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CRED-NB at the Not-the-nuclear-lobby in Ottawa
CRED-NB is one of 17 groups involved in a lobby on Parliament Hill with awareness-raising events for the public in Ottawa, starting on April 29. This will be our group’s second time on the Hill and we’re looking forward to it. Here’s the public events schedule: https://stop-smrs.weebly.com/not-nuclear.html One of the Ottawa events is a webinar…
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We the Nuclear Free North petition – sign by May 3
Our friends in Northern Ontario are asking allies across Canada to sign their Parliamentary petition that closes on May 4. Their petition page with the link to sign is HERE. The petition calls upon the Government of Canada to require the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (of which NB Power is a member) to demonstrate that…
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Atlantic environmental groups ask for sustainable, affordable, and healthy energy system
CRED-NB is one of 28 organizations signatory to a letter to the Atlantic premiers and the Prime Minister today (April 10) asking for action to ensure a healthy energy system. The letter says it’s time for Atlantic Canada to halt new LNG, shale, and fossil fuel projects and put the well-being of our people and…
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Selling NB Power again?
In 2010, the New Brunswick government tried to sell NB Power. Then, it tried to sell “just” the hydro-electric power facilities and the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (PLNGS). The ensuing public outcry forced the government to back down. This year, the PLNGS is again for sale as well as all of the wind power…
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Waste: To burn or not to burn?
CRED-NB is one of 40 groups across Canada signatory to a Call to Action issued today against burning waste. We must stop burning things to produce energy! From the media release: While Canada is set to host the next round of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations April 23-29, Canadian groups are raising an alarm about…
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Nuclear dinosaurs roam New Brunswick and Ontario
‘Nuclear Dinosaurs’ Roam New Brunswick, Ontario as ‘Jurassic’ Partnership Looms. The Energy Mix published an article by CRED-NB core member Susan O’Donnell and Mark Winfield from York University about the looming partnership between NB Power and Ontario Power Generation to jointly operate the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor. “Each is stuck in the past, the only…
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Climate groups reject nuclear power
Today, CRED-NB was one of 130 groups in Canada and 600 plus groups internationally that signed a statement launched at the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. The groups say that new nuclear power is too slow to tackle the climate emergency, nuclear power is much more expensive than renewables, and nuclear power is dangerous. Read…
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Article in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
One of the proposed small reactors for New Brunswick plans to reprocess (extract the plutonium from) the used nuclear fuel from the Point Lepreau reactor to make new reactor fuel. CRED-NB core member Susan O’Donnell co-wrote an article with Gordon Edwards about the history of reprocessing in Canada leading up to the Moltex project in…
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Nova Scotia announces legislation for 2030 Clean Power Plan
On February 27, Nova Scotia announced legislation to start the implementation of their 2030 Clean Power Plan. The goal of the plan is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity by 90% while providing reliable affordable power to Nova Scotians. How? Similar to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia plans to phase out coal-fired electricity. However, instead…
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Radioactive demolition
CRED-NB is a member of the SMR Information Task force that publishes regular bulletins send to federal and provincial legislators. This month the topic is radioactive small modular reactors. Every nuclear reactor, large or small, runs on neutrons. The core of the reactor is swarming with these subatomic projectiles. Each time a neutron splits a…
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