No Nukes News: AB and SK say NO to nuke waste

Fri Apr 15 17:09:14 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

April 15, 2011

New nuclear build is uneconomic and unnecessary, so we need not debate
whether it is also proliferative and dangerous. In a world of fallible and
malicious people, it is actually both, but even after 60 years' immense
subsidies and devoted effort, nuclear power still cannot clear the first two
hurdles—competitiveness and need. End of story. – Amory Lovins
<http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/685> , Rocky Mountain Institute

For the best updates on Japan’s nuclear crisis see
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/

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Japan Plant Emits More Radiation After Cooling Lapse

http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110414_5466.php 

Japan’s radiation contamination spread across Northern Hemisphere

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305490

Radiation From Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Finds Its Way Into California's Milk

http://www.alternet.org/story/150533/radiation_from_japan%27s_nuclear_meltdo
wn_finds_its_way_into_california%27s_milk?page=1

Listen to David Rovic’s song about the tsunami in Japan. 

Specifically, the town of Minami Sanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, which was
completely destroyed, 10,000 of its 17,000 residents killed or missing. Many
more of the children survived than the adults because all the schools in the
town were (and are still) located on the top of a hill.
 <http://www.youtube.com/user/drovics?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/2_Lu13M7I_o>
www.youtube.com/user/drovics?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/2_Lu13M7I_o

Busby: 400,000 to develop cancer in 200 km radius of Fukushima 

5 minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0H-mtsdsgg
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0H-mtsdsgg&feature=player_embedded>
&feature=player_embedded

Fukushima Reactors Are a "Ticking Time Bomb," Japanese Govt in Denial

Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only
stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your
fingernails." 

http://www.alternet.org/story/150599/fukushima_reactors_are_a_%22ticking_tim
e_bomb%2C%22_japanese_govt_in_denial?page=1

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Amory Lovins Speaks out on Nuclear Power and Japan

True Cost Accounting for Nuclear Power

GELLERMAN: So is it possible that we can meet our carbon reduction targets
without nuclear power?

AMORY LOVINS: Of course! Not only that, but we could do so more effectively
and more cheaply. It is quite true that if a nuclear plant displaces a coal
plant that would replace carbon emissions. But if you spent the same money
on efficiency, renewables and combined heat and power, you would reduce the
carbon emissions by about two to ten times more and about 20 to 40 times
faster. So nuclear is such a slow and costly climate solution, it actually
reduces and retards climate protection, compared with a best buys first
approach. 

Read the full interview here:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00012
<http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00012&segmentID=2>
&segmentID=2

And read Amory’s contribution to a nuclear power debate in the Economist:
http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/685

Nuclear After Japan: Amory Lovins
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insidenova/2011/03/nuclear-lovins.html 

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Greenpeace declares evacuation zone at Atomic Energy Agency HQ

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2011/4/14/39257/Greenpeace-declares-e
vacuation-zone-at-Atomic-Energy-Agency-HQ

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Recommended Foods and Supplements to Help Protect Your Health and counter
the effects of radiation - The Anti-radiation Diet

http://www.safespaceprotection.com/Healthy-Tips-Article/healthy-tips-anti-ra
diation-diet.aspx

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>From Hiroshima to Fukushima, 1945-2011: A Nuclear Narrative of Hubris and
Tragedy

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/28/from-hiroshima-to-fukushima-1945-201
1/

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Atomic Deserts

A Survey of the World's Radioactive No-Go Zones

Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But
what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of
nuclear disaster zones -- showing just how dangerous the technology really
is.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,756369,00.html 

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What Feed-in Tariffs Could Do for Japan's Electricity Shortage

What Japan Could Do if It Followed Germany's Lead on Renewable Energy -
Within one Decade Japan Could Halve its Dependence on Nuclear Power

http://www.wind-works.org/FeedLaws/Japan/WhatFeed-inTariffsCouldDoforJapansE
lectricityShortage.html 

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Greenpeace closes Hydro-Québec’s doors to call for a shutdown of Gentilly-2

Greenpeace activists closed Hydro-Québec’s head office on René-Lévesque
Boulevard in Montreal to call on Hydro-Québec to shut down its sole nuclear
generating station, Gentilly-2, rather than rebuild it at a cost of $2
billion.

