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Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable Canada energy outlook

Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable Canada energy outlook

Publication | May 11, 2009 at 9:15

Energy [R]evolution is a groundbreaking report that shows how Canada can cut global warming pollution to the levels needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming while also meeting the energy needs of a growing world and phasing out...

Darlington Refurbishment: Risk Issues Require Greater Attention

Darlington Refurbishment: Risk Issues Require Greater Attention

Publication | May 29, 2014 at 7:30

The Ontario government directed Ontario Power Generation (OPG) last year to start rebuilding reactors at the Darlington nuclear station beginning in 2016.

Renewable is Doable: Affordable and flexible options for Ontario’s long term energy plan

Renewable is Doable: Affordable and flexible options for Ontario’s long term energy plan

Publication | September 10, 2013 at 10:00

Ontario has experienced an absolute decline in electricity demand in recent years, due in part to the province’s successful conservation programs. Grid electricity demand in Ontario is projected to drop back to 1992 levels by 2022. This will...

Ontario’s Green Energy Plan 2.0

Ontario’s Green Energy Plan 2.0

Publication | August 10, 2010 at 3:00

Choosing to scale up green energy to replace the retiring Pickering nuclear station is more affordable for Ontarians than buying expensive replacement reactors, says a report released today by Renewable is Doable, an alliance of organizations...

Nuclear Reactor Hazards, Ongoing Dangers of Operating Nuclear Technology in the 21st Century

Nuclear Reactor Hazards, Ongoing Dangers of Operating Nuclear Technology in the 21st...

Publication | April 24, 2005 at 19:00

A comprehensive assessment of the hazards of operational reactors, new 'evolutionary' designs, inherent flaws of the main reactor designs and future reactor concepts, the risks associated with the management of spent nuclear fuel and the...

Pickering Q&A;

Publication | April 21, 2008 at 14:26

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Nuclear power Q&A;

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 14:50

Nuclear power is dirty, dangerous and expensive. With cancer-causing emissions and radioactive waste, nuclear power is not a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Greenpeace supports a phase-out of nuclear power in Canada.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 15:09

The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is dedicated to the worldwide expansion of nuclear power, but it is also meant to be the watchdog for illegal nuclear weapons development. That contradiction is the key reason why the proliferation...

Safety

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 16:08

Safe reactors are a myth. An accident can occur in any nuclear reactor, causing the release of large quantities of deadly radiation into the environment. Even during normal operation, radioactive materials are regularly discharged into the air...

Terrorism

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 16:11

“Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction — I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and abundant technological know-how, in which some terrorists clearly state their intention to...

Tritium Q&A;

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 16:19

Tritium is radioactive water or water vapour. It’s not something in the water, but the water molecules themselves that are radioactive. Tritium is the radioactive isotope of hydrogen. That means tritium is unstable and gives off radiation when it...

Waste

Publication | April 1, 2008 at 17:19

Nuclear waste is produced at every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining and enrichment, to the operation of the reactor and the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Much of this nuclear waste will remain hazardous for hundreds of...

Risks of Operating Candu 6 Nuclear Power Plants

Risks of Operating Candu 6 Nuclear Power Plants

Publication | November 30, 2008 at 18:00

The new report commissioned by Greenpeace warns that Canada’s CANDU-6 nuclear reactor, designed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in the 1970s, is unsafe and too dangerous to build according to modern regulatory standards.

OPA underestimates Nuclear Costs

OPA underestimates Nuclear Costs

Publication | November 4, 2008 at 18:00

Complaint to the Environment Commissioner regarding the Nuclear Liability Act

Complaint to the Environment Commissioner regarding the Nuclear Liability Act

Publication | January 22, 2007 at 17:00

Greenpeace filed a complaint with the federal Environment Commissioner for the federal government's failure to update the Nuclear Liability Act, which protects nuclear operators from the costs of a nuclear accident, and adequetly protect...

OPA underestimates Nuclear Costs

OPA underestimates Nuclear Costs

Publication | November 4, 2008 at 18:00

What you need to know about Darlington's reactors

What you need to know about Darlington's reactors

Publication | August 31, 2012 at 12:45

These are the frequently asked questions about Darlington Ontario’s nuclear reactors. If this information leaves you concerned and you want the government to re-consider their plan, sign up below.

Complaint to the Environment Commissioner regarding the Nuclear Liability Act

Complaint to the Environment Commissioner regarding the Nuclear Liability Act

Publication | January 22, 2007 at 18:00

Greenpeace filed a complaint with the federal Environment Commissioner for the federal government's failure to update the Nuclear Liability Act, which protects nuclear operators from the costs of a nuclear accident, and adequetly protect...

Pickering EA Screening Report

Pickering EA Screening Report

Publication | October 23, 2008 at 19:00

Fukushima Fallout

Fukushima Fallout

Publication | February 19, 2013 at 9:00

Nuclear business makes people pay and suffer

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