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CANADIAN PROVINCES GOING GREEN....
Green energy upgrade protects Ontarians from rising nuclear costs. A new report says scaling up green power is more affordable than replacing nuclear reactors at Pickering. Read more about Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan. Click here for a copy of the plan.
In April, Nova Scotia released its Renewable Electricity Plan detailing how the province will move away from carbon based electricity towards greener, more local sources.
So what's up with Saskatchewan? Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd told a nuclear industry gathering in August that ''I'm pro-nuclear -- make no bones about it -- but it has to make economic sense". He added "Saskatchewan is a great place to do business, a great place for the uranium industry and a great place to look at further opportunities in our province -- value-added opportunities and perhaps nuclear generation at some point."
(Small nuclear reactors could work in Saskatchewan, says Sask. Party's Bill Boyd-Aug.17 Star Phoenix)
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Medical Isotopes
Premier wants isotope reactor in Prairies.
Get the CCGS Medical Isotope Fact Sheet here.
Read the Saskatchewan government's Medical Isotope Reactor proposal (5.8 MB)
Read the proposals from Manitoba andthe BC both much cheaper and faster to build than Saskatchewan's and neither involve using a nuclear reactor.
Is nuclear expertise in Canada on the decline? Can isotope production really save the Canadian industry? Check out the Globe & Mail, August 10, 2009.
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Nuclear Power is still on the table for Saskatchewan and the President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is doing his part to promote the idea.
According to the CNSC web site, Michael Binder's March 25/10 lecture
"aims to promote informed discussion about Saskatchewan's energy future, including the proposal
by a consortium, that includes the University of Saskatchewan, to build a research reactor."
Click here to view or download his presentation.
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In 1983, an article entitled "THE URANIUM INDUSTRY PLANS TO CO-OPT THEIR OPPOSITION - YOU COULD BE ON THEIR LIST" appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, and it seems the nuclear industry's strategy described in the piece has worked like a charm.
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May 11 2011 - TVO Panel Discussion
The Green Election That Wasn't
Stéphane Dion is MP for St. Laurent-Cartierville,
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Don't Nuke the Climate - International 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit -
Join over 45,000 people from 107 countries in sending a strong message to world leaders that nuclear power is not a solution to the Climate Change Crisis. Sign The Petition Here.
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