WHISTLING PAST THE NUCLEAR GRAVEYARD - April 2023

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WHISTLING PAST THE NUCLEAR GRAVEYARD

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By Susan O'Donnell, Ole Hendrickson, Janice Harvey - April 2023

Since the first edition of Atomic Accomplice appeared more than a decade ago, the challenge of climate change is more visible, and the need to switch to low-carbon emitting energy is even more urgent. Citing the climate crisis, the nuclear industry is lobbying hard for public funding to increase nuclear energy capacity in Canada. Their strategy to revive the fortunes of their moribund industry? To develop and build what they call 'small modular reactors' (SMRs).

SMRs are an unproven and far more costly form of electricity production than renewables, generating new kinds of radioactive wastes, posing risks of severe accidents, and raising concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. New reactor builds are notorious for cost overruns and significant delays, making it highly unlikely that SMRs can contribute to timely climate action.

SMRs will not solve any of the well-known problems with nuclear energy, including the devastating environmental impacts of uranium mining and the lack of a permanent solution to the industry's growing stockpile of highly radioactive nuclear waste. Yet Canadian governments and the nuclear regulator are going all-out to enable and fast-track their construction. . . . . More


From the book: "Atomic Accomplice: How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit" - (2023 edition) by Paul McKay.
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