The Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility



Canadian Coalition
for Nuclear
Responsibility



Regroupement pour
la surveillance
du nucléaire

CCNR is a not-for-profit organization, federally incorporated in 1978. It is dedicated to education and research on all issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military -- including non-nuclear alternatives -- especially those pertaining to Canada.


53 Dufferin Road, Hampstead QC         H3X 2X8 Canada
     Telephone: (514) 489 5118              e-mail: ccnr@web.ca



CCNR COMPLETE DIRECTORY

CCNR Directory Topics
( h o t - l i n k e d )

Radioactive Waste at Chalk River

Essays & Answers by Edwards

Audio-Visual Directory

Radioactive Steam Generators

Troubles With Tritium

The Hazards of Uranium
      Port Hope Contamination

The Dangers of Nuclear Reactors
      Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

The Plutonium Connection
      Nuclear Weapons
      Plutonium Imports to Canada
      Background on Plutonium

Radioactive Waste
      Irradiated Nuclear Fuel
      Rolling Stewardship

Indigenous Declarations

The Canadian Nuclear Industry
      CANDU Reactor Exports
      Nuclear Economics
      History and Background

Non-Nuclear Alternatives

Picture Gallery
      Non-Photographic Images
      Photographs by Robert Del Tredici
      Archival Photographs


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Radioactive Wastes at Chalk River

[ CCNR opposed to licencing the Chalk River megadump [CNSC submission, June 1 2022]  ]

[ To the Prime Minister, Parliament and Federal Government [Hill Times ad, Jan 27 2020]  ]

[ Chalk River -- The Radioactive Runaround [North Renfrew Times, Jan 8 2020]  ]

[ NGOs Oppose Two Radioactive Dumps Beside Ottawa River [Media Release, Dec 2019]  ]

[ "The Radioactive Outhouse - A Concrete Approach? [Feb 13, 2018]  ]

[ Nuclear Governance in Canada - A Corporate Takeover? [Turning Point, 2019]  ]

[ Parliament should investigate radwaste funding [May 27 2019]  ]

[ Open Letter: Are Federally-Owned Radioactive Wastes Being Mismanaged? [April 29 2019]  ]

[ Transporting Liquid Radwaste to South Carolina [WNY radio, April 22 2019, 24m]  ]

[ Radioactive Roads – Liquid Radwaste Trucked through Niagara [slide show, 2017]  ]

[ SNC-Lavalin and the Chalk River Megadump [CKUT radio, Mar 13 2019, 12m]  ]

[ SNC-Lavalin, Radioactive Waste and Corruption [March 19, 2019]  ]

[ SNC-Lavalin: Corporate Corruption and Nuclear Power [RCI radio, 2012, 13m]  ]

[ Chalk River: A Licence to Give Billions of Tax Dollars to SNC-Lavalin et al. [2017]  ]

[ Assembly of First Nations Opposes Radioactive Waste Abandonment [June 2017] ]

[ Anishinabek Nation & Iroquois Caucus Take United Stance on Rad Waste [May 3 2017]  ]

[ United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ Chalk River 2018 Relicensing Request - Background on CNL Plans (December 2017)  ]

[ "Media Release: A Policy Vacuum on Ottawa's Radioactive Waste [Sept 21 2017)"  ]

[ "Prime Minister Trudeau: Stop Plans to Abandon Radioactive Waste Beside Rivers [Sept 19 2017)"  ]

[ "Background on the Chalk River Radioactive Dump Proposal [video, Aug 3 2017, Gatineau)"  ]

[ "A Heap of Trouble" - comments on the Chalk River Proposed Magadump (Aug 2017) ]

[ Giant Radioactive Waste Dump at Chalk River on the Ottawa River (Apr 2017) ]

[ Joint Declaration by the Anishinabek Nation and Iroquois Caucus (May 2017) ]

[ Ten Things to Know about the Chalk River Radioactive Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Chalk River "Near Surface Disposal Facility" - Five Fatal Flaws (Mar 30 2017) ]

[ Some Radioactive Materials Proposed for the Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Disregard for IAEA safety standards at Chalk River Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Who owns Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd [AECL] anyway? (Apr 2017) ]

[ Transport of Highly Radioactive Liquid from Chalk River to South Carolina (March 2017) ]

[ Backgrounder: No Liquid High-Level Radioactive Waste on Public Roads (May 15 2013) ]

[ Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Radioactive Waste from Chalk River (May 15 2013) ]

[ The Environmental Hazards of Japan's Reprocessing of Spent Fuel (Oct 4 2013) ]

[ Groups Endorsing the Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Nuclear Waste (May 16 2013) ]



Resources on Nuclear Accidents

[
Point Lepreau Reactor - Emergency Measures Inadequate (April 1 2022) ]

[ Nuclear Power on the Battlefield - Russia Invades Ukraine (March 12 2022)" (March 12 2022) ]

[ Edwards' Oral Testimony Opposing the Pickering Licence Extension (June 28 2018)"  ]

[ CCNR Written Submission Opposing the Pickering Licence Extension (May 7 2018)"  ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Directory of interviews with G. Edwards on the Fukushima Triple Meltdown ]

[ "Don't Push Your Luck!" -- by prolonging the life of Pickering reactors (April 29 2013) ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ The Failure to Answer Fundamental Safety Questions (Jan 13 2013) ]

[ The Unavailability of CANDU Safety Systems (Dec 9 2012) ]

[ Oral Testimony by G. Edwards vs Darlington Refurbishment (Dec 6 2012) ]

[ Don't Refurbish Darlington; Report to Parliament Instead (Oct 13 2012) ]

[ Thinking About Thorium (September 16 2012) ]

[ Operating Gentilly-2 and Point Lepreau Ill-Advised (July 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR Comments on the CNSC Post-Fukushima Action Plan (Feb. 4 2012) ]

[ Dangers of the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi (Jan. 13 2012) ]

[ CCNR Submission to CNSC re. Restart of Point Lepreau (Nov. 14 2011) ]

[ Fukushima Dai-ichi's Fourth Reactor Needs Independent Assessment (Oct 24 2011) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Do radioactive wastes produce heat? (July 2011) ]

[ Fukushima: The Crisis is Not Over (Gundersen, June 2011) ]

[VIDEO: CTV - Will Canada Follow Germany by Phasing Out Nuclear Power? ]

[Groups across Canada call for an Inquiry into the Future of Nuclear Power ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Darlington: Do Not Site Reactors on Great Lakes or near Population Centres (2011) ]

[ Darlington Reactors -- Dangerous, Expensive, Needless [French Intro, English Text (2011) ]

[ Meltdowns in CANDU reactors -- from Official Documents ]

[ Findings on Reactor Accidents -- from Official Canadian Documents ]

[ A Chernobyl in Canada - it could happen here (Globe & Mail '86) ]

[Deaths, injuries and property damage from reactor accidents ('82) ]

[All About Meltdowns -- from the US Rasmussen Report ('74) ]

[Radioactive materials released routinely (or accidentally) from reactors(2008) ]

[Reactor Safety (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

[Accident Possibilities at Gentilly-2 and Other CANDUs ]

[A Chernobyl in Quebec? - Letters on the Gentilly-2 reactor (1986) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[Reactor hazards in Canada - what's all the fuss about? (Edwards '78) ]

[Nuclear Power in Quebec (Débat public sur l'Énergie, '95) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ [A/V] The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[[History] Nuclear Safety Record Shuts Down Ontario Reactors (NAP) ]

[[Excerpts] Ontario Hydro Report: Reactors are "Minimally Acceptable" (July '97) ]

["Pickering Reactors Unsafe" -- Durham Nuclear Awareness (May '97) ]

[ Flammable "Firestops" Used in CANDU reactors (May '97) ]

[ The Fire at the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Station (1976) ]

[ Reactor Accidents at Chalk River -- The Human Fallout ]

["No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]

[ What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[Splitting the atom using U-235 or Pu-239 (schematic animation) ]


 

Troubles With Tritium

 

[ Nuclear Regulator Allows 'Tritium Unlimited' (Sept 15 2012) ]

[ Peterborough Pollution: Tritium in the Twilight Zone (Sept 08 2012) ]

[ Excessive Tritium Emissions prompt groups to demand shut-down (April 20 2012) ]

[ Radioactive Tritium - CNSC Gives Industry A Licence To Pollute (April 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR to CNSC: "Do Not Allow SSI to Continue to Pollute Peterborough" (April 2012) ]

[ SSI's absurd "release limit" for tritium enables CNSC to cover up (April 2012) ]

[ Replace Radioactive Water (Tritium) in Point Lepreau Reactor (February 2012) ]

