Sustainable Energy Group (Carleton Chapter) February 29, 2008 The government of New Brunswick appears to be committed to nuclear power in order to meet the alleged energy needs in our province, and especially to export energy to American markets. It appears to be unconcerned about the known dangers that nuclear generating systems bring to the [...]
Exploding the green nuclear myth
Janice Harvey February 27, 2008 If you repeat something often enough, people will come to believe it, thus the spreading fiction that nuclear power is “green.” Industry apologist Patrick Moore trades on his ancient past with Greenpeace to get people in the door to hear him deliver the same canned public relations message that all [...]
Glossing over nuclear facts breeds skepticism
Julie Michaud February 27, 2008 Faced with a population resistant to the idea of a second nuclear reactor at Point Lepreau, proponents of the project have had to step up their PR efforts. Trouble is, there’s a fine line when it comes to the art of persuasion. Nuclear proponents often use a common strategy: They [...]
More than 60 died from Chernobyl
Rob Moir February 26th, 2008 On Feb. 19, the Kings County Record published a reply to a letter I wrote questioning one of the controversial statistics presented by pro-nuclear activist Dr. Patrick Moore that just 60 people died in the Chernobyl accident. At the risk of prolonging the debate, I felt it important that I [...]
Say no to uranium mines
Lise Fournier February 25, 2008 Like a breath of fresh air the provincial committee on wellness has been actively seeking the opinion and ideas of New Brunswickers in relation to their definition of wellness. I have had the opportunity to present to the committee and to attend the presentations of other stakeholders and individuals. I [...]
The market says Lepreau 2 is not ‘risk free’
Janice Harvey February 20, 2008 In case some readers only get their information on the nuclear power industry from this paper, some outside perspective may be useful. The Globe and Mail article (Feb 13), “Is private money ready to go nuclear,” by energy reporter Shawn McCarthy is especially pertinent, since the proposal to build a [...]
Extracting uranium will become costly
Allison Connell February 18, 2008 Patrick Moore’s arguments in favour of more nuclear power, (Feb. 9), could stand some revising in the light of basic logic. He points out that uranium is a non-renewable resource. That is a fact. It means that the more reactors built, the faster uranium will be depleted, whether it is [...]
Build nuclear plant in the U.S.
Chris Brodbeck February 15, 2008 There now appears to be a private consortium willing to finance a second nuclear reactor at Lepreau. A person from the outside looking in asks: why not build it in the U.S., where the electricity will be consumed? Is it because the Americans don’t want “the sucker” in their own [...]
Who will be paying Lepreau consortium?
Rod Hill February 13, 2008 The economists’ old proverb “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” comes in handy when considering the faulty argument in the editorial “Lepreau 2, risk free”. The editorial asks us to believe that a kindly private consortium wants to bear all the risk of building a nuclear reactor, asking [...]
N.B. doesn’t need second nuclear plant
Bernie Landry February 12, 2008 The headlines read, Does NB need a second reactor? The simple answer, no! Do the math. Right now NB Power spends 75 per cent of their budget producing nuclear power which puts out 25 per cent of the electricity. On the other hand NB Power spends 25 per cent of [...]
