The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility



Canadian Coalition
for Nuclear
Responsibility



Regroupement pour
la surveillance
du nucléaire

CCNR is a not-for-profit organization, federally incorporated in 1978. It is dedicated to education and research on all issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military -- including non-nuclear alternatives -- especially those pertaining to Canada.


53 Dufferin Road, Hampstead QC         H3X 2X8 Canada
     Telephone: (514) 489 5118              e-mail: ccnr@web.ca



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Proposed Ottawa River Megadump

Libbe HaLevy interviews G. Edwards on the Ottawa River Megadump
[audio 27m,
Nuclear Hotseat #661, Feb 20 2024]

Radioactive Wastes and the Honour of the Crown
[CNSC final submission, June 8 2023]

Keboawek Algonquins vs. Proposed Ottawa River Megadump
Final submission to CNSC (May 1 2023)

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Algonquins vs. Ottawa River Megadump
Final submission to CNSC (May 8 2023)

CCNR is opposed to licencing the Chalk River megadump [June 1 2022]

Indigenous Consultations on Nuclear Projects are Inadequate
Algonquin Nations' letter to PM Trudeau (May 14 2022)
 ]

To the Prime Minister, Parliament and Federal Government [Hill Times ad, Jan 27 2020]  ]

Chalk River -- The Radioactive Runaround [North Renfrew Times, Jan 8 2020]  ]

NGOs Oppose Two Radioactive Dumps Beside Ottawa River [Media Release, Dec 2019]  ]

"The Radioactive Outhouse - A Concrete Approach? [Feb 13, 2018]  ]

Nuclear Governance in Canada - A Corporate Takeover? [Turning Point, 2019]  ]

Parliament should investigate radwaste funding [May 27 2019]  ]

Open Letter: Are Federally-Owned Radioactive Wastes Being Mismanaged? [April 29 2019]  ]

Transporting Liquid Radwaste to South Carolina [WNY radio, April 22 2019, 24m]  ]

Radioactive Roads – Liquid Radwaste Trucked through Niagara [slide show, 2017]  ]

SNC-Lavalin and the Chalk River Megadump [CKUT radio, Mar 13 2019, 12m]  ]

SNC-Lavalin, Radioactive Waste and Corruption [March 19, 2019]  ]

SNC-Lavalin: Corporate Corruption and Nuclear Power [RCI radio, 2012, 13m]  ]

Chalk River: A Licence to Give Billions of Tax Dollars to SNC-Lavalin et al. [2017]  ]

Assembly of First Nations Opposes Radioactive Waste Abandonment [June 2017] ]

Anishinabek Nation & Iroquois Caucus Take United Stance on Rad Waste [May 3 2017]  ]

United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ Chalk River 2018 Relicensing Request - Background on CNL Plans (December 2017)  ]

[ "Media Release: A Policy Vacuum on Ottawa's Radioactive Waste [Sept 21 2017)"  ]

[ "Prime Minister Trudeau: Stop Plans to Abandon Radioactive Waste Beside Rivers [Sept 19 2017)"  ]

[ "Background on the Chalk River Radioactive Dump Proposal [video, Aug 3 2017, Gatineau)"  ]

[ "A Heap of Trouble" - comments on the Chalk River Proposed Magadump (Aug 2017) ]

[ Giant Radioactive Waste Dump at Chalk River on the Ottawa River (Apr 2017) ]

[ Joint Declaration by the Anishinabek Nation and Iroquois Caucus (May 2017) ]

[ Ten Things to Know about the Chalk River Radioactive Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Chalk River "Near Surface Disposal Facility" - Five Fatal Flaws (Mar 30 2017) ]

[ Some Radioactive Materials Proposed for the Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Disregard for IAEA safety standards at Chalk River Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Who owns Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd [AECL] anyway? (Apr 2017) ]

[ Transport of Highly Radioactive Liquid from Chalk River to South Carolina (March 2017) ]

[ Backgrounder: No Liquid High-Level Radioactive Waste on Public Roads (May 15 2013) ]

[ Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Radioactive Waste from Chalk River (May 15 2013) ]

[ The Environmental Hazards of Japan's Reprocessing of Spent Fuel (Oct 4 2013) ]

[ Groups Endorsing the Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Nuclear Waste (May 16 2013) ]



Resources on Nuclear Accidents

[
Point Lepreau Reactor - Emergency Measures Inadequate (April 1 2022) ]

[ Nuclear Power on the Battlefield - Russia Invades Ukraine (March 12 2022)" (March 12 2022) ]

[ Edwards' Oral Testimony Opposing the Pickering Licence Extension (June 28 2018)"  ]

[ CCNR Written Submission Opposing the Pickering Licence Extension (May 7 2018)"  ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Directory of interviews with G. Edwards on the Fukushima Triple Meltdown ]

[ "Don't Push Your Luck!" -- by prolonging the life of Pickering reactors (April 29 2013) ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ The Failure to Answer Fundamental Safety Questions (Jan 13 2013) ]

[ The Unavailability of CANDU Safety Systems (Dec 9 2012) ]

[ Oral Testimony by G. Edwards vs Darlington Refurbishment (Dec 6 2012) ]

[ Don't Refurbish Darlington; Report to Parliament Instead (Oct 13 2012) ]

[ Thinking About Thorium (September 16 2012) ]

[ Operating Gentilly-2 and Point Lepreau Ill-Advised (July 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR Comments on the CNSC Post-Fukushima Action Plan (Feb. 4 2012) ]