[ Panel Recommends Reducing Permissible Levels of Tritium (Edwards, 2009)
ODWAC = Ontario Drinking Water Advisory Council
 ]

[ The Hazards of Tritium Revisited (Ian Fairlie, 2008) ]

[ Problems with tritium exit signs and the need for a ban (2006) ]

[ Security Risks of Tritium Traffic -- Use in Nuclear Weapons (2006) ]

[ Tracking the Tritium Trail -- from Pollutant to Product (2006) ]

[ UK Report: Tritium: Properties, Metabolism and Dosimetry (2003)
CERRIE = Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters
 ]

[ The Health Hazards of Tritium -- Excerpts from Source Documents (1981) ]

[ Genetic Effects of Tritium Exposure (1977)
UNSCEAR = UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ]

[ Teratogenic Effects of Trtium Exposure (1977)
UNSCEAR = UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
 ]

[ "No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]


 

Radioactive Steam Generators

 

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ P.O.V. Essay: Nuclear Waste - From "disposal" to "recycling" (August 16 2010) ]

[ A Brief Critique of the CNSC's "Technical Briefing" on Steam Generators (March 10 2011) ]

[ Resolution to Stop the S.G. Shipment for MPs and Senators to endorse (February 14 2011) ]

[ 15 Facts about Radioactive Steam Generators (February 14 2011) ]

[ Decision Allowing Transport of Radioactive Waste Condemned (February 5 2011) ]

[ CCNR Supplementary Submission to the CNSC on the steam generator issue (Edwards Nov 22 2010) ]

[ Great Lakes Cities Initiative - Supplementary Brief on Steam Generator Transport (November 22 2010) ]

[ Media Release: Steam Generator Radioactive Cargo is Mostly Plutonium (November 15 2010) ]

[ List of Plutonium and Other Isotopes in Bruce Power's Steam Generators (CNSC Data) ]

[ Press Conference: International Opposition to Radioactive Waste Shipment (September 27 2010) ]

[ Nuclear Intestines: Looking Inside a Radioactive Steam Generator ]

[ List of Radioactive Contaminants Inside a Nuclear Steam Generator ]

[ Environmental Assessment Docs about Steam Generators - Verbatim Quotations (2005-2006) ]

[ CCNR Submission to the CNSC on the steam generator issue (Edwards Sep 13 2010) ]

[ Resolution to Stop the Shipment of Radioactive Steam Generators on the Great Lakes ]

[ Endorsers of the resolution against the transport of steam generators ]

[ 39 Quebec municipalities that have passed the resolution against the transport ]

[ Letter to Canadian Authorities -- Seven US Senators Question the Transport (Oct. 1 2010) ]

[ Letter to American Authorities -- Seven US Senators Question the Transport (Oct. 1 2010) ]

[ Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Brief Against the Planned Shipment (Sept. 2010) ]

[ Shipping 1600 metric tonnes of radioactive waste from Canada to Sweden: The Route ]

[ Returning 400 metric tonnes of radwaste from Sweden to Canada (through Halifax): Possible Routes ]

[ Radio interview on the transport of steam generators to Swedenl ]

[ Critique of CNSC Presentation to Owen Sound City Council ]

[ Steel Manufacturers Association Report on Radioactive Scrap Metal (EXCERPT 2009-2010) ]

[ UN Report on Radioactive Contamination of Scrap Metal (2006) ]

 


 

 

The Hazards of Uranium

 

Aboriginal Deaths from the World's First Uranium Mine Reported


[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]


[ Uranium: Premises, Promises, Predicaments ]
[Edwards, 1h28m video, Saskatoon, October 19, 2021]
 ]

[ Health Implications of Uranium Fuel Fabrication [Peterborough 2020] ]

[ Protecting the Health and Safety of Canadians [Peterborough 2020] ]

[ Health Problems with Uranium Fuel Pelleting (BWXT Peterborough) [Slide Show 2019] ]

[ Correspondence on the long-term hazards of uranium tailings [Denmark 2019] ]

[ Speech: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Slide Show: The Health Dangers of Uranium Mining (Greenland; Jun 11 2016) ]

[ Uranium Mill Tailings: Not Just Any Toxic Legacy [video 3m 2011] ]

[ Uranium, Radioactivity & Ionizing Radiation (Slideshow, Joburg S.Africa, Nov 16/15) ]

