Kevin Kamps
Beyond Nuclear
on behalf of FARE
December 19, 2011
A Five Year License Extension
at Cameco’s Uranium Conversion Facility?
Worsening Radioactive Stigma,
New Security Problems,
and the Threat of Intensifying Flooding
for Port Hope
During a recent 4-day conference in Toronto on "Waste Management,
Decommissioning, and Environmental Restoration of Canada's Nuclear
Activities" (sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Society) Adrian Simper,
Strategy & Technology Director of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority, revealed that the total cost of nuclear waste management and
decommissioning of historical nuclear facilities would be about $80 billion.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has established an external advisory committee to assess the organization’s processes and responses in light of the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear incident, which has highlighted the importance of nuclear safety around the world.
A series of comments re George Monbiot's recent comments on Nuclear Power.
A letter from a concerned citizen and healer: to whom it may concern r.e. George Monbiot and Nuclear Power by Damien Deveau on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 7:09am Greetings ~
The CNSC stated two years ago that no dose of radioactivity of less than "hundreds of milliSieverts" could be dangerous, but the truth is that doses many times less than that, down to thousands of times less than that, have been shown to increase the risk of cancer. FARE has repeatedly brought this to CNSC's attention, and attempted to explain that there is no safe dose of radiation; but for two years CNSC has denied the facts and misled the public.
Media Release – For Immediate Release February 5, 2011
The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, the Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes, the Mouvement Sortons le Québec du Nucléaire, and many affiliated groups, join together in condemning the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s decision to allow Bruce Power (BP) to ship 16 used steam generations – amounting to 1600 tonnes of radioactive waste – through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River halfway around the world to Sweden.
During the past months, FARE has been undergoing a review of its history, objectives, projects, structure, and priorities relative to recent events. This launch of the new website is intended to help educate the public regarding FARE's concerns and the activities undertaken on behalf of our membership. In a press release to follow, the history of FARE is recalled, objectives and priorities are outlined,as well as plans for the future .To achieve its objectives the content of the website has
been expanded to reflect our attempts to gather more information and to
