No Nukes News: Nuclear Delusions

Wed Jul 27 11:17:22 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

July 27, 2011

"Powerlessness and silence go together. We in this country should use our
privileged positions not as a shelter from the world's reality but as a
platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It should be cherished and
used." - Margaret Atwood, Canadian author and poet

"These pipes have more leaks than the Vancouver Canucks goaltending." - U.S.
Congressmen Edward J. Markey, referring to a report that 75% of nuclear
reactor sites have leaky pipes

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Fukushima is Worse than Chernobyl - on Global Contamination 

http://japanfocus.org/-Chris-Busby/3563 

Radioactive tea from Japan detained in France

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/18/52031497.html

Radioactive contamination of beef in Japan worsens

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2011/7/22/radioactiv
e-contamination-of-beef-in-japan-worsens.html

Suicide Plague: Japan swept by Fukushima depression 

4 min. news video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIvPRMCLr0

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Nuclear Delusions - Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy
challenge

http://www.countercurrents.org/weyler190711.htm

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Bloated Nuclear Projects Mean You Pay More for Electricity. 

What is the True Cost of Nuclear Generated Electricity?

What are all the subsidies the nuclear industry receives, what are the ON
gov't plans for new nuclear, and what are the cost effective alternatives?

47 min. audio interview with Jack Gibbons, Chair of the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance:
http://webtalkradio.net/2011/07/18/earth-guardian-%E2%80%93-bloated-nuclear-
projects-mean-you-pay-more-for-electricity-what-is-the-true-cost-of-nuclear-
generated-electricity/ 

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How Much Will Tim Hudak's "Nuclear Tax" Cost You?

Past and present experience shows that if Hudak's nuclear plans are
implemented there will be billions in cost over-runs.  So Hudak should fess
up: will he allow future nuclear cost overruns to be passedonto electricity
consumers? Yes or no.

http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/how-much-will-tim-hudaks-nuclear-ta
x-cost-you/blog/35830/

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Nuclear Energy, Ontario, Fukushima, Health and Sustainable Alternatives

IARC lists a number of radionuclides as proven causes of cancer including
those produced from the mining, milling, manufacturing and use of uranium
fission in nuclear power plants. It is now known that there is no safe dose
of radiation and even the smallest dose can cause cancer and other health
effects

http://preventcancernow.ca/nuclear-energy-ontario-fukushima-health-and-susta
inable-alternatives-2 

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Nuclear power's real chain reaction: spiralling costs

The new delays and bumper cost overruns of EDF's new reactor in France make
it very hard to believe that nuclear power can fulfill the promises its
supporters make

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/jul/22/nuc
lear-power-cost-delay-edf

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No Way to Assess Integrity of Buried Pipes at Nuclear Reactors 

Lawmakers release nuclear safety investigation in wake of media report that
75% of nuclear reactor sites have leaky pipes

A story published today by the Associated Press found that tritium, a
radioactive form of hydrogen, has leaked from at least 48 of 65 nuclear
sites

http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content
<http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4399&Item
id=141> &task=view&id=4399&Itemid=141 

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We have a winner: British Columbia's carbon tax woos sceptics 

British Columbia has shown the rest of Canada, a country with high carbon
emissions per head, that a carbon tax can achieve multiple benefits at
minimal cost. The carbon tax has been good for the environment, good for
taxpayers and it hasn't hurt the economy.

http://www.economist.com/node/18989175

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Quebec drives a wedge into national energy plan

Quebec is pledging its opposition to a national plan, while Ontario and
Alberta openly bicker about endorsing the oil sands as a sustainable
supplier of energy.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-r
esources/quebec-drives-a-wedge-into-national-energy-plan/article2105580/

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Quebec to beat California in setting up first carbon market in North America

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/979584/quebec_to_beat_califor
nia_in_setting_up_first_carbon_market_in_north_america.html

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Biogas operation one step closer

The operation would see the manure produced from the approximately 175-head
dairy herd put into a large above-ground called a digester. The manure will
be mixed with other unwanted waste material like grease from restaurants.
Bacteria in the mixture works to break down organic matter, and by doing so,
produce methane gas. The methane is then used to run an engine and generator
to produce electricity. At peak times, the operation will produce 250
killowatts per hour of electricity. 

 <http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3219043>
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3219043

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 <http://thelastmountainmovie.com/> The Last Mountain is a new and FANTASTIC
doc film about coal, and mountain top removal in Appalacia. Ontario buys
coal from Central Appalacia, and that likely means mountain top removal. If
we don't get more green energy, then we get more coal and nuclear. That's
our choice.

This film needs to get out into communities across ON and Canada;
pre-Ontario-election would be best. Do you have a good repertory theatre in
your community that might screen this? I can hook you up with the
distributors. They charge $150 per screening. CAPE has offered to help pay
this fee.

Let me know how I can help facilitate this.   -angela at cleanairalliance.org

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<http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3165&SiteNodeID=2
73&BL_ExpandID=> OSEA FIT Webinar Series: Discussing the Future of the
Feed-in Tariff program and solar power development in Ontario (Aug 5)

<http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3153&SiteNodeID=2
73&BL_ExpandID=> Special OSEA Interview Series: A political outlook on the
future of renewable energy and conservation in Ontario 

(Aug 2, Brad Duguid, Liberal; Aug 4, Peter Tabuns, NDP; Aug. 9, Mike
Schreiner, Green Party, TBA John Yakabuski, PC)

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The Toronto Hiroshima Day Coalition presents the 66th Commemoration of the
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

Faith and Abolition: No Nuclear Weapons, No Nuclear Power

Sat. August 6th , 6:30 p.m. (Origami and lantern making for kids and
families at 5 p.m.)

Church of the Holy Trinity (10 Trinity Square, behind the Eaton Centre, near
Queen and Bay), Toronto

Angela Bischoff, OCAA - one of several speakers

Performances by Yakudo Japanese Drummers, Common Thread Choir, Raging
Grannies, Flutist Ron Korb.

This year's interfaith commemoration will address the nuclear disaster
continuing to unfold in Fukushima, Japan, connecting our growing concern
about nuclear power and its relationship to nuclear weapons proliferation.

Survivors Artwork Exhibit

August 2-5, North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto

Exhibition of photographs and paintings by Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb
survivors. 

For further information: Anton Wagner, awagner at yorku.ca

And in Ottawa:

Sat. Aug 6, Quaker Meeting House, 91A Fourth Ave.

4 p.m. screening of the documentary Film The Strangest Dream, followed by
potluck

6:30 lantern making followed by speeches, songs and then a procession to the
pond to float the lanterns at dusk.   Our special guest speaker this year
will be Japanese Ambassador Ishikawa.  Other speakers include, Dr. Jason
Bailey and MPP, Yasir Naqvi. 

This event is hosted by Physicians for Global Survival, Project Ploughshares
and the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers )

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Say NO to Nuclear Cost Overruns

Send a letter now to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Conservative Leader Tim
Hudak and ask them for assurances that SNC Lavalin - or any other nuclear
provider - not be allowed to pass its cost overruns onto taxpayers and
ratepayers. It's your money - make your voice heard now before new nuclear
contracts are signed. http://www.cleanairalliance.org/aecl 

Let's Stop Burning Coal Now

Send a letter now to Environment Minister John Wilkinson and provincial
party leaders calling for a ban on coal-fired electricity exports.
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/wilkinson_letter 

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

Order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets 

They contain postcards to politicians. Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance.

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

OCAA's Provincial Election Questionnaire is In

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/997 

Thank you for helping get the word out!

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

160 John St., #300

Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

angela at cleanairalliance.org

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