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/shut-down-gentilly/ 

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Coalition rallying to close Quebec's only nuclear plant

Nuclear Safety Commission to review Hydro-Québec’s proposed refurbishments

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2011/04/coalition-rallying-to-close-quebecs-only-
nuclear-plant/

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Out the Nuclear Disaster Window

Check out these modern photos of an abandoned town following the Chernobyl
melt down 25 years ago this month. 

http://highrise.nfb.ca/2011/04/out-the-nuclear-disaster-window/

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Alberta Municipal district will study nuclear storage megaproject

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, established by electricity
producers in 2002, is looking for a community that can safely handle
Canada’s nuclear waste. The country has been generating electricity from
nuclear power for more than 40 years and has produced just over two million
used fuel bundles. Those fuel bundles become highly radioactive after they
are used to produce electricity and remain a potential health risk for “many
hundreds of thousands of years,” according to information on the
organization’s website. Canada produces about 85,000 used fuel bundles each
year, the site says.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Municipal+district+will+study+nucl
ear+storage+megaproject/4603490/story.html

Nuclear Power in Peace River, AB

http://www.prrecordgazette.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3071614

"Going nuclear" on radioactive waste

Calgary Herald Editorial - Excuse us while we go nuclear on this, but
Alberta should not be a dumping ground for radioactive garbage from Ontario,
Quebec and New Brunswick. They can keep it.

<http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going+nuclear+waste/4613105/story.h
tml#ixzz1JWjSvKgJ>
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going+nuclear+waste/4613105/story.ht
ml#ixzz1JWjSvKgJ

No nuclear waste storage facility for Saskatchewan: Premier Wall

Negative public opinion makes option unlikely

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/nuclear+waste+storage+facility+Sask+Wall/
4620567/story.html?cid=megadrop_story 

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Shift fossil fuel subsidies to back clean tech

http://af.reuters.com/article/idAFLDE73514N20110406

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Friends of Wind

Public opinion polls have consistently shown the majority of Canadians
support wind energy for its environmental, economic and social benefits –
and this website is designed to give that often-silent majority a strong
voice. As the fact-informed debate about energy production and climate
change continues, it’s important the public and our elected officials
understand the real contribution wind is making.

http://friendsofwind.ca/

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Want to start your own community renewable energy project? 

Trillium Energy Alliance Inc. is a non-profit corporation that specializes
in organizing communities and developing complex renewable energy projects
using the Co-operative Corporations (co-op) business model.

Find out more here:  <http://trilliumenergy.ca/default.aspx>
http://trilliumenergy.ca/default.aspx 

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Renewable energy is our only option 

http://www.thespec.com/opinion/article/509497--renewable-energy-is-our-only-
option

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MINT Film Festival Screening Of Earth Keepers and Discussion on Nuclear
Power 

Thur. April 21

5:30 p.m. Marc Sepic, musical performance 

7 p.m. Screenings 

at Rainbow Cinemas, 80 Front St. East (at Jarvis)

The April 21st MINT Film Festival Screening is co-hosted by The Toronto
Dollar, The International Institute of Concern for Public Health (IICPH),
Greenpeace and The Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA). IICPH Guest speaker
Anna Tillman, OCAA's Angela Bischoff and a representative from Greenpeace
will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A on Nuclear Power. 

Advance MINT Film Festival tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for students and
seniors and can be purchased in person at the Rainbow Cinemas Market Square
box office prior to the screening or reserved through email
(info at mintff.org). For more info please visit www.mintff.org
<http://www.mintff.org/> 

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Anti-Nuclear Reaction, Pro-Democracy FLASH MOB 

Friday, April 22 · 12:00pm - 12:30pm – Earth Day

Queens Park, Toronto

Frustrated by the election's campaign lack of debate on our energy's future?
Puzzled that Ontario has a moratorium on wind power but not nuclear
reactors? Dismayed at the absence of political fallout from the Fukushima
disaster? We urge you to demonstrate on Earth Day April 22 for a nuclear
moratorium and a citizens' assembly to democratically decide our energy
future.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216042271744196

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People's Assembly on Climate Justice III

Saturday, April 23 · 10:00am - 5:00pm

Ryerson University Student Campus Centre, 556 Gould St., Toronto

Create an inclusive, united, and empowered Climate Justice movement in
Toronto. 

Take part in the workshop entitled “Rethinking Energy Systems: Nuclear vs
Sustainable Solutions”

http://torontopeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205542076140602 

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Chernobyl: Remember and Rethink

A photo exhibit by Robert Knoth

April 14-28, Tues. – Sat., 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Hotshot Art Gallery, 181 Augusta Ave. (in Kensington Market)

Hosted by Greenpeace.ca

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Sign the  <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> Petition Calling
for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects in ON

http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php

And order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets here: 

They contain postcards to politicians.

Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets 

Thanks

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OCAA’s Election Questionnaire

NDP, Bloc and Greens oppose taxpayer subsidies for new Ontario nukes

Liberals don’t endorse federal subsidies for Darlington

Conservatives don’t bother to respond.

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/2011_election

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Shut all coal-fired power plants, province urged

"Ontario can achieve a virtually complete coal shutdown today," said Jack
Gibbons, with the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. "However Ontario Power
Generation is continuing to operate its dirty coal-fired power plants to
make electricity export sales to the United States," he said.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2011/04/14/17996151.html 

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246

625 Church Street, #402

Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1

angela at cleanairalliance.org

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