Renewables and nuclear power: Report - World Uranium Symposi

Renewables and nuclear power: Report - World Uranium Symposi

Postby Oscar » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:13 pm

Renewables and nuclear power: Report from the World Uranium Symposium

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OLE HENDRICKSON | APRIL 20, 2015

Quebec City has been the site of several noteworthy recent events. On Saturday, April 11, 25,000 people marched on Quebec's National Assembly to demand action on climate change. Canada's premiers discussed energy and climate policy at their meeting on Tuesday, April 14, one day after Premiers Kathleen Wynne of Ontario and Philippe Couillard of Quebec signed off on a cap-and-trade system to reduce CO2 emissions.

Also on April 14, nuclear disarmament, uranium mining and nuclear power activists from around the world gathered for the opening of the World Uranium Symposium at the Quebec Congress Centre.

The state of nuclear power

World Uranium Symposium speakers delved deeply into the links between nuclear power, nuclear weapons, climate change and renewable energy. While the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the most important global agreement limiting the spread of nuclear weapons, it also promotes so-called "peaceful" nuclear technologies in countries that choose not to develop nuclear weapons. This approach dates back to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" program.

While noting the Treaty's recent contribution to scaling back Iran's nuclear ambitions (led by U.S President Barack Obama), many symposium participants argued that true global security requires the elimination of nuclear power and uranium mining together with nuclear weapons. History proves that nuclear technology co-operation can lead to weapons development, as happened in Pakistan and India.

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