Category Archives: Nuclear Safety

(March 13, 1998) Ottawa – March 13, 1998 – The federal panel studying the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste and the safety and acceptability of Atomic Energy of Canada’s concept to bury nuclear waste deep within the rock of the Canadian Shield has recommended a step-by-step approach to managing nuclear wastes. Continue reading →

(March 1, 1998) In a 1978 joint statement, the governments of Canada and Ontario directed Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to develop the concept of deep geological disposal of nuclear fuel wastes. A subsequent joint statement in 1981 established that disposal site selection would not begin until after a full federal public hearing and approval of the concept by both governments. Continue reading →

(December 3, 1997) On the blustery shore of Lake Ontario, in Canada’s most heavily populated region, four aging nuclear reactors bedeviled by leaks, failures and operators who sometimes drank beer or smoked marijuana on the job are being shut down because they cannot be safely run by one of the largest utility companies in North America. Continue reading →

(October 20, 1997) Mr Conway: But certaintly it is your view that this current and longstanding difficulty, malaise and worse at Ontario Hydro has not been helped by the fact it has been a monopoly, correct, in your view? Continue reading →

(October 20, 1997) The Chair (Mr Derwyn Shea): We are prepared to carry on now in public session. I’d like to welcome the deputants, the witnesses for this afternoon and for this evening. For the record, to remind us, this committee has been in session since 2 pm. It is now almost 5:15 pm. It has been in private session on briefings and it is now prepared to return to the witness schedule. Continue reading →

(August 17, 1997) I am writing on behalf of Energy Probe concerning the “Parallex Project”, which involves the fabrication of weapons-grade plutonium into reactor fuel (“MOX”) at Los Alamos, and transport of said fuel to Chalk River, Ontario, for testing in an experimental reactor. We understand that the “test burn” is a precursor for the possible eventual large-scale importation of plutonium MOX fuel for use in CANDU nuclear reactors over a period of two or three decades. In particular, we refer to the preliminary Environmental Assessment prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy on the Parallex Project. Continue reading →

(June 9, 1997) As in most of his writing, and on his Web page, Jeremy Whitlock’s letter (June 4) is a mixed bag: a handful of quasi-religious nuclear-industry “perspective” and a pinch of downright falsehood. Continue reading →

(January 14, 1997) Letter to Bill Clinton signed by 171 international organizations and individuals. Continue reading →