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Why is the federal government funding new nuclear power reactors?
Today, the government made its first SMR funding announcement: $20 million from ISED’s Strategic Innovation Fund for the company Terrestrial Energy to develop its prototype SMR in Ontario. Anyone interested in evidence-based policy is wondering: Why are they doing this? There is no evidence that nuclear power will achieve carbon reduction targets, while there is…
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Invitation to webinar: Debunking the myths around Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)
The New Brunswick government and NB Power are supporting the development of two new nuclear reactors on the Bay of Fundy at Point Lepreau. Join a webinar to learn from international experts about the risks of the new reactors, information missing from the NB Power website. Day: Wednesday, October 21 Time: 3pm Atlantic | 2pm…
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Throne speech signals Canada’s support for new nuclear reactors, opposition builds in New Brunswick
Climate Action Rally in Fredericton at the office of the premier, Sept. 25, 2020. Read the NB Media Co-op story here. For more than a year, renewable energy and anti-nuclear activists in New Brunswick and across the country have watched nuclear industry lobbyists re-position their product as the solution to the climate crisis. Indeed, days…
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Climate Action rally in Fredericton: Don’t Nuke Our Future!
Read the NB Media Co-op story about the rally, here. New Brunswick residents want climate action and a nuclear-free renewable energy future. CRED-NB member Extinction Rebellion New Brunswick (XR NB) organized a rally Sept. 25, the Global Day of Climate Action, outside the office of the premier of New Brunswick. The message to our political…
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Wind And Solar Energy Are The Future, Not Nuclear Power
Amit Virmani, CEO of Naveco Energy in New Brunswick, recently wrote an article in Huddle explaining why wind and solar, not nuclear, are the energy sources we need to be developing now. You can read his story here. He discusses why wind and solar energy are clean, affordable, efficient, quicker to build, less risky overall,…
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No business case for new nuclear reactors in New Brunswick
Nuclear energy is more expensive than renewable energy, writes M. V. Ramana, Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia. New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs has endorsed so-called “small modular nuclear reactors” or…
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Keep science fiction (SMRs) out of the Throne Speech
On Wednesday afternoon, the federal minority government will deliver its “throne speech,” outlining its plan of action for the next session of parliament. The Throne Speech should not be science fiction: Keep Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) out! In his September 19th CBC interview, Minister of Natural Reources Seamus O’Regan broadly hinted that small modular reactors might…
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Who should lead Canada’s consultation on federal radioactive waste policy?
Today Susan O’Donnell from the RAVEN project and Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, published an article in the Hill Times, making the case for a multi-departmental committee of federal cabinet to oversee radioactive waste in Canada. You can read their article here: Edwards-ODonnell-Hill Times Sept 21 2020.
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Sign this federal petition for a nuclear-free future
This federal e-petition will be tabled by a liberal member of Parliament when it gets 500 signatures. Click on the petition and please sign if you agree with it. https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-2849
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Two new nuclear reactors for NB with no adequate policy on radioactive waste in place
PC leader Blaine Higgs says federal funding to build two new nuclear reactors in New Brunswick is confirmed and will be announced after the election. The province and NB Power have already given $10 million to start the development of the nuclear projects. Liberal leader Kevin Vickers is also supporting the plans to build the…
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