[ Dangers of the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi (Jan. 13 2012) ]

[ CCNR Submission to CNSC re. Restart of Point Lepreau (Nov. 14 2011) ]

[ Fukushima Dai-ichi's Fourth Reactor Needs Independent Assessment (Oct 24 2011) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Do radioactive wastes produce heat? (July 2011) ]

[ Fukushima: The Crisis is Not Over (Gundersen, June 2011) ]

[VIDEO: CTV - Will Canada Follow Germany by Phasing Out Nuclear Power? ]

[Groups across Canada call for an Inquiry into the Future of Nuclear Power ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Darlington: Do Not Site Reactors on Great Lakes or near Population Centres (2011) ]

[ Darlington Reactors -- Dangerous, Expensive, Needless [French Intro, English Text (2011) ]

[ Meltdowns in CANDU reactors -- from Official Documents ]

[ Findings on Reactor Accidents -- from Official Canadian Documents ]

[ A Chernobyl in Canada - it could happen here (Globe & Mail '86) ]

[Deaths, injuries and property damage from reactor accidents ('82) ]

[All About Meltdowns -- from the US Rasmussen Report ('74) ]

[Radioactive materials released routinely (or accidentally) from reactors(2008) ]

[Reactor Safety (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

[Accident Possibilities at Gentilly-2 and Other CANDUs ]

[A Chernobyl in Quebec? - Letters on the Gentilly-2 reactor (1986) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[Reactor hazards in Canada - what's all the fuss about? (Edwards '78) ]

[Nuclear Power in Quebec (Débat public sur l'Énergie, '95) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ [A/V] The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[[History] Nuclear Safety Record Shuts Down Ontario Reactors (NAP) ]

[[Excerpts] Ontario Hydro Report: Reactors are "Minimally Acceptable" (July '97) ]

["Pickering Reactors Unsafe" -- Durham Nuclear Awareness (May '97) ]

[ Flammable "Firestops" Used in CANDU reactors (May '97) ]

[ The Fire at the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Station (1976) ]

[ Reactor Accidents at Chalk River -- The Human Fallout ]

["No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]

[ What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[Splitting the atom using U-235 or Pu-239 (schematic animation) ]


 

Troubles With Tritium

 

[ Tritium Dumping: A River is Not a Radioactive Sewer (August 23 2023) ]

[ Tritium Dumping: Protecting the Hudson River (video, 15 min, Aug 23 2023) ]

[ Tritium and the Hudson River (Green Street, 15 min audio, Sept 1 2023) ]

[ Tracking the Tritium Trail -- from Pollutant to Product (2006) ]

[ Panel Recommends Reducing Permissible Levels of Tritium (Edwards, 2009)
ODWAC = Ontario Drinking Water Advisory Council
 ]

[ Nuclear Regulator Allows 'Tritium Unlimited' (Sept 15 2012) ]

[ Radioactive Tritium Pollution in Peterborough (video, Media Conferencee, Sept 8 2012) ]

[ Peterborough Pollution: Tritium in the Twilight Zone (Sept 08 2012) ]

[ Excessive Tritium Emissions prompt groups to demand shut-down (April 20 2012) ]

[ Radioactive Tritium - CNSC Gives Industry A Licence To Pollute (April 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR to CNSC: "Do Not Allow SSI to Continue to Pollute Peterborough" (April 2012) ]

[ SSI's absurd "release limit" for tritium enables CNSC to cover up (April 2012) ]

[ Replace Radioactive Water (Tritium) in Point Lepreau Reactor (February 2012) ]

[ The Hazards of Tritium Revisited (Ian Fairlie, 2008) ]

[ Problems with tritium exit signs and the need for a ban (2006) ]

[ Security Risks of Tritium Traffic -- Use in Nuclear Weapons (2006) ]

[ UK Report: Tritium: Properties, Metabolism and Dosimetry (2003)
CERRIE = Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters
 ]

[ The Health Hazards of Tritium -- Excerpts from Source Documents (1981) ]

[ Genetic Effects of Tritium Exposure (1977)
UNSCEAR = UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ]

[ Teratogenic Effects of Trtium Exposure (1977)
UNSCEAR = UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
 ]

[ "No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]


 

Radioactive Steam Generators

 

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ P.O.V. Essay: Nuclear Waste - From "disposal" to "recycling" (August 16 2010) ]

[ A Brief Critique of the CNSC's "Technical Briefing" on Steam Generators (March 10 2011) ]

[ Resolution to Stop the S.G. Shipment for MPs and Senators to endorse (February 14 2011) ]

[ 15 Facts about Radioactive Steam Generators (February 14 2011) ]

[ Decision Allowing Transport of Radioactive Waste Condemned (February 5 2011) ]

[ CCNR Supplementary Submission to the CNSC on the steam generator issue (Edwards Nov 22 2010) ]

[ Great Lakes Cities Initiative - Supplementary Brief on Steam Generator Transport (November 22 2010) ]

[ Media Release: Steam Generator Radioactive Cargo is Mostly Plutonium (November 15 2010) ]

[ List of Plutonium and Other Isotopes in Bruce Power's Steam Generators (CNSC Data) ]

[ Press Conference: International Opposition to Radioactive Waste Shipment (September 27 2010) ]

[ Nuclear Intestines: Looking Inside a Radioactive Steam Generator ]

[ List of Radioactive Contaminants Inside a Nuclear Steam Generator ]

