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Climate Change Concerns Breezed Over on Final Day of Nuclear Licensing Hearing for Lepreau
* This is the third in a series of blogs by CELA and CRED-NB live from the hearing room, as we share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. You can find our blog from Day 1 and 2 here, SAINT JOHN, NB – Climate change concerns have repeatedly been raised by public intervenors since day…
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Trust, safety and public engagement central to day two of nuclear licensing hearing for Lepreau nuclear plant
This is the second in a series of blogs by CELA and CRED-NB live from the hearing room, as we share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. You can find our blog from Day 1 here. SAINT JOHN, NB – Today marks the second day of the hearing for NB Power’s application for…
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CRED-NB supports Indigenous requests for a shorter licence for New Brunswick’s Lepreau nuclear plant
Coalition for Responsible Energy Development – New Brunswick (CRED-NB) For immediate release – May 10, 2022 Today, two Indigenous organizations intervened in the hearing to renew the licence for the nuclear plant on the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. The Passamaquoddy Recognition Group and Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. both asked for the Canadian Nuclear Safety…
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Hearing For ‘First Ever’ 25-Year Nuclear Power Plant Licence Commences in Saint John
SAINT JOHN, NB – Canada’s nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, has commenced its three day public hearing of public utility NB Power’s request for a 25-year renewal to its operating licence for its nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy. The Point Lepreau nuclear power plant, owned and operated by NB Power, is…
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Lepreau nuclear reactor emits high levels of radioactivity, increasing cancer risk
Levels of tritium, a carcinogen, emitted by the NB Power Lepreau nuclear reactor are higher than any other reactor in Canada and possibly the world. This alarming information is included in a brief by Dr. Ian Fairlie for the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group. The article by Dr. Fairlie was published by the NB Media Co-op, HERE.
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Update: A 25-year nuclear licence for NB Power? CRED-NB and CELA intervene
NB Power’s Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station on the Bay of Fundy is the only nuclear plant in the Maritimes. NB Power’s 5-year licence to operate the nuclear reactor on the site will expire in June 2022. They asked for a 25-year licence extension. The decision will be made by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission…
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SMRs debated on CBC’s The Current
CRED-NB’s Susan O’Donnell with the RAVEN project at UNB and the Environment & Society Program at St. Thomas University took part in a CBC radio debate this week on The Current. She was up against John Gorman of the lobby group, the Canadian Nuclear Association. You can listen to the 20-minute segment HERE.
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Errors in federal Clean Electricity Standard discussion paper
Environment and Climate Change Canada prepared a discussion paper for feedback on the Clean Electricity Standard. The document contained several significant errors related to so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs/SMNRs). Notably the information suggested that SMRs are technically advanced when in reality they are powerpoint designs. CRED-NB submitted a clarification, which you can read HERE.
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Ed Lyman CBC interview on SMRs
The CBC Fredericton Information Morning radio show interviewed Dr. Ed Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, DC on April 12, 2022. The link to the CBC interview recording is HERE. Here’s the transcript. CBCWell, worried about keeping your home warm and the lights on and a net zero future? No need to panic say…
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Federal Budget Funding for New Nuclear Reactors a ‘Climate Throwaway’
Toronto (April 11 2022) – The 2022 federal budget’s investment in unproven nuclear reactor designs, dubbed Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), is being called a “climate throwaway” by civil society groups. Just days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its starkest report yet urging aggressive climate action, the federal government is choosing to invest in yet-to-be…
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