The Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) is fighting for a renewable energy future without fossil fuels or nuclear energy on our electricity grid.
New Brunswick is the only province outside Ontario with an operating nuclear power reactor, NB Power’s Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station on the Bay of Fundy. The Peskotomuhkati Nation never consented to having a nuclear plant on their homeland. Both the original build and re-build went over budget and currently make up most of NB Power’s unsustainable debt. The nuclear plant is a financial disaster for New Brunswick’s ratepayers and taxpayers, yet the province wants to build another reactor. CRED-NB actively opposes this and works with allies across Canada also fighting the powerful nuclear industry.
CRED-NB Actions
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Environment Minister to decide fate of impact assessment for ‘first of its kind’ nuclear reactor in New Brunswick
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Handout: SMRs are Dirty, Dangerous Distractions
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CRED-NB responds to SMR plan in Saskatchewan
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Experimental nuclear reactors DO need an impact assessment: CRED-NB files request with federal environment minister
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Public trust in nuclear regulator eroded: CNSC grants 10-year licence to operate nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy
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Parliamentary committee studies SMRs
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Report: The Point Lepreau Nuclear Reactor Licence Renewal Hearings
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Climate Change Concerns Breezed Over on Final Day of Nuclear Licensing Hearing for Lepreau
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Trust, safety and public engagement central to day two of nuclear licensing hearing for Lepreau nuclear plant
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CRED-NB supports Indigenous requests for a shorter licence for New Brunswick’s Lepreau nuclear plant
Read post: CRED-NB supports Indigenous requests for a shorter licence for New Brunswick’s Lepreau nuclear plant
Other Actions
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Indigenous groups challenge New Brunswick’s costly radioactive waste legacy
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Canada Can Hit 100% Zero-Emission Electricity by 2035 Without Nuclear, CCS, Report Finds
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Public hearing calls attention to the threat of nuclear energy in New Brunswick
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Lepreau nuclear reactor emits high levels of radioactivity, increasing cancer risk
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SMRs debated on CBC’s The Current
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Ed Lyman CBC interview on SMRs
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Troublemaking: more questions about plutonium funding for New Brunswick and nuclear weapons proliferation
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Public interest groups release a policy for Canada to manage radioactive waste for the public good
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Gordon Edwards CBC interview on SMRs
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CNIC Statement: 11 years since the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident
Read post: CNIC Statement: 11 years since the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident