By Sam Arnold Nuclear power generation (NPG) has declined over the past several decades due to growing costs with aging reactors and the inability to find safe and acceptable locations to permanently store toxic nuclear waste. And yet, despite all the adversity surrounding NPG, advocates continue to trumpet a false need for it, doing so … Continue reading “The ethical dilemma of nuclear power”
Category: Nuclear Energy
Eleven Reasons why Nuclear Power has no Future
By Sam Arnold and Ann McAllister, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) Nuclear power is dirty and dangerous now and for many generations to come. The following eleven reasons make the case for why nuclear has no future. Nuclear power is too slow to help mitigate the climate crisis. Nuclear projects take an … Continue reading “Eleven Reasons why Nuclear Power has no Future”
Brief for the Study of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Standing Committee on Science and Research Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 E-mail: SRSR@parl.gc.ca June 15, 2022 Please accept this brief for the study on SMNRs: We understand that a study on small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs) by the Parliamentary committee is intended to produce a report to justify a … Continue reading “Brief for the Study of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors”
NB Power Licence Renewal Application (Hearing Ref.2022-H-02)
Senior Tribunal Officer, Secretariat Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 280 Slater Street, PO Box 1046, Station B Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5S9 March 14, 2022 Re: Intervention by the Sustainable Energy Group Carleton County for the NB Power Licence Renewal Application (Hearing Ref.2022-H-02) To whom it may concern: We request to intervene in the hearing in the … Continue reading “NB Power Licence Renewal Application (Hearing Ref.2022-H-02)”
The new Nuclear Boondoggle in New Brunswick
The new nuclear boondoggle in New Brunswick The questionable enthusiasm being shown by proponents to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on building not one, but two, small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs) in New Brunswick could well be a boondoggle in the making. The “investment” of $5 million each to ARC Nuclear (an American company) and … Continue reading “The new Nuclear Boondoggle in New Brunswick”