Category Archives: Nuclear Safety

(July 11, 2002) Ontario Power Generation is negotiating a deal to privatize safety analysis at its nuclear reactors. “We are in negotiations with a company called NNC related to potential business opportunities,” Ontario Power spokesman John Earl said yesterday. “it basically is in regard to a group in OPG that does safety analysis work.” Continue reading →

(June 28, 2002) Experts in nuclear weapons recognize that by far the most difficult step in building a bomb like the one that destroyed Hiroshima is acquiring sufficient weapons-grade material. Continue reading →

(April 11, 2002) We are writing to request that the Environmental Assessments for the Port Hope and Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Projects be referred to a review panel, according to Section 28(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. We believe that a single review panel to hear both Assessments may be preferable, on balance, to two separate panels. Continue reading →

(April 11, 2002) Dear Madam, This submission is made with respect to the above-noted request for public comments on the Draft Scope of the Environmental Assessment for the Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project on behalf of Lake Ontario Keeper and Energy Probe. Continue reading →

(April 10, 2002) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has a “black spot” on its safety record after four workers were exposed to radiation from plutonium dust in 1999. Continue reading →

(February 26, 2002) Norm Rubin, a professional in the field of nuclear energy, has been invited by Port Hope’s Nuclear Environmental Watchdogs to talk to the community Wednesday night about his values and principles and how they relate to Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) Continue reading →

(February 6, 2002) If nuclear power’s expansion awaits only a repository for its waste, an assumption repeatedly expressed in this article, then we would expect to find that waste problems caused nuclear power’s failure to provide economically priced electricity while paying back its original investment. Continue reading →

(November 16, 2001) This document summarises significant developments for the period of October 2 to October 30, 2001. Continue reading →

(November 15, 2001) Next week the feds vote to give the nuclear industry control over chucking its own waste. Bad idea. They’re aiming to bury the junk in the Canadian Shield. Eco types say we’ll pay the price for centuries to come. Continue reading →