Author: CREDNB

CRED-NB has been working with Nuclear Waste Watch and a national committee of civil society groups. We have ID’d key points we want to see in the new federal policy:

• No importing of radioactive waste from other countries
  
• No plutonium extraction (reprocessing or pyro-processing) of radioactive fuel waste
  
• Canada needs an independent agency, arms-length from government and industry, to oversee radioactive waste management and decommissioning
  
• Radioactive waste should NOT be abandoned; policy should direct perpetual care and monitoring
  
• Government and industry must be open and transparent in the management of radioactive waste and its transportation
  
• Indigenous peoples and all Canadians have a right to access information, to engage in decision-making, and to know the risks

The APTN published a story this week about the nuclear projects planned for Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy.

In the article, Chief Hugh Akagi “says he hasn’t been formally consulted – but has been to a presentations put on by NB Power about the SMR project. He says he is unlikely he’ll ever give it his support.”

“Until I can have an assurance that the impact on the future is zero,” says Akagi, “I don’t want to 100 years, 200 years is still seven generations. I want zero impact.”

You can read the full APTN article HERE.

Our core Coalition member, the Sierra Club Canada Foundation Atlantic Chapter, is a registered charity. They are part of our Coalition’s campaign to stop the development of SMRs (SMNRs) in New Brunswick. Click HERE to find out more about donating to CRED-NB and receiving a tax credit.

The Energy Mix published an excellent feature by Paul McKay, a long-time anti-nuclear activist who has researched the history of design problems with CANDU reactors. Did you know that the US will not permit CANDU reactors in their country because of a particular design flaw?

You can read the article HERE.

The Climate Action Team at Hampton High School (HHS) are not only activists but also allies to Indigenous peoples. Today in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, MLA Megan Mitton (Green Party, Memramcook-Tantramar) tabled a petition from HHS students in support of the Wolastoq Grand Council resolution against nuclear energy development and nuclear waste.

Read the story HERE, in the NB Media Co-op.

CRED-NB core member the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, Atlantic Chapter, is hiring!

Of the four positions open for the Community Climate Change Outreach Coordinator/Communications, one is located in Fredericton.

Check out the job posting here:

CRED-NB co-hosted two panel presentations about the proposed nuclear projects this week, drawing hundreds of attendees from New Brunswick, across Canada and the US and Europe.

Videos of both presentations were published today by the NB Media Co-op. Access them here.

CRED-NB core members Sam Arnold (Sustainable Energy Group) and Ann McAllister (Council of Canadians Saint John) published a commentary in the NB Media Co-op arguing that Premier Higgs’ support of new nuclear development is neither progressive nor wise. Premier Higgs, is he a leader or nuclear gambler? You can read it here.

The Climate Action Team in Hampton High School, New Brunswick, is gathering signatures for a petition that supports the Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution against nuclear energy and nuclear waste at Point Lepreau.

The students are asking for your help to gather signatures for the petition. They will need to be received by New Brunswick MLA Megan Mitton in hard copy by May 14th at the latest, preferably by May 11th. You can download the petition here.

Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin (Green Party) has made several statements about the need to focus on renewable energy end the federal government’s plans to fund new nuclear infrastructure, which will only delay climate action.

On April 14, Atwin hosted a roundtable to discuss nuclear issues with CRED-NB member Susan O’Donnell (RAVEN project) and Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

You can watch the recording here:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=934857067289154