What Canada’s nuclear waste plan means for New Brunswick
Canada is advancing plans for a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) to store the country’s used nuclear fuel. In early 2026, ...
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On the road with radioactive waste: Canada’s roads are not safe
Canada is decommissioning a nuclear power plant for the first time, marking a new chapter in the country’s nuclear history. ...
Mount Allison students point to potential climate and health effects of proposed Tantramar gas plant
The booming voice of an American news anchor echoed inside the Mount Allison University Chapel on Sunday as fifth year ...
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Radioactivity and nuclear waste under scrutiny in Peskotomuhkati homeland [video]
Nuclear energy in New Brunswick was the focus of a recent public meeting in Fredericton, hosted by the NB Media ...
Free, prior, and informed consent: The heart of truth and reconciliation
As we honour Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30, Canada marks 15 years since it formally endorsed the United ...
A second CANDU reactor for Point Lepreau?
Over the summer, Premier Susan Holt mused to journalists about building a second CANDU reactor at the Point Lepreau nuclear ...
Fuel for thought: what Gentilly-1 teaches us about nuclear power
Canada is decommissioning its first nuclear power reactor: Gentilly-1 in Quebec. This is a decades-long, multi-million-dollar process that will set ...
Forever dangerous: New video outlines Indigenous Nations’ positions on nuclear energy and waste
A 10-minute video titled Askomiw Ksanaqak (Forever Dangerous): Indigenous Nations Resist Nuclear Colonialism was released on Nov. 29 as part of a study ...
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. ...
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 ...
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