No Nukes News: more nukes shelved

Wed Apr 20 18:19:26 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

April 20, 2011

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Nuclear leak may exceed Chernobyl, Japan admits

http://www.globalnews.ca/world/Nuclear+leak+exceed+Chernobyl+Japan+admits/45
92399/story.html 

Japan Consumers May Bail Out Nuke Plant Owner

Japanese consumers would be on the hook for nuclear damage payments and
earthquake reconstruction costs under two tax plans the government is
considering, officials said Tuesday.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/04/19-7

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Italy shelves nuclear plans after Japan quake

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAaFEUJidJe4-BY4CxcUXl7V5N
5A?docId=e0e35e304db14971b47ab0385c9f8608

Project for 2 Reactors in Texas Abandoned

The company planning the largest nuclear project in the United States, two
giant reactors in South Texas, announced on Tuesday that it was giving up
and writing off its investment of $331 million after uncertainties created
by the accident in Japan. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/business/energy-environment/20nuke.html?_r
=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/business/energy-environment/20nuke.html?_
r=1&src=busln> &src=busln 

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Greenpeace occupies Energy Minister's office to demand safe green energy as
nuclear crisis continues

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/recent/Greenpeace-occupies-Energy-Ministers
-office-to-demand-safe-green-energy-as-nuclear-crisis-continues/?utm_source=
SilverpopMailing
<http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/recent/Greenpeace-occupies-Energy-Minister
s-office-to-demand-safe-green-energy-as-nuclear-crisis-continues/?utm_source
=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nuclear%20ontario%20%281%29&
utm_content>
&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nuclear%20ontario%20%281%29&utm_content=

http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2011/04/activist-commu
niqu%C3%A9-greenpeace-activists-occupied-energy-mi 

Are the Yes Men writing the Ontario Ministry of Energy's rationale for new
nukes?

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/are-the-yes-men-writing-the-ontario
-ministry-/blog/34313

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Canada eyes nuke waste dump near Lake Huron, U.S.

http://detnews.com/article/20110419/METRO/104190314 

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"New" Nuclear Reactors, Same Old Story

Amory Lovins on small reactors - Thorium and IFRs

http://old.rmi.org/sitepages/pid601.php

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Radioactive spills and breakdown revealed at British nuclear plants

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/20/radioactive-spills-breakdo
wn-british-nuclear-plants

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Nuclear Fission: the most wasteful, stupid, and costly system for boiling
water

By Hazel Henderson

Most importantly, there are now many well-researched studies (see
www.EthicalMarkets.com <http://www.ethicalmarkets.com/>  and
www.greentransitionscoreboard.com
<http://www.greentransitionscoreboard.com/> ) that show that nuclear plants
are not needed. The Scoreboard, which totals all private investments since
2007 in growing green, cleaner energy worldwide and indicates that this
investment reached over $2 trillion in February, 2011, shows that a
combination of ramping up investments in energy-efficiency, solar thermal,
central plants (power towers) and photovoltaics (rooftop panels, new roof
tiles), wind turbines, and water and geothermal energy, makes these
technologies cost-competitive even given the massive subsidies to nuclear
and fossil energy. Not only are wind and solar far more cost effective, they
can be built and brought online in a matter of months, much faster than the
ten years it takes on the average to build a nuclear plant. In addition
there is the availability of geothermal power, especially in Japan and
Iceland, countries that sit on the confluence of tectonic plates.

http://burningissuesforum.com/2011/03/29/nuclear-fission-is-the-most-wastefu
l-stupid-and-costly-way-to-boil-water/ 

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Waste: the Nuclear Nightmare

Looking at the cases of France, Germany, the United States and Russia, this
scientific and political report explores the taboo subject of nuclear power,
particularly the darkest aspects of the latter.

Watch the first 18 min. of this feature-length documentary film here: 

http://sales.arte.tv/detailFiche.action?programId=1405

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300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds

Excellent 5 minute video by the Post Carbon Institute

http://www.ecoliteracy.org/blog/300-years-fossil-fuels-300-seconds

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UK campaigners issue joint statement on use of depleted uranium in Libya

International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons

The UK Uranium Weapons Network and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
today issued a joint statement of concern over the possible use of depleted
uranium in Libya.

http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1 <http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=76478&s2=03>
&p=76478&s2=03

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Wind power could provide one-fifth of world's electricity by 2030

http://www.countyweeklynews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3074954

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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), Toronto

Hosted by Greenpeace.ca
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202705929769334 

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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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25 Years after Chernobyl - Imagine a World without Nuclear Disasters - Vigil

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Chernobyl, please join us to imagine a
world without nuclear disasters.  

Tuesday, April 26 - 8 pm (Dusk)

Ministry of Energy, 900 Bay Street (at Wellesley), Toronto

April 26th marks the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Twenty-five years later the world is unfortunately watching another nuclear
disaster unfold at the Fukushima nuclear station in Japan. Remember
Chernobyl, the nuclear disaster we were told would never happen. Rethink the
energy choices we make today that may lead more nuclear disasters.

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/invitation-a-vigil-for-the-victims-
of-chernob/blog/34225

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165004076889993 

For more information: natalie.caine at greenpeace.org

Endorsed by:  Greenpeace, Greenspiration

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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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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

www.cleanairalliance.org <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/>  

www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/> 

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