[ Declaration of the World Uranium Symposium (Quebec April 16 2015) ]

[ Canada's Uranium to India + World Uranium Symposium [Radio (15 min) April 16 2015] ]

[ Uranium in Quebec: Too Heavy A Price To Pay? (Brief to Uranium Inquiry, Oct 30 2014) ]

[ Uranium – Its Uses and Dangers (Sept 25 2014) ]

[ Resolution for a Permanent Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Quebec (February 2013) ]

[ CCNR Critique of the Matoush Uranium Exploration Project's EIS (November 23 2010) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[An Open Letter to Nunavut Leaders: Health Implications (Vakil & Harvey 2010) ]

[Summary of Testimony to the Nunavut Planning Commission (Edwards 2007/06/06) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]

[Ethical Problems Concerning the Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons (Jan '01) ]

[Depleted Uranium -- Commercial Dross or Military Gold? (photo) ]

[What are the Radioactive Byproducts of Uranium-238? (chart) ]

[What Does Alpha Radiation Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[Health Warning Related to Handling Radioactive Ores (Ottawa '31/32) ]

[Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium (Bertell 99/05) ]

[U.S. Senate testimony affecting atomic veterans (Bertell 98/04) ]

[Gulf War Syndrome and Depleted Uranium: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Uranium : A Discussion Guide -- Questions & Answers ]

[Uranium: Known Facts and Hidden Dangers (Salzburg address) ]

[Uranium: The Deadliest Metal -- background article (Edwards 92) ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

[Dene of Great Bear Lake Demand Federal Action on Uranium Deaths ]

[Findings on Uranium Tailings -- from Official Documents ]

[Critique of ICRP Radiation Standards: Rosalie Bertell ]

[Health Dangers of Uranium Mining: B.C. Medical Association ('80) ]

[Estimating Lung Cancers from Permitted Radon Exposures (Edwards/78) ]

[Risk Estimates for Health Effects of Alpha Radiation (Thomas/81) ]

[Map of Uranium Mining Activities in Canada ]

[Uranium Tailings at Elliot Lake (photo) ]

[What are radon progeny (formerly called radon daughters) ? (chart) ]

[Uranium Refinery at Blind River, Ontario (photo) ]

[A Scale Model of the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Inside the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Port Radium, NWT, before the discovery of nuclear fission (1930s) ]

[The first shipment of radium concentrates from Great Bear Lake (1931) ]

Port Hope Contamination

[ Port Hope - Early History of Contamination (Edwards, January, 2021) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Port Hope Mortality Study – A Critique [draft version] (Eric Mintz, 2004) ]

[ Port Hope Cancer Morbidity Study – A Critique (Eric Mintz, 2000) ]

[ Health Effects of Radiation Contamination in Port Hope (Queen's U Study, 1984) ]

[ Petition to the Auditor General re Health in Port Hope (PHCHCC, Jan 8, 2008)  ]

[ Critique of EA on Slightly Enriched Uranium at Port Hope (PHCHCC, Oct 19, 2008)  ]

[The Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

 


 

 

The Dangers of Nuclear Reactors

[ Directory of interviews with G. Edwards on the Fukushima Triple Meltdown ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ Nuclear Power on the Battlefield - Russia Invades Ukraine (Slide Show March 12 2022) ]

[ Bruce Power and the CNSC: Is Anybody Responsible? (March 16 2015) ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ The Failure to Answer Fundamental Safety Questions (Jan 13 2013) ]

[ The Unavailability of CANDU Safety Systems (Dec 9 2012) ]

[ Oral Testimony by G. Edwards vs Darlington Refurbishment (Dec 6 2012) ]

[ Don't Refurbish Darlington; Report to Parliament Instead (Oct 13 2012) ]

[ Thinking About Thorium (September 16 2012) ]

[ Operating Gentilly-2 and Point Lepreau Ill-Advised (July 11 2012) ]

[ CCNR Comments on the CNSC Post-Fukushima Action Plan (Feb. 4 2012) ]

[ Dangers of the Spent Fuel Pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi (Jan. 13 2012) ]

[ CCNR Submission to CNSC re. Restart of Point Lepreau (Nov. 14 2011) ]

[ Fukushima Dai-ichi's Fourth Reactor Needs Independent Assessment (Oct 24 2011) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2 Will Not Make It Safe; Shutting it Down Will (Oct 18 2011) ]