[ Environmental Assessment Docs about Steam Generators - Verbatim Quotations (2005-2006) ]

[ CCNR Submission to the CNSC on the steam generator issue (Edwards Sep 13 2010) ]

[ Resolution to Stop the Shipment of Radioactive Steam Generators on the Great Lakes ]

[ Endorsers of the resolution against the transport of steam generators ]

[ 39 Quebec municipalities that have passed the resolution against the transport ]

[ Letter to Canadian Authorities -- Seven US Senators Question the Transport (Oct. 1 2010) ]

[ Letter to American Authorities -- Seven US Senators Question the Transport (Oct. 1 2010) ]

[ Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Brief Against the Planned Shipment (Sept. 2010) ]

[ Shipping 1600 metric tonnes of radioactive waste from Canada to Sweden: The Route ]

[ Returning 400 metric tonnes of radwaste from Sweden to Canada (through Halifax): Possible Routes ]

[ Radio interview on the transport of steam generators to Swedenl ]

[ Critique of CNSC Presentation to Owen Sound City Council ]

[ Steel Manufacturers Association Report on Radioactive Scrap Metal (EXCERPT 2009-2010) ]

[ UN Report on Radioactive Contamination of Scrap Metal (2006) ]

 


 

 

The Hazards of Uranium

 

Aboriginal Deaths from the World's First Uranium Mine Reported


[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]


[ Uranium: Premises, Promises, Predicaments ]
[Edwards, 1h28m video, Saskatoon, October 19, 2021]
 ]

[ Health Implications of Uranium Fuel Fabrication [Peterborough 2020] ]

[ Protecting the Health and Safety of Canadians [Peterborough 2020] ]

[ Health Problems with Uranium Fuel Pelleting (BWXT Peterborough) [Slide Show 2019] ]

[ Correspondence on the long-term hazards of uranium tailings [Denmark 2019] ]

[ Speech: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Slide Show: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Uranium Mill Tailings: Not Just Any Toxic Legacy [video 3m 2011] ]

[ Uranium, Radioactivity & Ionizing Radiation (Slideshow, Joburg S.Africa, Nov 16/15) ]

[ Declaration of the World Uranium Symposium (Quebec April 16 2015) ]

[ Canada's Uranium to India + World Uranium Symposium [Radio (15 min) April 16 2015] ]

[ Uranium in Quebec: Too Heavy A Price To Pay? (Brief to Uranium Inquiry, Oct 30 2014) ]

[ Uranium – Its Uses and Dangers (Sept 25 2014) ]

[ Resolution for a Permanent Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Quebec (February 2013) ]

[ CCNR Critique of the Matoush Uranium Exploration Project's EIS (November 23 2010) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[An Open Letter to Nunavut Leaders: Health Implications (Vakil & Harvey 2010) ]

[Summary of Testimony to the Nunavut Planning Commission (Edwards 2007/06/06) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]

[Ethical Problems Concerning the Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons (Jan '01) ]

[Depleted Uranium -- Commercial Dross or Military Gold? (photo) ]

[What are the Radioactive Byproducts of Uranium-238? (chart) ]

[What Does Alpha Radiation Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[Health Warning Related to Handling Radioactive Ores (Ottawa '31/32) ]

[Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium (Bertell 99/05) ]

[U.S. Senate testimony affecting atomic veterans (Bertell 98/04) ]

[Gulf War Syndrome and Depleted Uranium: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Uranium : A Discussion Guide -- Questions & Answers ]

[Uranium: Known Facts and Hidden Dangers (Salzburg address) ]

[Uranium: The Deadliest Metal -- background article (Edwards 92) ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

[Dene of Great Bear Lake Demand Federal Action on Uranium Deaths ]

[Findings on Uranium Tailings -- from Official Documents ]

[Critique of ICRP Radiation Standards: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Health Dangers of Uranium Mining: B.C. Medical Association ('80) ]

[Estimating Lung Cancers from Permitted Radon Exposures (Edwards/78) ]

[Risk Estimates for Health Effects of Alpha Radiation (Thomas/81) ]

[Map of Uranium Mining Activities in Canada ]

[Uranium Tailings at Elliot Lake (photo) ]

[What are radon progeny (formerly called radon daughters) ? (chart) ]

[Uranium Refinery at Blind River, Ontario (photo) ]

[A Scale Model of the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Inside the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Port Radium, NWT, before the discovery of nuclear fission (1930s) ]

[The first shipment of radium concentrates from Great Bear Lake (1931) ]

Port Hope Contamination

[ Port Hope - Early History of Contamination (Edwards, January, 2021) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Port Hope Mortality Study – A Critique [draft version] (Eric Mintz, 2004) ]

[ Port Hope Cancer Morbidity Study – A Critique (Eric Mintz, 2000) ]

[ Health Effects of Radiation Contamination in Port Hope (Queen's U Study, 1984) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Critique of EA on Slightly Enriched Uranium at Port Hope (PHCHCC, Oct 19, 2008)  ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

 


 

 

The Dangers of Nuclear Reactors

[ Directory of interviews with G. Edwards on the Fukushima Triple Meltdown ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ Nuclear Power on the Battlefield - Russia Invades Ukraine (Slide Show March 12 2022) ]

[ Bruce Power and the CNSC: Is Anybody Responsible? (March 16 2015) ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ The Failure to Answer Fundamental Safety Questions (Jan 13 2013) ]

[ The Unavailability of CANDU Safety Systems (Dec 9 2012) ]

