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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Promoting “Small” Nuclear Reactors Is Just Another Diversion From Saskatchewan’s High Carbon Emissions
by Jim Harding Premier Moe has announced he will work with Ontario and New Brunswick to bring small nuclear reactors into their energy mix. They claim this is “to mitigate the effects of climate change”. This is not only wishful … Continue reading
TRACING CAMECO’S TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE LEGACY
BY Jim Harding Premier Wall is a committed cheerleader of the uranium industry. He has no shame bragging about the multi-national corporation Cameco making a big uranium sale to India, in spite of India’s refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, R-Town News, Safety, Uranium Mining
Tagged Cameco, nuclear energy, Nuclear Waste, nuclear weapons, sustainability, uranium mining
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WORLD URANIUM SYMPOSIUM: A HUGE WAKEUP CALL FOR SASKATCHEWAN
BY Jim Harding Hundreds gathered in Quebec City April 14-16th for the World Uranium Symposium (WUS). The event occurred while Canada’s First Ministers were gathering to discuss climate change. Two days before 25,000 people demonstrated against the Harper government’s fixation … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes
Tagged depleted uranium, environment, fukushima japan, health, human impact, nuclear power, Nuclear Waste, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, Quebec Uranium Commission, uranium mining
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PANDORA’S PROMISE: MARSHALLING HOPE FOR YET ANOTHER NUCLEAR COMEBACK
BY Jim Harding The Greek God Zeus sent the first woman, Pandora, to Earth where, compelled by curiosity she let evil escape from the jar gifted to her. But the Patriarchs apparently had a covert plan, for at the bottom … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, R-Town News, Renewables, Sustainability
Tagged Integral Fast Reactors, nuclear industry, Nuclear Waste, sustainability
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FUKUSHIMA: THE SASKATCHEWAN CONNECTION
By Jim Harding It’s over two and one-half years since the nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima, Japan and the contamination hasn’t stopped. It is getting so serious that the IAEA, the UN’s nuclear body recently recategorized the situation as a nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Government, Health, Human Impact, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, R-Town News, Safety
Tagged ecology, environment, fukushima japan, health, Nuclear Waste, uranium mining
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“TAKING THE PULSE” ON COMPASSION AND SUSTAINABILITY, Part 2
Does the “Taking the Pulse” survey of attitudes in Saskatchewan confirm the rural-urban split that we may think is reflected in provincial politics? Leader Post writer Murray Mandryk seems to think so, stressing in his weekly column that “Urban and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ecology, Human Impact, Nuclear Power, R-Town News, Sustainability
Tagged culture, ecology, environment, human impact, resource economy, sustainability
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THE LONG-VIEW OF THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN SASKATCHEWAN, Part 2
CCF, Liberal, NDP, Conservative and Sask Party governments all played a role in the nuclear industry getting a foothold in this province. Whether more left or right, all parties held to a post-war development view which could be called “pre-environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Wastes, R-Town News, Sustainability, Uranium Mining
Tagged Churches, government policy, nuclear industry, Nuclear Waste, uranium mining
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THE LONG-VIEW OF THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN SASKATCHEWAN, Part 1
Earlier this summer, I was asked to speak on the nuclear industry at the National Farmer Union’s (NFU) Saskatchewan annual meeting. I have spoken on the pitfalls of nuclear energy so often that I worried I might be redundant. But … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Nuclear Power, R-Town News
Tagged government policy, nuclear industry, Nuclear Waste
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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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MOVING SASKATCHEWAN FORWARD…TO A TOXIC ECONOMY
The Wall government is ramping up for the fall election with the slogan “Moving Saskatchewan Forward!” But is the direction it is taking us really forward at all? The recent announcement of a $10 million deal with GE-Hitachi to research … Continue reading
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Tagged government policy, human impact, Nuclear Waste
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