No Nukes News: Safety Not Salaries

[Angela Bischoff]

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May 7, 2018☢ Listen to our 30 second radio commercial playing on KX96 in the Durham region.☢ Watch and share our 45-second video: Close the 50-year-old Pickering Nuclear Station ☢ And we’ve bought a few billboards out in Whitby and Pickering.
The World

☢ Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History
 
☢ Thyroid cancer link to Chernobyl radiation The UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) said around 20,000 thyroid cancers were registered between 1991 and 2015 in the area surrounding the reactor, which takes in all of Ukraine and Belarus, as well parts of Russia.

☢ Chernobyl, Fukushima Different Accidents, Similar Consequences The April 26,1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant affected the lives of millions of people. Nearly 8.4 million residents of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were exposed to radiation and more than 400,000 were relocated from heavily polluted territories. There are about 5 million people, including around 1.6 million in Russia currently living in areas with a low level of radiation and officially recognized as polluted.
 
☢ Fukushima residents fight state plan to build roads with radiation-tainted soil Fukushima has collected about 22 million cu. meters of tainted soil, sitting in thousands of black plastic bags in hundreds of temporary sites around the country with no disposal solution in site.
 
☢ Wild boars remain too radioactive to eat, 32 years after Chernobyl Also, birds, mice and insects have demonstrated low to zero sperm counts, a tendency to tumors and cataracts, smaller brains, and shorter lifespans. Examination of muscle tissue and bone marrow in Macaque monkeys living in the contaminated areas of Fukushima had significantly low white and red blood cell counts as well as a reduced growth rate for body weight and smaller head sizes.

☢ 5 reasons why a floating nuclear power plant in the Arctic is a terrible idea by Greenpeace International. As if this floating nightmare wasn’t scary enough, the reason it’s being towed to the Arctic is to help Russia dig for more fossil fuels. Critics call it a ‘Floating Chernobyl’. More from Greenpeace here.☢ Uranium industry slumps, nuclear power dead in the water The uranium market has a "subdued outlook" and Cameco's uranium is now "more valuable in the ground" because the cost of production is higher than the prices currently being offered. Cameco CEO agrees, saying in January 2018 that at current prices "our supply is better left in the ground."

☢ Utilities Face New Cyberattack Threats on Control Systems A new analysis of industrial control components used by utilities indicated 61% of them could cause “severe operational impact” if affected by a cyberattack.

☢ How nuclear power worsens climate change Sierra Club Nuclear Free Campaign

☢ How the Nuclear Industry Is Fighting Back The beleaguered nuclear power sector has launched a charm offensive in a bid to stay relevant. 

☢ Unnecessary Suffering: The Legacy of Depleted Uranium Depleted uranium is a waste product from nuclear power reactors. A heavy radiological metal of high density, it is used as the core of armor piercing munitions, and is incorporated into vehicles that become almost impervious to penetration by conventional rounds. Its use has poisoned the globe and caused untold suffering.

☢ US struggling to handle excess plutonium Today, there are some 54 metric tons of surplus plutonium stored in nuclear facilities the US, raising fears of terrorism, mishaps triggering massive explosions, and burial. Terrorists would only need 11 pounds (5 kg) or less plutonium to make a bomb.
  Ontario

☢ The security of Ontario’s nuclear plants should be an election priority, not the salaries of top Hydro One execs The costs, safety and security of the province’s nuclear plants should be a top election issue. If Ontario voters want to save money on their electricity bills, it would be cost effective to co-operate with Quebec.

☢ 4 Ontario gals talk nukes 1 hour video recording with Metta Spencer, Science for Peace, Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch, Pippa Feinstein, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, and Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance

☢ 82 Montreal-area mayors unanimously oppose nuke waste dump in Chalk River, ON because it could potentially contaminate the Ottawa River.

☢ Take the Toronto Hydro survey We must move to a renewable future, for climate and cost reasons. Toronto Hydro should pursue all energy conservation / efficiency, bio-energy (ie. Green bin wastes) and solar energy options that can lower our bills and reduce the need for high-cost and dangerous nuclear power. Entrants are eligible for a $500 draw.Renewables and Conservation

☼ New York Sets New Energy Efficiency Target, Plans Training for 19,500 Workers New York State Governor has laid out a 40% acceleration of his state’s energy efficiency targets over the next 7 years, calling energy efficiency the “most cost-effective” energy strategy available to the state.
 
☼ Renewables briefly cover 100% of Germany's power demand for 2nd time

☼ Are public objections to wind farms overblown? Seems so.

☼ Governments Continue to Downplay Distributed Renewables in Rural Electrification Planning Rapid technological progress has made distributed renewable energy an affordable solution to the problem of rural electrification. From home systems to mini-grids, decentralized solar technology can now bring energy access to rural areas that are not suitable for grid extension because of low power demand, population density, and distance to existing grid infrastructure.

☼ Rooftop Solar Could Power 75% Of U.S. Homes Rooftop solar PV to date has been adopted primarily among higher-income households, but declining costs of solar PV are expanding the potential for solar outside of this demographic.Events

☢  Nuclear Waste & Settler Colonialism Thur. May 10, Winnipeg. Is nuclear waste dangerous? What do we do with it? What are the risks to health of storing radioactive wastes?

☢ How to Save the World in a Hurry May 30-31, University of Toronto. This public event will develop a list of public policy innovations to simultaneously reduce six global threats: war and weapons • global warming • famine • pandemics • mass radiation exposure • cyber attacks.
 
☢ No War 2018: designing a world beyond war, legalizing peace Toronto Sept. 21-22
 Take Action!

☢ Want to see Pickering nuclear station closed in August when its licence expires? Tell the CNSC - deadline midnight Monday May 7th. This document explains how to make a submission and where to send it. This document provides some talking points.

☢ Support Saugeen Ojibway Nation's right to prior consent on the Bruce nuclear rebuild Petition opposing the Bruce nuclear rebuild.

☢ No Olympics or Paralympics in Radioactive Fukushima Petition

☢ Sign our petitions to Close Pickering and to Buy Quebec Power. And share them with your friends. Watch our 2 min. video here.

☢ Stop OPG's  Nuclear Waste Dump Before It's Too Late Learn more about OPG’s nuke waste dump proposal in Kincardine, ON, and write Minister McKenna, Premier Wynne and PM Trudeau here.

☢ Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean! Petition

☢ Canada - do not let corporate profits dictate what we do with our nuclear waste Petition. 
 
☢ Protect Kyoto! Prevent another nuclear disaster in Japan. Stop the dangerous Ohi plant Petition.

☢ Westinghouse - Quit India International statement against the Kovvada nuclear station.

☢ Can you spare a few hours to leaflet blitz your neighbourhood mailboxes? Help us make the closure of the Pickering nuclear station a public issue. Contact: angela at cleanairalliance.org

☢ Order your free KI (anti-thyroid-cancer) pills here if you live within 50 km of an ON nuclear facility - that includes all of Toronto and beyond. Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters hereto post in your office, school, or local cafe.

☢ Canada – Sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Last year 122 member states of the United Nations voted to approve the text of a Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Nuclear Weapons States voted against it as did most NATO countries including Canada. This petition asks Canada to sign the Treaty. 
 
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