No Nukes News: new ON reactor sets off alarm bells

Thu Jan 6 15:40:19 EST 2022

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The World

☢ Canada’s first new nuclear reactor in decades is an American design. Will it prompt a rethink of gov't support? US-based GE Hitachi plans to build an untested, highcost light water reactor just east of Toronto, paid for by ON's ratepayers.

☢ Belgian government reaches agreement in principle to close its nuclear power plants by 2025 

☢ Germany shuts down half of its six remaining nuclear plants The last 3 are on track to close by end of 2022.

☢ Ex-CEO Who Oversaw Doomed Nuclear Project Sentenced A utility executive who repeatedly lied to keep investors pumping money into South Carolina's $9 billion nuclear reactor debacle will spend two years in prison for fraud.

☢ Youth Climate Activist Greta Thunberg calls nuclear and gas "fake climate action"

☢ Fury as EU moves ahead with plans to label gas and nuclear as ‘green’ The European Commission is facing a furious backlash over plans to allow gas and nuclear to be labelled as “green” investments.

☢ Canada's Nuclear Stations Masquerading as Climate-Friendly Shouldn’t Qualify for Green Finance Bruce Power’s recent issuance of C$500 million in green bonds to help extend the life of the largest nuke power station in the world is a corruption of the very notion of green financing.

☢ Say NO to Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactors in Saskatchewan 81 min. video recording of webinar with Dr. Jim Harding, Dr. Dale Dewar, and Candyce Paul.

☢ Former US President Jimmy Carter risked his life to help save Ottawa by lowering himself into a melting nuclear reactor

☢ Nuclear power's economic failure A new report details the catastrophic cost overruns with nuclear power projects.

☢ Hype About Thorium Reactors There has recently been an upsurge of uninformed babble about thorium as if it were a new discovery with astounding potentiality. Such hype is grossly exaggerated. By Gordon Edwards. 

Ontario

☢ Darlington reactor project sets off alarm bells This is a contract with no competitive price quotes, definitely at odds with the PC “For the People” promise of greater accountability, transparency and fiscal responsibility. It’s not small, not modular, and there's no plan for the waste.

☢ Feds need to tell Ontario that gas power has got to go Please send federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault a message urging him to get Ontario back on a carbon-reduction track.

☢ Ontario is on track to ramp up gas-fired electricity by > 600% While Canada and the world phases out fossil fuels, Ontario is planning major increases in climate-damaging emissions. Watch 10 min. video interview with author. Tell the Ford government this is the wrong direction to go: www.OntarioClimateAction.ca 

Renewables and Conservation

☼ U.S. can get to 100% clean energy with wind, water, solar and zero nuclear

☼ Germany's Energiewende 4.0 project and lessons for Canada's electricity transition 4 new case studies demonstrate that industrial economies can be run almost entirely on renewable electricity and proven clean technologies.

☼ Quebec looks beyond hydroelectricity as last planned megaproject set to wrap Quebec's hydro dams have long provided its residents cheap electricity and bragging rights in the race to reduce global carbon emissions, with Premier Legault suggesting the province could become the "green battery of North America.  

Take Action

☢ 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.

☢ Residents of South Bruce, ON deserve a referendum on whether or not they want to be Canada's nuclear waste dump.

☢ Say no to nuclear waste in Labrador The citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador do not want to be the nuke waste dump for the world.

☢ Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements

☢ 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.

☢ Tell the CNSC to put safety before OPG's profits The CNSC must put a moratorium on the continued operation of the Pickering nuclear station until OPG has submitted proper safety data.

☢ Decommission the Pickering Nuclear Station immediately after shutdown in 2024 This would provide a jobs transition for the workers and would reclaim the Pickering waterfront.

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

☢ International Petition Against the Discharge of Contaminated Water from Fukushima into the Sea And here's another.

Events

☢ War and the Environment - online course Jan 17 - Feb 27. Grounded in research on peace and ecological security, this course focuses on the relationship between two existential threats: war and environmental catastrophe.

☢ Energy Democracy and Empowerment Wed. Jan. 19, 1:15 p.m. ET. How do we reorganize our energy systems to empower communities? 

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