Recent Nuclear and various other Articles . . .

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RECENT NUCLEAR ARTICLES and various other articles . . .


May 21st Webinar: Nuclear Waste Watch Where is the Fairness in the NWMO's "Willing Host" Decision?
To attend: register HERE. webinar on Tuesday, May 21st, at 7 pm Eastern. For more details and links to the 5 previous webinars: click Protect Our Water Ways - No Nuclear Waste [ https://www.protectourwaterways.org/webinars ]


Where will Canada put its forever nuclear waste dump?
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.7196767 ]


Fifty years after Canada’s plutonium mishap in India, is history repeating itself?
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/05 ... lf/421896/
by Susan O'Donnell & Gordon Edwards, published in the Hill Times
and then in the NB Media Co Op
Canada’s plutonium mishap in India was 50 years ago this week – is history repeating itself now?
[ https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/05/16/cana ... tself-now/ ]


The plutonium connection: Why I no longer conduct my research at the University of New Brunswick
[ https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/05/17/the- ... brunswick/ ]
Some of you may be interested to know why there is such a lack of critical research on nuclear issues at Canadian universities. There are many reasons of course, and I know about one of them. Last year I moved my research program from the University of New Brunswick (which has a nuclear energy research centre) to St. Thomas University (which does not). Today I published my story about last year's move. Relevance to this list: reprocessing high-level waste and the Moltex project. by Susan O'Donnell




The New Nuclear Push
29 min. video interview with Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear. The nuclear industry is involved in a “propaganda campaign” attempting to validate itself by citing climate change. Kamps refutes the claim of the nuclear industry that nuclear power is carbon-free. He tells of how the nuclear and fossil fuel industries “have done their best to sabotage renewable energy because they don’t want the competition.”
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psPv71EODOE ]



Choosing nuclear over renewables and efficiency will make climate crisis worse
“Nuclear power has no business case or operational need. It offers no benefits for grid reliability or resilience justifying special treatment. In fact, its inflexibility and ungraceful failures complicate modern grid operations, and it hogs grid and market space that cheaper renewables are barred from contesting.” - Amory Lovins
[ https://reneweconomy.com.au/picking-los ... sis-worse/ ]



Canada’s plutonium mishap in India was 50 years ago this week – is history repeating itself now?
Any country with a nuclear reactor can extract plutonium from the fiercely radioactive used fuel and secretly make a nuclear bomb – as did India in 1974, and North Korea, Pakistan and Israel – all non-nuclear weapons states. Plutonium, when extracted from the fuel – referred to as reprocessing – can be used as a nuclear fuel or to produce a nuclear bomb. Canada had banned this. Now New Brunswick wants in the plutonium reprocessing game to export around the world. Canada’s support for reprocessing is sending the wrong signal to the world and threatening the already fragile global non-proliferation regime.
[ https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/05/16/cana ... tself-now/ ]



Ontario’s nuclear option is the wrong path to meet green energy targets
The province should focus on cost-efficient wind, solar and hydro expansion, as well as increased interprovincial transmission.
[ https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazine ... ar-option/ ]



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EVENTS: (often these events are recorded and follow-up with a video with much the same subject title . . . )

Nuclear Waste: Where's the Fairness in the NWMO's "Willing Host" Decision?
Tues. May 21, 7 p.m. ET
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has announced (repeatedly) that it will select its preferred site for a deep geological repository in which it will place all of Canada's high-level nuclear fuel waste (that's 60,000 tonnes and counting). The NWMO claims it will only proceed with an "informed and willing host". The final decision to approve the site, the design, and the operation will be made by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. With speakers Ole Hendrickson and David Donnelly.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



Civil disobedience: a moral obligation - With Matthew Behrens - Wed. May 22, 7 p.m. ET
The climate crisis is already causing profound damage as the average global temperature has reached about 1.2C above the pre-industrial average over the last four years. A recent Guardian survey of hundreds of the world’s leading climate experts, 77% of respondents believe that number will reach at least 2.5C, with almost half thinking it will be more than 3C. How can we contribute to that fight? Not everyone is prepared to be arrested, like Hamilton 350's Elders 4 Climate Sanity. But for those who want to ratchet it up a notch, this Action Update is for you.
[ https://9v0pg.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/ ... weRL1904Et ]



What Lies Beneath: Pathways Alliance, Greenwashing, Networks, and Narratives
Thur. May 23, noon ET
Join Re.Climate Researchers as they share findings from their newly published paper, “Greenwashing, Net Zero, and the Oil Sands in Canada: The Case of Pathways Alliance.” Their research develops a framework for identifying net zero greenwashing, reviews the evolution of oil sands narratives and campaigns since 2021, and proposes solutions that can ensure free and fair public debates about the energy transition in Canada.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]



Carbon Pricing, Federalism and the State of Canadian Climate Policy
Fri. May 24, 12:30 p.m. ET
Join researchers from across Canada for a discussion on the future of Canadian climate policy,
[ https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/ ... gistration ]



Environmental Costs of War and Genocide: Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon - Sunday May 26, noon ET
Genocidal wars conducted by Russia, Assad, and Israel/US have devastated not just people and cultures, but also the land. This forum will:
- Draw links between environmental and climate justice work and support for all people directly affected by war, genocide, and occupation.
- Alert us to propaganda that seeks to undermine international climate solidarity by pitting conflicts against each other.
- Highlight the work of Ukrainian, Syrian, Palestinian, and Lebanese climate justice organizers and environmentalists and will include discussion on how to move these shared struggles forward together.
[ http://bit.ly/WarAndClimateForum ]






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