[ Oral Testimony by G. Edwards vs Darlington Refurbishment (Dec 6 2012) ]

[ Don't Refurbish Darlington; Report to Parliament Instead (Oct 13 2012) ]

[ Thinking About Thorium (September 16 2012) ]

[ Operating Gentilly-2 and Point Lepreau is Ill-Advised (July 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR Comments on the CNSC Post-Fukushima Action Plan (Feb. 4 2012) ]

[ Dangers of the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi (Jan. 13 2012) ]

[ CCNR Submission to CNSC re. Restart of Point Lepreau (Nov. 14 2011) ]

[ Fukushima Dai-ichi's Fourth Reactor Needs Independent Assessment (Oct 24 2011) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Do radioactive wastes produce heat? (July 2011) ]

[ Fukushima: The Crisis is Not Over (Gundersen, June 2011) ]

[ Groups across Canada call for an Inquiry into the Future of Nuclear Power  ]

[VIDEO: Spread of Radioactive Cesium from the Chernobyl Meltdown (France, 2011) ]

[VIDEO: Potential spread of Radioactive Contamination from Fukushima (Norway, 2011) ]

[ The Davis Besse Reactor: 20 More Years of Radioactive Russian Roulette? (Kamps 2010) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[Notes on the Isotope Shortage (Edwards '09) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2: A Bad Decision for Health (2008/08/21) ]

[ Findings on CANDU Reactor Accidents -- from Official Documents ]

[ A Chernobyl in Canada - it could happen here (Globe & Mail '86) ]

[ Reactor Safety (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

[ Reactor hazards in Canada - what's all the fuss about? (Edwards '78) ]

[ Deaths, injuries and property damage from reactor accidents ('82) ]

[ All About Meltdowns -- from the US Rasmussen Report ('74) ]

[ Nuclear Power in Quebec (Débat public sur l'Énergie, '95) ]

[ Accident Possibilities at Gentilly-2 and Other CANDUs ]

[ A Chernobyl in Quebec? - Letters on the Gentilly reactor (1986) ]

[ Deterioration of Feeder Pipes in CANDU reactors (Jan '97) ]

[ Nuclear Accidents on Military Vessels in Canadian Ports ]

[ Groups oppose use of weapons-grade uranium in Chalk River reactors ]

[ Poor Safety Record Shuts Down Seven Ontario Reactors (NAP) ]

[ Expert Safety Report to Ontario Hydro: Reactors are "Minimally Acceptable" (July '97) ]

[ "Pickering Reactors Unsafe" -- Durham Nuclear Awareness (May '97) ]

[ Flammable "Firestops" Used in CANDU reactors (May '97) ]

[ The Fire at the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Station (1976) ]

[ Reactor Accidents at Chalk River -- The Human Fallout ]

[ The Health Hazards of Tritium -- Excerpts from Source Documents ]

[ "No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]

[ What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[ Splitting the atom using U-235 or Pu-239 (schematic animation) ]

 


 

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
(SMNRs or SMRs)

[ Ontario's plans for an SMNR : "Mischief in the Making"
(CNSC submission, Nov 20, 2023)
 ]

[ New Brunswick's proposed new reactor and the Nuclear Weapons Connection
(Radio interview, Oct 20, 2023)
 ]

[ Nuclear-Based Fantasies are holding back real climate action
(SMR Education Task Force, June22, 2023)
 ]

[ Proposed SMNR for Darlington -- the BWRX-300;
Part 1: "Much Ado About Siting" (G Edwards, March 20, 2023)
 ]

[ Proposed SMNR for Darlington -- the BWRX-300;
CCNR Submission to CNSC (Edwards & Nijhawan, March 20, 2023)
 ]

[ Radio interview with Gordon Edwards
on Small Modular Reactors (CBC Saint John, April 1, 2022 )
 ]

[ Some of the SMNRs Proposed for Canada (Slide Show, April 9, 2021) ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors and
Prolferation of Nuclear Weapons (Edwards, Jan 12, 2021)
 ]

[ Extracting plutonium: "The Problems with Pyroprocessing"
(video, April 29, 2021, E. Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists)
 ]

[ Holiday Gift to Nuclear Industry "Naughty, not Nice"
Groups Oppose Government Funding for SMNRs (Release, Dec 17, 2020)
 ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors -
Not Clean, Not Small, Not Green, Not Affordable (Video, Mar 13 2020)
 ]

[ SMNRs – Not Clean, Small, Green or Affordable
text of presentation linked above (transcript, Mar 13 2020)
 ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - A Case of Wishful Thinking (Dec 18 2019) ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - The Pied Piper Strikes Again (January 2019) ]

[
Canada's First SMNR - The SLOWPOKE District Heating Nuclear Reactor ]
[video, Oct 2 1989, G Edwards in Saskatoon, 2 hours)
 ]

[ Small Modular Reactors and Radioactive Waste ]
[video, Sept 2019, Science for Peace, starts at 24 minutes)
 ]

[ Radioactive Wastes and SMNRs in Canada ]
[scroll down for audio, Aug 2019, Nuclear Hotseat, starts at 16 minutes)
 ]

[ Chiefs oppose small reactors on First Nations territory (July 16 2019) ]

[ "Don't exempt SMNRs from Environmental Assessment" ]
(Grand Chief of the Anishinabek Nation, March 29 2019)
 ]

[ First Nations Chiefs - Resolution Against SMNRs (Nov 20-21-22 2018) ]

