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Greenpeace expands radiation team to investigate Fukushima fallout

Blog entry by rnieto | April 4, 2011

Greenpeace today announced the resumption of its radiation monitoring outside the evacuation zone (1) surrounding the stricken Fukushima nuclear complex (2). Adding a second field team of radiation experts, the...

Fukushima update: Frustration, tragedy, heroism and spreading contamination

Blog entry by Andrew Davies | April 1, 2011 1 comment

zoom 24 March 2011 Control room for unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. control room for unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Radiation exposure and harsh conditions continue to be a...

Federal parties have opportunity to increase nuclear liability limit

Blog entry by Shawn Patrick Stensil | November 20, 2009 5 comments

Martin Mittelstaedt asks in today’s Globe and Mail how much a reactor operator should be required to pay out to victims in case of a nuclear accident. The Harper government doesn’t think much. It wants to short change Canadians and...

What is the Nuclear Liability Act?

Video | February 19, 2013 at 13:12

Greenpeace is calling on the Stephen Harper government to stop protecting nuclear companies. Sign the petition here Greenpeace Nuclear Analyst Shawn-Patrick Stensil explains the Nuclear Liability Act, the special federal law that protects...

Balloon Release at Darlington Hearings

Image | December 3, 2012 at 9:49

Greenpeace releases a weather balloon at the environmental assessment hearings on the future of the Darlington reactors to show the range of potential fallout. Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has asked the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)...

Protect Lake Ontario: Stop Darlington

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil | August 24, 2012 3 comments

Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Darlington nuclear station has been killing millions of fish every year, in contravention of federal environmental law. You can help stop this. At public hearings in 2011, a representative from the...

Minister Bentley Should Answer Questions on Bill 75

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Nuclear Analyst | May 4, 2012

They call it Question Period because you shouldn’t expect an answer.  Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley was asked yesterday why he’s eliminating legal requirements for the government’s nuclear plans to be independently reviewed.

Give Green Energy a Fair Shot: Come Clean on Nuclear Costs

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Nuclear Analyst | April 19, 2012

Politicians from the left and right are looking for ways to keep Ontario’s spending under control.  A story out of Quebec today shows one way Ontario could save billions of dollars: reign in nuclear spending.   Hydro-Quebec...

Why the nuclear industry doesn't want to be liable for accidents

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil | September 15, 2011 3 comments

Twenty five years after Chernobyl, the Fukushima nuclear accident has reminded the world about the catastrophic costs of nuclear power. What would the cost of a Fukushima-scale accident look like here in Ontario, where the McGuinty...

From Fukushima Kumi asks Italians to "Save Italy from Berlusconi's Nukes"

Blog entry by rto | June 10, 2011

On June 12 -13 Italians have the opportunity to say no! to nuclear power in their country. Berlusconi's government has plans for 4 new reactors - but the people have demanded a referendum on the issue of nuclear energy. Surveys show...

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