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Scientists say New Brunswick’s plutonium plan is undermining the global nuclear weapons non-proliferation regime
US experts are raising the alarm about the Moltex plans to extract plutonium at Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy. Read the new article published by the NB Media Co-op, here.
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US Experts to Trudeau: Your Nuclear Dream May Turn Nightmare
RAVEN researcher Susan O’Donnell, a member of CRED-NB, was interviewed in an article published today by The Tyee. The story was prompted after nine US experts sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau about the nuclear weapons proliferation implications of the federal government’s support for the Moltex project in New Brunswick. You can read it…
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Key points for the federal radioactive waste policy
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…
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Peskotomuhkati chief unhappy about nuclear reactor testing on his traditional territory
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…
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Donations to CRED-NB now eligible for a tax credit!
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.
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Canada’s Fatal Fission Attraction
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.
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Hampton High students support Wolastoq Grand Council resolution against nuclear development
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…
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Summer job for youth in Fredericton with Sierra Club
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:
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Videos: The Bay of Fundy, natural wonder or nuclear industry test site?
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.
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Premier Higgs, is he a leader or a nuclear gambler?
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.
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