Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power

Elizabeth May reports on the tabling of a China Agreement in the house on September 26th, 2012.  It was slipped through when no one was there to notice and will have no debate in the house.  Among other features she reports: “The nuclear deal is a cover for our sales of uranium to China.  [no doubt this is to supply the many new nuclear power plants they are building.]  Under the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, no country is to sell nuclear materials to a country with nuclear weapons unless it can absolutely guarantee a system of verifications and monitoring to ensure uranium for peaceful uses does not end up in nuclear weapons.  The two page deal released September 26, cannot do that.”

CUSJ responds to Federal Environmental Review on Darlington Upgrades  October 15th, 2012

Plan to decomission Gentilly 2 in Quebec.

Report to Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on cleanup processes and costs for Fukushima

Greenpeace:  Lessons from Fukushima and Chernobyl and an update on Nuclear regulation in Canada.

CUSJ signs on to Greenpeace Darlington Declaration:  Renewable, Not Nuclear

Darlington Declaration – Greenpeace           Greenpeace Nuclear Campaign

CUSJ Publishes Discussion Paper on Nuclear Power

Margaret Rao (Right) and Frances Deverell present to Darlington Review Panel

On March 31st, Margaret Rao and Frances Deverell attended the Darlington Review panel and presented our brief.  This brief came out of extension discussions on the listserve, among individuals, and at the board level.  We did not have 100% consensus on the position to take but the majority of the board wanted to take a stand.  At CUSJ we do not require 100% consensus, but we do honour the feelings of the minority.  For this reason, we included the alternative view in our brief, and are presenting sources from both sides of the argument below.  We did not have Mark Lynus’ article in our hands when we wrote the brief and took our position?  Is it a game changer?  Or do the questions of nuclear waste and the damage from mining still hold sway?

Frances Deverell

CUSJ Brief

CUSJ Brief – PDF version - Nuclear Power Brief 2011 03 31 CUSJ

Source Documents

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