[ NRCan: Summary of Canada's Nuclear Road Map for SMNRs ]
(Ministry of Natural Resources, November 2018)
 ]

[ Red Light for Canada's Nuclear Road Map for SMNRs
(video of Media Conference, Nov 3 2018, Ottawa, 24m)
 ]

[ SMR = Second Make-Believe Renaissance (Sep 12 2018) ]

[ Thorium Reactors -- Back to the Dream Factory (July 2011) ]


 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Nuclear Weapons ~

New Brunswick's proposed new reactor and the Nuclear Weapons Connection
(Radio interview, Oct 20, 2023)
 ]

Take Action to Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada [video, 5 min, 2023]

AMAZING VIDEO: Witness 2000 Nuclear Bombs Exploded since 1945 (be patient!) ]

Background

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[ Uranium and Plutonium - a CCNR Fact Sheet (2022) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Edwards to Montreal Press Club - Nuclear Dangers Update (Aug 6 2012: video 1h12m) ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

.

[ Enrichment & Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors & Back Again (Fact Sheet 2022)]

[ Open Letter for the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty (Multinational, 2020-2021) ]

[Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

[Canada's Role in the Bomb Programs of US, UK, France and India: A Chronology ]

[Canada's Historic Role in Britain's Nuclear Weapons Programme ]

[CCNR Exhibits Filed at the Nanoose Expropriation Hearings (July/99) ]

Nanoose Expropriation:   NEWS ACCOUNTS AND TESTIMONY:

[Groups oppose use of weapons-grade uranium in Chalk River reactors ]

[House of Commons ~ Recommendations on Nuclear Weapons (Dec/98) ]

[Canadian Plutonium Sold For American Bombs 1946-76 ]

[Findings on Plutonium : both Civilian and Military ]

[Nuclear explosives using plutonium from a power reactor (US DOE '97) ]

[Nuclear weapons using plutonium from a power reactor (US NAS '94) ]

[American Nuclear Weapons Test Using Reactor-Grade Plutonium (US DOE) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Statement of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ('98) ]

[Eight "Foreign Ministers" Call for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons ('98) ]

[International Civilian Leaders : Statement on Nuclear Weapons (Feb 98) ]

[75 US Bishops Reject the American Policy of Nuclear Deterrence ('98) ]

[Statement on Nuclear Weapons by International Generals and Admirals (Dec 96) ]

[The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons ('96) ]

[Fueling the Nuclear Arms Race -- and How to Stop It (Edwards '85) ]

[The Peaceful Atom Goes to War: Bomb Makers Against Plutonium ('78) ]

[Text of the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Extended Indefinitely in 1995 ('68) ]

[The United States Nuclear Arsenal in Miniature (photo) ]

Press Release : The Indian Bomb Tests and Canadian Accountability

Tritium from CANDU power reactors aids India's H-bomb capability

Hot-linked  background articles  on India's nuclear weapons tests

Canadian Continuing Nuclear Cooperation with India and Pakistan

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]


 

 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Plutonium Imports to Canada ~

NEWS STORIES: Ottawa imports weapons plutonium from US and Russia

[Plutonium: Exploding the Nuclear Myths (Edwards, 2001) ]

[CCNR Fax to Jean Chrétien Regarding Plutonium Imports (April 1996) ]

[Ottawa tells Canadians "fairy tales" about plutonium (Edwards 00) ]

[Why Russia's plutonium should be immobilized and not burned (BAS 98/06) ]

[MOX Experience -- Plutonium in Canada (Griffiths, July 1997) ]

["Do not approve plutonium imports" ~ CCNR to Transport Canada (Oct 99) ]

[CCNR's Submission to Transport Canada re. Russian plutonium (Aug 00) ]

[Comments on AECL Plans for Plutonium from Moscow (Lyman Aug 00) ]

[AECL must discuss accidental spill of plutonium dust ~ Transport Canada (Aug'00) ]

[Isn't MOX one way to phase out plutonium? (Aug 00) ]

[Media Release : Groups demand truth on plutonium airlift plan (Aug 00) ]

[Transport Canada Assurances: "Plutonium Will Not Be Flown" (Nov '99) ]

[Inadequate Regulations for Air Transport of Plutonium (Lyman '97) ]

[Policing Plutonium: The Civil Liberties Fallout (Harvard Law 1975) ]

[CELA Legal Opinion: Canadian airlift of plutonium was illegal (CELA 00/02) ]

[Findings on the Toxicity of Plutonium (Amer. Nuclear Soc. '97) ]

[How much plutonium does it take to overdose a person? (AECB/CCNR 00/02) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Using Weapons-Derived Plutonium to Fuel CANDU Reactors (AECL '97) ]

[What does "burning weapons plutonium in nuclear reactors" mean? (NAS '94) ]

[Plutonium: Peace or Profits? ~ 3-part series by the North Bay Nugget (Oct 99) ]

[Ontario is not actively planning to use plutonium (MOX) fuel (Aug 99) ]

[Foreign Affairs Commmittee recommends against plutonium imports (Dec/98) ]

[Hot Leftovers from a Cold War -- Plutonium Imports into Canada (July 99) ]

[1999 EMO Meeting in NS on plutonium transport ~ before it was scrapped ]

[US-Russia Agreement on Plutonium Disposition (Sept 1 '98) ]

[Which routes (Los Alamos to Chalk River) will U.S. plutonium shipments take? ]

[March 16, 1998 -- Plutonium : An International Action Day ]