[ Do radioactive wastes produce heat? (July 2011) ]

[ Fukushima: The Crisis is Not Over (Gundersen, June 2011) ]

[ Groups across Canada call for an Inquiry into the Future of Nuclear Power  ]

[VIDEO: Spread of Radioactive Cesium from the Chernobyl Meltdown (France, 2011) ]

[VIDEO: Potential spread of Radioactive Contamination from Fukushima (Norway, 2011) ]

[ The Davis Besse Reactor: 20 More Years of Radioactive Russian Roulette? (Kamps 2010) ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[Notes on the Isotope Shortage (Edwards '09) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]

[ Dismantling Nuclear Structures at Gentilly Provides Jobs (Jan 29 2013) ]

[ Refurbishing Gentilly-2: A Bad Decision for Health (2008/08/21) ]

[ Findings on CANDU Reactor Accidents -- from Official Documents ]

[ A Chernobyl in Canada - it could happen here (Globe & Mail '86) ]

[ Reactor Safety (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

[ Reactor hazards in Canada - what's all the fuss about? (Edwards '78) ]

[ Deaths, injuries and property damage from reactor accidents ('82) ]

[ All About Meltdowns -- from the US Rasmussen Report ('74) ]

[ Nuclear Power in Quebec (Débat public sur l'Énergie, '95) ]

[ Accident Possibilities at Gentilly-2 and Other CANDUs ]

[ A Chernobyl in Quebec? - Letters on the Gentilly reactor (1986) ]

[ Deterioration of Feeder Pipes in CANDU reactors (Jan '97) ]

[ Nuclear Accidents on Military Vessels in Canadian Ports ]

[ Groups oppose use of weapons-grade uranium in Chalk River reactors ]

[ Nuclear Safety Record Shuts Down Ontario Reactors (NAP) ]

[ Report to Ontario Hydro: Reactors are "Minimally Acceptable" (July '97) ]

[ "Pickering Reactors Unsafe" -- Durham Nuclear Awareness (May '97) ]

[ Flammable "Firestops" Used in CANDU reactors (May '97) ]

[ The Fire at the Brown's Ferry Nuclear Power Station (1976) ]

[ Reactor Accidents at Chalk River -- The Human Fallout ]

[ The Health Hazards of Tritium -- Excerpts from Source Documents ]

[ "No Safe Dose of Radiation" -- Canadian Nuclear Authorities (1982) ]

[ What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[ Splitting the atom using U-235 or Pu-239 (schematic animation) ]

 


 

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
(SMNRs or SMRs)

[ Proposed SMNR for Darlington -- the BWRX-300;
Part 1: "Much Ado About Siting" (G Edwards, March 20, 2023)
 ]

[ Proposed SMNR for Darlington -- the BWRX-300;
CCNR Submission to CNSC (Edwards & Nijhawan, March 20, 2023)
 ]

[ Radio interview with Gordon Edwards
on Small Modular Reactors (CBC Saint John, April 1, 2022 )
 ]

[ Some of the SMNRs Proposed for Canada (Slide Show, April 9, 2021) ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors and
Prolferation of Nuclear Weapons (Edwards, Jan 12, 2021)
 ]

[ Extracting plutonium: "The Problems with Pyroprocessing"
(video, April 29, 2021, E. Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists)
 ]

[ Holiday Gift to Nuclear Industry "Naughty, not Nice"
Groups Oppose Government Funding for SMNRs (Release, Dec 17, 2020)
 ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors -
Not Clean, Not Small, Not Green, Not Affordable (Video, Mar 13 2020)
 ]

[ SMNRs – Not Clean, Small, Green or Affordable
text of presentation linked above (transcript, Mar 13 2020)
 ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - A Case of Wishful Thinking (Dec 18 2019) ]

[ Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - The Pied Piper Strikes Again (January 2019) ]

[
Canada's First SMNR - The SLOWPOKE District Heating Nuclear Reactor ]
[video, Oct 2 1989, G Edwards in Saskatoon, 2 hours)
 ]

[ Small Modular Reactors and Radioactive Waste ]
[video, Sept 2019, Science for Peace, starts at 24 minutes)
 ]

[ Radioactive Wastes and SMNRs in Canada ]
[scroll down for audio, Aug 2019, Nuclear Hotseat, starts at 16 minutes)
 ]

[ Chiefs oppose small reactors on First Nations territory (July 16 2019) ]

