Home      About Us      Press Releases      Reports      Events      Committees      Join FARE      Contact «Events Victory! FARE forces Cameco to scrap SEU project "We regret the division that this project caused" The end to our 16-month campaign against enriched uranium came dramatically. Cameco vice-president Bob Steane called a Friday afternoon press conference to announce to a handful of local media representatives and onlookers that his company is withdrawing its license application to blend enriched uranium in Port Hope. He said opposition to the project caused delays that made his company look for other suppliers. The slightly enriched uranium dioxide is needed to fuel nuclear reactors in the Bruce Peninsula. "The Port Hope conversion facility would likely not be able to supply SEU in time to meet Bruce Power's schedule for the new fuel project," Steane said. Instead, the fuel will be purchased from a foreign supplier and shipped to Zircatec, which will still manufacture the fuel bundles and ship them to Bruce. Steane acknowledges the community opposition to SEU and said: "Our initial community consultation should have been more proactive. We needed to address public concerns about technical issues and that process ultimately took longer than the time we allotted." "We regret the strong feelings and division that this project caused during the assessment period," he said. "That was never Cameco's intention. Our relationship with this community is important to us." FARE president John Miller, who attended the press conference but was not allowed to ask questions, attributed the company's decision directly to the activities of FARE and other community groups. "If it hadn't been for us, and the questions we raised, this project would have been built by now," he said. "Finally, people listened. I give Cameco credit for ending this now, rather than putting this community through many more months of angst." Miller paid tribute to all the ordinary citizens of Port Hope who flooded the nuclear regulator with applications to intervene at a hearing that will not be held now that Cameco has withdrawn. The interventions ranged from poignant personal stories of people with cancer, to detailed critiques of the CNSC screening document, which was called sloppy, incomplete and inaccurate. We will be putting some of those interventions up on this website. Posted Sept. 25, 2005 »Read Cameco's press release announcing end of SEU project 'No one should live in Port Hope' A candid interview with Dr. Hellen Caldicott CNSC health report has no basis in fact FARE challenges it and demands a rewrite Citizen's Forum this Tuesday in Peterborough FARE to outline concerns of life in the buffer zone Meet the Walrus at March 26 event Author of Nuclear Reaction at FARE's annual meeting FARE Forum on Nov. 24 postponed Geneticist to talk on uranium and science Nine big questions still need answers CNSC heard from 284 at Port Hope hearings Cameco refuses to set any limits on U emissions Why are they going up when a majority of us want them to go down? Zircatec president at December meeting Dec. 14: Lloyd Jones talks about SEU plans FARE is scrutinizing Vision 2010 plans Cameco includes us in public consultation Victory! FARE forces Cameco to scrap SEU project "We regret the division that this project caused" My FARE Lady The performance that was too "hot" for the Capitol Where FARE stands Most councillors out of touch with majority view in community: We want a panel review What a fiasco! 'Consultation' session didn't have any mandate to listen How to get your lawn sign We want to get more up around town now. Here's where to phone to get yours. SEU Peer Review Report to Council (Sept. 14, 2004 at 7:00pm) admin@ph-fare.com P.O. Box 202 Port Hope, Ontario L1A 3W3 Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to admin@ph-fare.com. Copyright © 2005 Families Against Radiation Exposure, Inc. All rights reserved. Last modified: 15 April 2005 Archived Information » top of this page « administration

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