[Is it "Plutonium, Hell No!" or "Hello, Plutonium!"? (Feb '98) ]

[CCNR Brief: Plutonium Fuel Shipments, US to Canada (Sept 17 '97) ]

[US Environmental Assessment: Plutonium from US to Canada (Sept 13/97) ]

[Action Alert: Plutonium and Democracy in Canada (May '97) ]

[NIRS Letter to President Clinton About Plutonium (Jan. 1997) ]

[CCNR's Position on Plutonium Imports (Sept. 1996) ]

[Nuclear Awareness Project: Keep Plutonium Out Of Canada (April'96) ]

[Brief on Plutonium Imports by Nuclear Awareness Project (July'96) ]

[Plutonium Anyone? -- Ploughshares Article by G. Edwards ('95) ]


 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Background on Plutonium ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[World Plutonium Inventories 1999 (Norris and Arkin '99) ]

[Findings on Plutonium : both Civilian and Military ]

[Canadian Plutonium Sold For American Bombs 1946-76 ]

[Canada's Historic Role in the Britain's Nuclear Weapons Programme ]

[How to make a bomb using plutonium from a power reactor (US DOE '97) ]

[How to make a bomb using plutonium from a power reactor (US NAS '94) ]

[American A-Bomb Test Used Reactor-Grade Plutonium (US DOE) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Current AECL plans to commercialize plutonium ('94) ]

[High-Level Radwaste in Canada -- The Plutonium Agenda ('86) ]

[A Plutonium Economy in Canada? (from Myth of the Peaceful Atom '83) ]

[Fueling the Nuclear Arms Race -- and How to Stop It (Edwards '85) ]

[The Peaceful Atom Goes to War: Bomb Makers Against Plutonium ('78) ]

[What is Reprocessing? Past AECL Plans for Plutonium ('77) ]

[AECL's Master Plan : a plutonium economy in Canada (AECL '77) ]

[The Flowers Report (UK) : Warnings about the Plutonium Economy ('76) ]

[How much plutonium does it take to make a bomb? (photo) ]

[Dr. Theodore Taylor: Plutonium and the Bomb (photo) ]

[Breeding plutonium-239 from uranium-238 (animation) ]

[Nuclear fission using uranium-235 or plutonium-239 (animation) ]

[What Does Radiation from Plutonium Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[The nuclear fuel chain -- including plutonium (flow chart) ]

[The World's First Plutonium Production Reactor (photo) ]

[The World's First Large Plutonium Reprocessing Plant (photo) ]

[How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? (Flowers, 1976) ]

[Post-Reprocessing High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

 


 

 

Radioactive Waste

[ Q&A About Handling Used Nuclear Fuel Before Burial ]
[ Prepared for the South Bruce CLC, February 8 2021 ]
 ]

[ Nuclear Waste 101: Introduction and Overview [Edwards, 15m video, 2021] ]
[ Prepared for a US Congressional Briefing on Radioactive Waste ]
 ]

[ Why is High Level Nuclear Waste So Dangerous for So Long? [Edwards]  ]

[ SON votes against Lake Huron Nuclear Waste Dump [Jan 31, 2020]  ]

[ United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ 100 Thousand Years and Counting . . . [Comic Book, 2020]  ]

[ Nuclear Governance in Canada - A Corporate Takeover? [Turning Point, 2019]  ]

[ The Radioactive Outhouse: Entombment of the NPD Reactor (2018) ]

[ Nuclear Waste and Radioactive Demolition (Slides: June 2017) ]

[ The Age of Nuclear Waste: From Fukushima to Indian Point (Slides: March 2017) ]

[ Giant Radioactive Waste Dump at Chalk River on the Ottawa River (Apr 2017) ]

[ Chalk River "Near Surface Disposal Facility" - Five Fatal Flaws (Mar 30 2017) ]

[ Ten Things to Know about the Chalk River Radioactive Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Disregard for IAEA safety standards at Chalk River Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Nuclear Waste: The Anatomy of a Lie (Edwards on video) 2016] ]

[ Nuclear Waste: Abandonment versus Rolling Stewardship ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]


[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada (Sept 1 2014) ]

[ Final CCNR submission on the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump (Oct 9 2014) ]

[ Edwards' Oral Testimony on the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump (Sept 9 2014) ]

[ Letter to the Minister: Public Hearings on Transport of Liquid HLW? (Sep 3 2013) ]

[ Letter to Michael Binder on "misinformation" (Sep 3 2013) ]

[ Backgrounder: No Liquid High-Level Radioactive Waste on Public Roads (May 15 2013) ]

[ Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Radioactive Waste (May 15 2013) ]

[ The Environmental Hazards of Japan's Reprocessing of Spent Fuel (Oct 4 2013) ]

[ Groups Endorsing the Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Nuclear Waste (May 16 2013) ]

[ Why Geologic Storage Will Not Solve the High-Level Waste Problem [Power-Point 2007] ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Fuel Waste - Questions About Alternative Disposal Methods (2005/2011) ]

[ How long do radioactive wastes continue to produce heat? (July 2011)  ]

[ How Russian Wildfires can Spread Radioactive Contamination (audio - 2010)  ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ Following the Path Backward: A Response to the NWMO Report (Sept. 05) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]


Seaborn Panel Recommends: Canada Should Not Proceed   to Site Selection

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[Seaborn Panel Report on High Level Waste Disposal Concept -- Summary ]

[Findings on High Level Radioactive Wastes -- from Official Documents ]

