The renowned anti-nuclear campaigner talks to rabble about being stopped from speaking at the epicentre of the Canadian nuclear industry, and what her worries are for the health of Port Hope citizens.
radioactive waste
August 17, 2012 |
Bill C-38 replaced the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act with environmental assessment legislation which does not require a federal environmental assessment for this type of project.
'Barred' from Port Hope: An interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott
Renowned Australian physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott has for four decades lectured around the world about the medical dangers inherent in the use of radioactive materials for nuclear energy and weapons. Her work was captured in the 1982 National Film Board of Canada short documentary, If You Love This Planet, which won an Oscar.
Last November, Dr. Caldicott was due to speak in Port Hope, Ont., when she found herself persona non grata there. Cameco, a producer of uranium fuel for nuclear power plants around the world, is a major employer in this town of 16,000 on Lake Ontario.
Dr. Caldicott explains what happened to rabble's news editor Cathryn Atkinson.
February 7, 2011 |
'The Great Lakes is a shared commons, public trust and protected bioregion,' says national chairperson Maude Barlow. 'These shipments will put the drinking water of 40 million people at risk.'
Decision allowing transport of radioactive waste condemned
Media Release - For Immediate Release Feb. 5, 2011
Decision allowing Transport of Radioactive Waste Condemned
The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, the Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes, the Mouvement Sortons le Québec du Nucléaire, and many affiliated groups, join together in condemning the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's decision to allow Bruce Power (BP) to ship 16 used steam generators -- amounting to 1,600 tonnes of radioactive waste -- through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River halfway around the world to Sweden.