Public trust eroded: Longer 10-year licence for Lepreau nuclear reactor reduces Indigenous and community input
Groups participating in the recent hearing to extend the operating licence of the Lepreau nuclear reactor on the Bay of ...
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Indigenous groups challenge New Brunswick’s costly radioactive waste legacy
The recent re-licencing hearing for New Brunswick's Point Lepreau nuclear reactor highlighted the difficulty and cost of managing the province's long-lived legacy of radioactive waste. Most ...
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 ...
Troublemaking: more questions about plutonium funding for New Brunswick and nuclear weapons proliferation
The threat of nuclear weapons being deployed by Vladimir Putin, and the potential weaponization of nuclear power plants in Ukraine, ...
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Fossil and nuclear energy regimes threaten global security
Vladimir Putin’s terror campaign against Ukraine has pulled back the curtain on the tightly integrated, brittle, and destructive energy regime ...
New Brunswick’s offshore wind energy resources could replace our coal and nuclear energy
NB Power must close its Belledune coal energy plant by 2030. The utility is betting that new nuclear reactors (SMRs) will ...
Option B for Point Lepreau: Alternatives to more nuclear reactors in New Brunswick
Many people and groups want NB Power and the provincial government to plan a nuclear-free renewable energy future in the ...
New nuclear plants (SMRs) in New Brunswick: Wild card or sure bet?
While the world is turning overwhelmingly toward renewable sources of energy, currently about four times cheaper than new nuclear plants ...
Uranium and nuclear energy in New Brunswick and beyond [video]
We have many choices in New Brunswick for generating the energy we need now and in the future. All our ...
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