[Reflections on High-Level Radioactive Waste by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

[CCNR's Summary Argument on High Level Radioactive Wastes ]

[ A Model Brief on High Level Radioactive Wastes ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS on Radwaste Disposal -- by CCNR ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS on Radwaste Disposal -- by First Nations ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS -- Scientific Review Group ]

[What Scientists Still Don't Know About Geologic Disposal ]

[Nuclear Wastes (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

["Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?" (1978 Original) ]

["Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?" - an update." (1987 Addendum) ]

[High-Level Radwaste in Canada -- The Plutonium Agenda ('86) ]

[Chippewa First Nation Challenges Dry Storage of High Level Waste (Nov. 98) ]

[Features of Pickering dry storage facility not discussed in Bruce EA. (Nov. 98) ]

[211 Radioactive Poisons in 10-year old CANDU Spent Fuel (chart) ]

[A Selected list of Radioactive Poisons in Spent Nuclear Fuel (chart) ]

[How toxic is CANDU nuclear waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How toxic is U.S. nuclear fuel waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? ]

[High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

 


 

 

Irradiated Nuclear Fuel
(High Level Radioactive Waste)

[ Nuclear Courtship (Part 1) - Looking for a "willing host community" [APTN Video Feb 7, 2020]  ]

[ Nuclear Courtship (Part 2) - Community reaction is mixed [APTN Video Feb 14, 2020]  ]

 


 

 

Rolling Stewardship

[ Rolling Stewardship: A Presentation to Nuclear Transparency Watch (NTW, March 23, 2022) ]

[ Nuclear Waste: Abandonment versus Rolling Stewardship ]

[ Correspondence on Radioactive Waste and Rolling Stewardship (June 2019) ]

[ Stockholm Video on Radioactive Waste and Rolling Stewardship (May 2019) ]

[ Slides from Stockholm video on Radwaste and Rolling Stewardship (May 2019) ]

[ Submission to US NRC regarding Yucca Mountain (2015) ]

[ First Nations Declaration: Five Principles re Radwaste (2015) ]

[ Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada (slide show, Salzburg, 2014) ]

[ Testimony on OPG’s Planned Nuclear Waste Dump on Lake Huron (2013) ]

[ CCNR Undertaking – Examples of Rolling Stewardship (2013) ]



Indigenous Declarations
on nuclear issues

[ Keboawek Nation - Algonquins vs. Proposed Megadump at Chalk River
Final submission to CNSC (May 1 2023)
 ]

[ Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg - Algonquins vs. Proposed Megadump at Chalk River
Final submission to CNSC (May 8 2023)
 ]

[ Indigenous Consultations on Nuclear Projects are Inadequate
Algonquin Nations' letter to PM Trudeau (May 14 2022)
 ]

[ Anishinabek Nation & Iroquois Caucus form Alliance on Nuclear Waste (May 3 2017)  ]

[ Assembly of First Nations Resolution on Nuclear Waste (July 2017) ]

[ Ontario Chiefs Resolution against new nuclear reactors (November 2018) ]

[ Assembly of First Nations Resolution against New Nuclear Reactors (Dec 2018) ]

[ United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution on Nuclear Reactors & Waste (March 2021) ]

[ Five Principles of Radioactive Waste Management
(from the Anishinabek /Iroquois Joint Declatration of 2017)
 ]

[ Letter to Senate Chair:"Do not exempt new nuclear reactors from Assessment"
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, March 29 2019)
 ]

[ Ontario Chiefs oppose nuclear reactors on First Nations territory
(Sudbury Star Editorial, July 16 2019)
 ]

[ Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe opposes the storage
of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (Michigan, Sept 16 2021)
 ]

[ Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution on Nuclear Reactors & Waste (March 2021) ]

[ Chiefs of Ontario Resolution on Alternatives to Nuclear Energy (Feb 2021) ]

[ Letter to PM Trudeau against weakening Port Hope clean-up criteria
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, Jan 13 2021)
 ]

[ Letter to PM Trudeau against promotion of new nuclear reactors
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, November 5 2020)
 ]

[ Joint Declaration on Radioactive Waste Transport and Abandonment
(Anishinabek /Iroquois Alliance, 2020, updated from 2017 version)
 ]

[ Kebaowek First Nation Press Release denounces
misappropriation of Algonquin heritage (December 10 2021)
 ]

[ Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Press Release deplores
"pseudo-Algonquin" ceremony at Chalk River (December 10 2021)
 ]

 


The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ CANDU Reactor Exports ~

[Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[Appeal re. the Proposed Akkuyu Nuclear Plant in Turkey (5/98) ]

[CANDU Syndrome: Canada's Bid to sell reactors to Turkey ('97) ]

[Documents Related to the CANDU Reactor Sale to China (November '96) ]

[Feeding the Nuclear Dragon: CANDU Exports to China ('95) ]

[Exporting Disaster: The Cost of Selling CANDU Reactors ('96) ]

Press Release   : The Indian Bomb Tests and Canadian Accountability

FLASH: Tritium from CANDU power reactors   aids India's H-bomb capability

FLASH: Canadian Continuing Nuclear Cooperation with India and Pakistan

[Nuclear Power in the Third World: An Analysis ('83) ]

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]

 


 

The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ Nuclear Economics ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Liability in Canada vs. Fukushima Experience (testimony June 6 2014)] ]

