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Category Archives: Safety
SHOULD THE NDP APOLOGIZE…?
The northern-based Committee for Future Generations recently wrote all NDP MLAs and candidates asking for support for legislation banning nuclear wastes in Saskatchewan. (This is quite close to NDP policy). They gave compelling information about the steady, worldwide shift towards … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power, R-Town News, Safety, Sustainability
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NORTHERN COMMUNITIES DISCUSS NUCLEAR WASTE
NOTE: The following was published in the Meadow Lake Progress on June 10. By Mark Melnychuk Both the benefits and risks of storing nuclear waste were up for discussion at an open forum in Beauval. The Northern Forum for Truth … Continue reading
HEALTH AND TRUST: HARD LESSONS FROM CHERNOBYL AND FUKUSHIMA
Health has barely made it into the federal election. But it and the related issue of “trust” are at the top of our concerns. There’s been some talk about increasing healthcare costs but nothing about protecting environmental and human health. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ecology, Health, Human Impact, Nuclear Power, Safety
Tagged culture, government policy, natural disaster, sustainability
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A NUCLEAR WASTE BAN: CAN WE TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS?
The FSIN taking $1,000,000 from the industry-based Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has put nuclear waste back in the news. And apparently the Métis Nation has also taken hundreds of thousands of NWMO money. What does it mean that both … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Nuclear Power, Safety
Tagged ecology, government policy, Nuclear Waste, sustainability
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WHY A NUCLEAR WASTE BAN IS NEEDED IN SASKATCHEWAN
The threat from a nuclear dump would be gigantic. To transport the 1.8 million spent fuel bundles totaling 40,000 tonnes that had accumulated in eastern Canada by 2004 would require thousands of truckloads over several decades. And the industry estimates … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Human Impact, Nuclear Power, Safety
Tagged ecology, government policy, Nuclear Waste
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THE NORTH DESERVES BETTER, Part 2
Last time I looked at how the North Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Committee (NSEQC) is too close to industry to have any significant influence on protecting the North. Here I look at how the Athabasca Working Group (AWG) environmental monitoring program … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Human Impact, Nuclear Power, Safety
Tagged ecology, government policy, Nuclear Waste, sustainability
URANIUM INDUSTRY SELF-PROMOTES: NORTH REMAINS “AMONG POOREST”
The uranium industry recently held their “3rd International Conference on Uranium”. While company executives and technical people engaged in expensive self-promotion, the Conference Board of Canada released a study showing that, in spite of the “uranium boom”, Northern Saskatchewan remains … Continue reading
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Tagged government policy, Nuclear Waste, sustainability
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Can We Trust The Nuclear Regulators ?
The nuclear industry has long tried to justify its expansion by promising that a solution to nuclear wastes is in the works. The panacea, we are now told, will be geological disposal. But the public has become more skeptical of … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power, Safety
Tagged government policy, Nuclear Waste, Regulators
