Posts Tagged ‘nuclear waste’

Civil Society Urges Suspension of Decisions Involving Radioactive Waste

Civil Society Urges Suspension of Decisions Involving Radioactive Waste

Version française ci-dessous International body finds Canada’s nuclear waste policy deficient OTTAWA, ON – Over one hundred civil society organizations and prominent scientific experts from across Canada have called on the federal minister of Natural Resources (Hon. Seamus O’Regan) [Read more]

Federal and Provincial Greens Plan Cooperation

Federal and Provincial Greens Plan Cooperation

Nuclear Waste, Ring of Fire, Electricity Costs THUNDER BAY, ON – Cooperation between Canada and Ontario that emphasizes northern issues is the pledge that Green MP Bruce Hyer and GPO leader Mike Schreiner made today. Hyer and Schreiner are working together on a cross jurisdictional plan to [Read more]

Public Interest Groups Issue Open Letter to Gov’t of Ontario RE: Nuclear Waste Burial

Public Interest Groups Issue Open Letter to Gov’t of Ontario RE: Nuclear Waste Burial

From: Northwatch Federal Report is Flawed – Ontario Must Take Action QUEENS PARK, ON  – Calling the federal review report issued last week on a proposal to bury nuclear waste beside Lake Huron “deeply flawed”, one hundred public interest groups have issued an “Open Letter to the [Read more]

First Nations Rally in Pic Mobert Against Nuclear Waste

First Nations Rally in Pic Mobert Against Nuclear Waste

PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION – “Today I had the honour and privilege to speak at a rally with a number of great speakers, leaders and community activists. The message was: NO TO NUCLEAR WASTE in their treaty, traditional lands,” stated Serpent River Chief Isadore Day. “As First Nations, we do [Read more]

NWMO Concludes Studies In Schreiber

NWMO Concludes Studies In Schreiber

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is concluding preliminary assessment work in two communities engaged in learning about Adaptive Phased Management (APM), Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. New geological studies in the vicinity of Creighton, [Read more]

Letter to the Editor: Nuclear Waste in NWO

Letter to the Editor: Nuclear Waste in NWO

The federal government will once again be in direct violation with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It comes as no surprise that the Crown will most likely proceed with its unilateral decision making when it comes to the storage of nuclear waste in our [Read more]

NWMO Completes Phase 1 Preliminary Assessments in Northern Ontario

NWMO Completes Phase 1 Preliminary Assessments in Northern Ontario

Elliot Lake, Blind River, Manitouwadge and White River will continue to more detailed study; six communities recognized for leadership TORONTO, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has completed the first phase of preliminary assessment for six communities in Northern Ontario [Read more]

MP Bruce Hyer Continues The #Nuclear Waste Debate

MP Bruce Hyer Continues The #Nuclear Waste Debate

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The video below is Part 2 of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s conversation with Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy-Leader Bruce Hyer on the final evening of his Northwestern Ontario visit in November.   Hyer travelled the region hosting Town Hall [Read more]

How To: Stop Worrying & Love Nuclear Waste

How To: Stop Worrying & Love Nuclear Waste

From http://ejlavoie.wordpress.com A monograph in 7 chapters By Edgar J. Lavoie 1  ̶  Love It or Ship It There are just over 2 million fuel bundles sitting outside Canada’s nuclear power reactors. That’s right  ̶  “outside”.  Which is a good thing, because they are used fuel [Read more]

Northshore & Greenstone Town Hall Meetings Re:Nuclear Waste Storage

Northshore & Greenstone Town Hall Meetings Re:Nuclear Waste Storage

NORTHWESTERN, ON – November 9-14, 2014 Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada hosted a series of town hall meetings throughout the region. Meetings were held in Thunder Bay, Nakina, Geraldton, Longlac, Schreiber, and Manitouwadge with [Read more]

Giving Northwestern Ontario A Say RE: Nuclear Waste

Giving Northwestern Ontario A Say RE: Nuclear Waste

Nuclear waste disposal and transport in NWO THUNDER BAY – SUPERIOR NORTH, ON – As your MP, I feel strongly that the citizens of Thunder Bay—Superior North and Northwestern Ontario should have an opportunity to think about the critical decisions that affect you and share your [Read more]

Nipigon Withdraws from Nuclear Waste Burial Study

SUBMITTED BY:  NORTHWATCH NIPIGON, ON -The Township of Nipigon has withdrawn from the nuclear industry’s investigation of multiple communities as potential nuclear waste burial sites. The municipality was one of ten in northern Ontario remaining in the process. An additional 3 communities in [Read more]

Northwatch Public Information and Discussion Sessions – White River, Schreiber, Nipigon

PUBLIC NOTICE from Northwatch DIGGING DEEPER: What does Step 3 of the NWMO Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Mean for the North of Superior Region? Nipigon, Schreiber, Manitouwadge, Hornepayne and White River  have all entered  Step 3 of a nine step process to locate and construct a burial site for all [Read more]

NWMO Open Houses in Schreiber and Pays Plat (Incl.Video interview)

NWMO Open Houses in Schreiber and Pays Plat (Incl.Video interview)

This week, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization had open houses taking place in Schreiber (March 6 and 7) and Pays Plat First Nation (March 8). We spoke to Mayor Don McArthur about the open houses, why it is important for people to attend regardless of if they have previously and how the [Read more]

Hearing on Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Announced for September

Hearing on Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Announced for September

Workshop in Mindemoya in Advance of July 5th Deadline to Register MINDEMOYA, ON – A federal hearing on a proposal to bury a mix of radioactive wastes on the shore of Lake Huron has been announced, with only seventeen days for members to public to register their interest in participating. A [Read more]

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