[ Proposed Legislation to Replace the Nuclear Liability Act (testimony Nov 29 2007)] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[Nuclear Sunset: Economic Costs of the Canadian Nuclear Industry ('96) ]

[1997 Federal Election -- Nuclear Policy Survey (May '97) ]

[Federal Subsidies to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (Table: Feb '97) ]

[Historical Origins of Canada's Nuclear Liability Act (Edwards '97) ]

[Nuclear Subsidies: Time To End The Tax Drain (Edwards '95) ]

[Cost Disadvantages of Expanding Nuclear Power (Edwards '82) ]

[Canada's Nuclear Dilemma -- Journal of Business Administration (Edwards '82) ]

 


 

The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ History and Background ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[Plutonium: Exploding the Nuclear Myths (Edwards, 2001) ]

[Notes on the Isotope Shortage (Edwards '09) ]

[Nuclear Medicine, Radio-isotopes and Nuclear Reactors ('91) ]

[Fatal Dose -- Radiation Deaths linked to AECL Computer Errors ]

[Potential Health Effects of Food Irradiation (Testimony '87) ]

[Recommendations on Food Irradiation (Commons Committee '87) ]

[Decommissioning Reactors: A Growth Industry ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- A: Radioactivity ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- B: Health Effects ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- C: Nuclear Fission ]

[Regulation Forever: Nuclear Canada (Admin. Law Journal, Orkin '87) ]

[Canada's Nuclear History: The Myth of the Peaceful Atom (Edwards '83) ]

[What Does the Nuclear Industry Think of CCNR? ]

[The Nuclear Debate: A Metaphorical Framework (Edwards '78) ]

[Time to Stop and Think: A Brief to Pierre Elliot Trudeau ('77) ]

[The Dangers of Nuclear Power: An Open Letter to Physicists ('72) ]

 


 

 

Non-Nuclear Alternatives


[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Climate Change [video (7 min) 2010] ]

[ The Decline of Nuclear Power Worldwide (Edwards 2012)] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[Nuclear power is not the solution to global warming. (CNP 1997) ]

[Fossil Fuels not needed to replace Ontario's Nuclear Electricity ]

[The Negawatt Revolution -- Solving the CO2 Problem : by Amory Lovins ]

[[Green Energy Conference ~ Final Statement: "Deadline Now, Lifeline 2000" ]

[The Hard and Soft Energy Paths -- According to Lovins (2 graphs) ]

[Why Nuclear Power Can't Solve the CO2 Problem (chart) ]

[How 3/4 of US Electricity Can Be Saved by Energy Efficiency (chart) ]

 


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Non-Photographic Images ~


[ Teeswater - an NWMO candidate site for burial of Canada's HLW (Feb. '20)  ]

[ Nuclear Map of Canada : by G. Edwards and R. Del Tredici (Aug. '97) ]

[Nuclear Map of Canada (latest): G. Edwards/R. Del Tredici (Oct. '98) ]

[Which routes (from Los Alamos to Chalk River) will plutonium shipments take? ]

[Federal Subsidies to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (table: Feb '97) ]

[The nuclear fuel chain -- including plutonium (illustration) ]

[Breeding plutonium-239 from uranium-238 (animation) ]

[Nuclear fission using uranium-235 or plutonium-239 (animation) ]

[The Periodic Table of Elements, with Atomic Numbers and Mass Numbers (chart) ]

[211 Radioactive Poisons in 10-year old CANDU Spent Fuel (chart) ]

[A Selected list of Radioactive Poisons in Spent Nuclear Fuel (chart) ]

[How toxic is CANDU nuclear waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How toxic is U.S. nuclear fuel waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]

[A Map of Uranium Mining Activities in Canada ]

[What is the Decay Chain of Uranium-238? (chart) ]

[What are radon progeny (formerly called radon daughters) ? (chart) ]

[The Hard and Soft Energy Paths -- According to Lovins (2 graphs) ]

[Why Nuclear Power Can't Solve the CO2 Problem (chart) ]

[How Three Quarters of U.S. Electricity Can Be Saved by Energy Efficiency (chart) ]


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Photographic Images ~
by Robert Del Tredici


[ How much plutonium does it take to make a bomb? (photo) ]

[The World's First Plutonium Production Reactor (photo) ]

[The World's First Large Plutonium Reprocessing Plant (photo) ]

[Post-Reprocessing High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

[The United States Nuclear Arsenal in Miniature (photo) ]

[What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[Uranium Mill Tailings at Elliot Lake (photo) ]

[Uranium Refinery at Blind River, Ontario (photo) ]

[A Scale Model of the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Inside the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Depleted Uranium -- Commercial Dross or Military Gold? (photo) ]

[What Does Alpha Radiation Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[How To Make an H-Bomb (or thermonuclear bomb -- photo) ]

[Howard Morland: author of ''How To Make an H-Bomb'' (photo) ]

[Dr. Theodore Taylor: Plutonium and the Bomb (photo) ]

[Maisie Shiell and The Power of One (photo) ]

[Karl Morgan -- The Father of Health Physics (photo) ]

[Dr. Alice Stewart, Low-Level Radiation, and the Foetus (photo) ]

[William Lawless: Whistleblower Extraordinaire (photo) ]

[Rosalie Bertell: No Immediate Danger? (photo) ]


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Photographic Images ~
Archival Material

[ How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? (Flowers, 1976) ]

[Port Radium, NWT, before the discovery of nuclear fission (1930s) ]

[The first shipment of radium concentrates from Great Bear Lake (1931) ]


 

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