New study highlights Indigenous nations’ opposition to nuclear projects
The global nuclear industry has been in decline for almost three decades. Almost every year, more reactors shut down than start up. ...
Tag: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Will New Brunswick choose a ‘small, modular’ nuclear reactor that’s not small at all (among other problems)?
NB Power seems determined to build at least two experimental reactors at the Point Lepreau nuclear site, but their chosen ...
Chief Akagi requests public hearing to review any new governance arrangement for the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor on Peskotomuhkati homeland
On May 15, New Brunswick’s Energy Development Minister Mike Holland tabled the first reading of a bill to change the ...
Peskotomuhkati Chief denounces Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s public hearing process as a ‘feel good exercise’
During the early afternoon of May 10, 2022, Chief Hugh Akagi of the Peskotomuhkati Nation took the stand at a ...
Public hearing calls attention to the threat of nuclear energy in New Brunswick. Passamaquoddy Nation responds.
On Tuesday, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) held a public hearing in Saint John to discuss and hear interventions ...
New Brunswick’s nuclear reactor emits high levels of radioactivity, increasing cancer risk
New Brunswick Power's Point Lepreau nuclear reactor on the Bay of Fundy emits much higher levels of radioactive tritium than ...
New Brunswick groups want new nuclear projects suspended until feds have a plan for radioactive waste
More than 100 civil society groups across Canada, including nine in New Brunswick, signed a letter this week to the ...
Groups urge Trudeau to fix serious gaps in nuclear safety and governance
Le français suit. Three independent organizations — the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and the Ottawa ...
Who will eat from radioactive kitchenware?
Ottawa – Documents released on Oct. 11 indicate that back in May the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) was alerted ...
Remove radioactive heavy water from Point Lepreau reactor: groups
Two public interest organizations -- the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility -- ...
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