bruce Power New Build (4 new reactors) abandoned in 2009,

- New Fuel project to spike up output of the 8 reactors abandoned, 

- Nanticoke nuclear power project abandoned,

- Bid on Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.(AECL) purchase withdrawn,

- Alberta Nuclear Build project abandoned.

And oh ya, maybe, just maybe with such a great record he might just abandon
shipping those 'slightly' radioactive crates (SGs) across the globe to
Sweden!

Thanks so much, Santa Duncan, and a Happy (no-) nuclear year to you, too!

Cheers,  Ziggy.

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

160 John St., #300

Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

angela at cleanairalliance.org

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