Author: CREDNB

CRED-NB Champion group the CEDAR project at St. Thomas University has been studying small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for years. CEDAR researchers Susan O’Donnell and M.V. Ramana are finishing up a report on SMRs in Canada. On March 18 at 2 PM Atlantic, they will discuss their research at a webinar hosted by Nuclear Transparency Watch in Paris. Everyone welcome, more info and registration link HERE.

Several groups in Alberta have organized a webinar to educate Albertans and all Canadians about what the nuclear industry isn’t telling us. Hosted by
Keepers of the Water and Peace River Environment Society, Presented by
REAC (High Prairie Regional Environmental Action Committee). The webinar will be livestreamed from the Keepers of the Water Facebook page on March 10 at 1 PM MT, 4 PM Atlantic, HERE.

Several CRED-NB members joined the more than 120 scientists and academics from all four universities in New Brunswick (Université de Moncton, University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University, Mount Allison University) signed a letter to Susan Holt, asking the Premier to intervene and stop NB Power’s proposal to build a fossil gas plant in Tantramar. The letter was published in the Telegraph Journal, Acadie Nouvelle and the NB Media Co-op. Read the letter HERE.

On Wednesday January 14 the Tantramar Climate Change Advisory Committee organized an public information session on the gas-fire power plant proposed by with NB Power. The session included a presentation by Brad Coady of NB Power followed several pointed questions. The questions included topics such as the potential impact on the environment and residents, why better options are not being pursued, and whether there is a need for such a plant.

Mira Dietz Chiasson, a Tantramar resident, wrote an open letter to Susan Holt about the event. See her letter at the NB Media Coop: We can do better: Cancel the Tantramar gas plant now and replace it with battery storage systems.

A House of Commons committee is currently studying the management of Canada’s nuclear laboratories at Chalk River. The nuclear research site is run by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL).

Under a new contract signed at the end of 2025, CNL is managed by a consortium of U.S. companies with ties to the weapons industry. CRED-NB outlined our concerns in a brief filed today with the Parliamentary committee. Read it HERE.

NB Power and nuclear industry partners want to build a radioactive waste pit in Northwestern Ontario. But they are hiding the risks of transporting the waste more than 2,900 km from Point Lepreau through communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

Current plans envision more than 2,100 transport packages of New Brunswick’s used nuclear fuel travelling approximately 2,900 kilometres, through public roads in the province and across Canada, over a period of 10 to 15 years.

Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO, including NB Power) – filed their official project plan but did NOT include the 2,900 km drive from Point Lepreau. Why? To stop the public from raising concerns about it.

Learn more and take action HERE.

CRED-NB and three other groups in the province, along with 70 other groups across Canada signed a letter sent Dec. 16 to Prime Minister Carney and two federal cabinet ministers asking them to oversee the nuclear industry’s proposal for radioactive waste burial in Northwestern Ontario.

NB Power is a member of the industry’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) proposing the project, opposed by the Chiefs in Assembly of Treaty 3, Nishnawbi Aski Nation, Anishnabek Nation and the Chiefs of Ontario.

The letter raises particular concern with the NWMO plan to exclude the transport of radioactive waste (including across roads in New Brunswick) from the Impact Assessment of the project. Read the letter HERE.

A new Atlantic Economic Panel was announced, a “private-sector-led initiative established to catalyze economic transformation in Atlantic Canada.” The announcement makes no mention of how the economy is expected to flourish without considering the impact that greenhouse gas-emitting projects will have on the climate and the natural world.

CRED-NB core member Sam Arnold of the Sustainable Energy Group – Carleton published a critical commentary in the NB Media Co-op, HERE. His commentary points out that an environmental expert is needed. Business and environmental experts must work in concert to safeguard a sustainable economic future for present and future generations – and for nature.

As the urgency to transition to low-carbon energy grows, Pabineau First Nation is emerging as a key player in Indigenous-led climate action and renewable energy development. The Mi’kmaq community in northern New Brunswick near Bathurst is demonstrating how renewable energy can support both climate goals and economic reconciliation.

Read the new article co-written by Chief Terry Richardson and CRED-NB Champion Emma Fackenthall: “Pabineau First Nation’s path toward economic reconciliation and climate justice through wind energy,” published by the NB Media Co-op, HERE.

Canada is decommissioning a nuclear power plant for the first time, marking a new chapter in the country’s nuclear history. The decommissioning of Gentilly-1 in Bécancour, Quebec — on the St. Lawrence River in Wabanaki territory — is a milestone in the country’s reckoning with its radioactive legacy, setting a precedent that will influence how future projects are approached across Canada.

Decisions and actions for this project will shape the expectations, policies, and protections in place when it comes time to decommission Point Lepreau. Read the full story in the NB Media Co-op by CRED-NB champion Mayara Gonçalves e Lima, HERE.