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Thu Feb 9 16:21:58 EST 2012

No Nukes News

Feb. 9, 2012 - Please pass this onto a friend!

 <http://bit.ly/AwgRDL> Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear
Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash -  It was not direct damage from
Japan's 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 that caused the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster, but the loss of electric power
to the reactor's cooling system pumps when the reactor's backup batteries
and diesel generators were wiped out by the ensuing tsunami.

<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/2/4/japanese-authorities-recognize-5
73-deaths-related-to-fukushi.html> Japanese authorities recognize 573 deaths
related to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Catastrophe

 <http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28870> Fukushima: A
Nuclear War without a War - The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear
Radiation

 <http://planetark.org/wen/64608> Fire At Moscow Nuclear Institute, Russia
Says No Risk

 <http://bit.ly/ytRzKJ> Ontario's power glut means possible nuclear
shutdowns 

 <http://bit.ly/xTuIhH> NWMO did not prove repository concept is safe

<http://news.yahoo.com/tissue-holders-pulled-stores-ny-elsewhere-023812730.h
tml> Tissue Holders Pulled From Stores In NY, Elsewhere - "If someone has
one of these, they could receive a small radiation dose from it," he said.
For example, he said someone keeping one of the boxes on a vanity in the
bathroom and spending about 30 minutes a day near it for a year would
receive the equivalent of a couple of chest x-rays. Authorities said the
tissue holders contain manmade cobalt-60, which is used in medical devices
and for other industrial applications. 

 <http://bit.ly/xpci2S> Deadline passes for steam generators - Bruce Power's
license to transport steam generators containing radiation for recycling
expired Friday.

 <http://bit.ly/zhpPkd> A Vast Canadian Wilderness Poised for a Uranium Boom
- Canada's Nunavut Territory is the largest undisturbed wilderness in the
Northern Hemisphere. It also contains large deposits of uranium, generating
intense interest from mining companies and raising concerns that a mining
boom could harm the caribou at the center of Inuit life.

 <http://bit.ly/wnROtH> Fukushima Radiation News Blog

 <http://bit.ly/yQxcxW> Extraordinary music video: Japanese youth speak
truth to power in aftermath of Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe

 <http://bit.ly/yCr9K6> 10 Myths about Thorium as a Nuclear Energy Solution

 <http://aje.me/xUOn4d> A nuclear-free Middle East: Necessary, desirable and
impossible - A nuclear-free zone in the Middle East - with the participation
of Israel - can avoid war in the region. 

 <http://au.sys-con.com/node/1273879> No Major Nuclear Revival by 2030
Barriers that present challenges to the revival of nuclear energy are: 

(1) Unfavourable economics compared to other sources of energy, 

(2) Fewer subsidies from governments, 

(3) Nuclear energy is too slow to address climate change and to compete with
cheaper alternative means of tackling it,

(4) Demands for energy efficiency are leading to fundamental rethinking of
how electricity is generated and distributed, 

(5) Long-term decline of the nuclear sector is resulting in industrial
bottlenecks and personnel shortages, 

(6) The nuclear waste issue remains unresolved with no country currently
implementing a sustainable solution, 

(7) Growing fears about safety, security and nuclear weapons remain in
public consciousness and 

(8) Developing countries face additional constraints, including inadequate
infrastructure, poor governance, deficient regulatory systems and finance.

Events

Community Power in ON - Thur. Feb. 9, 7 p.m., 39 Parliament St, 11th floor
party room. Speakers will address community power, the FIT review,
SolarShare, and the RE Co-op model. Free.  Sponsored by Next Generation
Energy Alternatives & Tower Power Toronto

Into Eternity - screening and talk
<https://www.facebook.com/events/133486750105881/>  with Brennain Lloyd of
Northwatch. Wed. Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor St W,
Toronto

INTO ETERNITY <http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/>  is an award-winning
documentary about the ongoing effort to build one of the world's first
permanent repositories for nuclear waste in Finland, capable of storing
hazardous nuclear waste for 100 000 years. As Canadian officials actively
attempt to find a permanent home for tens of thousands of tonnes of Canadian
nuclear waste, this stunning documentary is particularly relevant in a
Canadian context. 

 <http://solarbonds.ca/what%27s-new/events> SolarShare hosts monthly
information sessions where you can learn about Community Solar Bonds and how
you can get involved. The next session will be Wed. Feb. 15 at 5:30 p.m. at
401 Richmond, Toronto.  

Ecocide - Meet Polly Higgins, Earth's Lawyer who founded
<http://www.thisisecocide.com/> the campaign to make Ecocide a crime.
Saturday, February 18, 4 p.m. (followed by a potluck at 6 p.m.), Friends'
House, 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto. Free.

Act Now!

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1056> Guess the nuclear cost! - Bruce
A Nuclear rebuild is now $2 billion over-budget. We are offering a $100 cash
prize to the person with the closest estimate of the final cost of the Bruce
A refurbishment project.

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1059> Send an email to ON Energy
Minister Bentley and ask him to finish the coal phase-out in 2012 and invest
in energy conservation rather than build or rebuild new nukes. 

Order FREE copies of  <http://bit.ly/yi5jhb> Don't Let Nuclear Projects Blow
Our Electricity Bills through the Roof!  They contain postcards to Energy
Minister Bentley. Distribute to your friends and neighbours.

---- 

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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