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New Brunswick’s media coverage of small modular nuclear reactors silences Indigenous perspectives
An article by Harrison Dressler in the NB Media Co-op analyzes corporate media coverage of nuclear issues. Dressler found that: “Stories that offered a positive outlook on small modular reactors were published far more frequently than stories critical of the technology. In the former case, Indigenous sources were almost always absent. Indeed, a pro-SMNR coalition…
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Experimental nuclear reactors DO need an impact assessment: CRED-NB files request with federal environment minister
The Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) has sent a formal request to federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to order an impact assessment for a project which could have profound and lasting impacts on the Bay of Fundy and the coastal communities and marine life it supports. For more information about why…
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The elephant in the SMNR room: nuclear waste
Nuclear waste remains the elephant in the room at all nuclear industry events: nobody wants to talk about the toxic radioactive materials created during and after the generation of nuclear power. Read the latest commentary by Kim Reeder in the NB Media Co-op, HERE.
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Public trust in nuclear regulator eroded: CNSC grants 10-year licence to operate nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy
Coalition for Responsible Energy Development – New Brunswick (CRED-NB) Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) For immediate release – June 22, 2022 Public trust in nuclear regulator eroded: CNSC grants 10-year licence to operate nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy ROTHESAY, NB – The Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) and the…
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Peskotomuhkati Chief denounces Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s public hearing process as a ‘feel good exercise’
Chief Hugh Akagi is interviewed in this new article by Harrison Dressler published by the NB Media Co-op, HERE. A quote from the Chief about the recent CNSC hearing: “Historically, “they have bought compliance. We almost never hear words like justice in that room because that’s not part of the agenda. It’s so easy for…
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Indigenous groups challenge New Brunswick’s costly radioactive waste legacy
The recent re-licencing hearing for New Brunswick’s Point Lepreau nuclear reactor highlighted the difficulty and cost of managing the province’s long-lived legacy of radioactive waste. During the re-licencing hearing for Point Lepreau, a main focus of the Peskotomuhkati Nation’s intervention reflected their concerns about the lack of adequate planning for the toxic decommissioning waste. Read the article by Kim Reeder and…
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Parliamentary committee studies SMRs
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research this week began its study of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The committee’s study page is HERE. The first day of witness testimony was on June 2. The webcast recording is on the website along with the list of witnesses on that date, which included…
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Canada Can Hit 100% Zero-Emission Electricity by 2035 Without Nuclear, CCS, Report Finds
The David Suzuki Foundation released a report demonstrating that net-zero by 2035 is possible without nuclear energy or carbon capture technology. The Energy Mix has the story, HERE. The report download page is HERE. Now we need a similar report for New Brunswick but our public utility NB Power is sleepwalking in a nuclear dream…
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Report: The Point Lepreau Nuclear Reactor Licence Renewal Hearings
by Gail Wylie, lead for the CRED-NB intervention to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) So now we wait… Will the Lepreau nuclear reactor licence renewal be for 5 years (same as current), 10 years (one precedent recently), 20 years (recommended by CNSC staff), or 25 years (requested by NB Power?) The current licence ends…
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Public hearing calls attention to the threat of nuclear energy in New Brunswick
Harrison Dressler at the UNB Human Environments Workshop and the RAVEN project writes about key interventions at the recent hearings for the renewal of NB Power’s licence to operate the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor, including the presentation by CRED-NB and CELA. You can read the article published by the NB Media Co-op HERE.
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