[ "Don't exempt SMNRs from Environmental Assessment" ]
(Grand Chief of the Anishinabek Nation, March 29 2019)
 ]

[ First Nations Chiefs - Resolution Against SMNRs (Nov 20-21-22 2018) ]

[ NRCan: Summary of Canada's Nuclear Road Map for SMNRs ]
(Ministry of Natural Resources, November 2018)
 ]

[ Red Light for Canada's Nuclear Road Map for SMNRs
(video of Media Conference, Nov 3 2018, Ottawa, 24m)
 ]

[ SMR = Second Make-Believe Renaissance (Sep 12 2018) ]

[ Thorium Reactors -- Back to the Dream Factory (July 2011) ]


 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Nuclear Weapons ~

Take Action to Ban Plutonium Reprocessing in Canada [video, 5 min, 2023]

AMAZING VIDEO: Witness 2000 Nuclear Bombs Exploded since 1945 (be patient!) ]

Background

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]

[ Uranium and Plutonium - a CCNR Fact Sheet (2022) ]

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Edwards to Montreal Press Club - Nuclear Dangers Update (Aug 6 2012: video 1h12m) ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

.

[ Enrichment & Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors & Back Again (Fact Sheet 2022)]

[ Open Letter for the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty (Multinational, 2020-2021) ]

[Use of Canadian Uranium in the First Atomic Bombs: Verbatim Excerpts ('98) ]

[How Uranium from Great Bear Lake Ended Up in A-Bombs: A Chronology ('98) ]

[Canada's Role in the Bomb Programs of US, UK, France and India: A Chronology ]

[Canada's Historic Role in Britain's Nuclear Weapons Programme ]

[CCNR Exhibits Filed at the Nanoose Expropriation Hearings (July/99) ]

Nanoose Expropriation:   NEWS ACCOUNTS AND TESTIMONY:

[Groups oppose use of weapons-grade uranium in Chalk River reactors ]

[House of Commons ~ Recommendations on Nuclear Weapons (Dec/98) ]

[Canadian Plutonium Sold For American Bombs 1946-76 ]

[Findings on Plutonium : both Civilian and Military ]

[Nuclear explosives using plutonium from a power reactor (US DOE '97) ]

[Nuclear weapons using plutonium from a power reactor (US NAS '94) ]

[American Nuclear Weapons Test Using Reactor-Grade Plutonium (US DOE) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Statement of the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ('98) ]

[Eight "Foreign Ministers" Call for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons ('98) ]

[International Civilian Leaders : Statement on Nuclear Weapons (Feb 98) ]

[75 US Bishops Reject the American Policy of Nuclear Deterrence ('98) ]

[Statement on Nuclear Weapons by International Generals and Admirals (Dec 96) ]

[The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons ('96) ]

[Fueling the Nuclear Arms Race -- and How to Stop It (Edwards '85) ]

[The Peaceful Atom Goes to War: Bomb Makers Against Plutonium ('78) ]

[Text of the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Extended Indefinitely in 1995 ('68) ]

[The United States Nuclear Arsenal in Miniature (photo) ]

Press Release : The Indian Bomb Tests and Canadian Accountability

Tritium from CANDU power reactors aids India's H-bomb capability

Hot-linked  background articles  on India's nuclear weapons tests

Canadian Continuing Nuclear Cooperation with India and Pakistan

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]


 

 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Plutonium Imports to Canada ~


[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

NEWS STORIES: Ottawa imports weapons plutonium from US and Russia

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[Plutonium: Exploding the Nuclear Myths (Edwards, 2001) ]

[CCNR Fax to Jean Chrétien Regarding Plutonium Imports (April 1996) ]

[Ottawa tells Canadians fairy tales about plutonium (Edwards 00) ]

[Why Russia's plutonium should be immobilized and not burned (BAS 98/06) ]

[MOX Experience -- Plutonium in Canada (Griffiths, July 1997) ]

["Do not approve plutonium imports" ~ CCNR to Transport Canada (Oct 99) ]

[CCNR's Submission to Transport Canada re. Russian plutonium (Aug 00) ]

[Comments on AECL Plans for Plutonium from Moscow (Lyman Aug 00) ]

[AECL must discuss accidental spill of plutonium dust ~ Transport Canada (Aug'00) ]

[Isn't MOX one way to phase out plutonium? (Aug 00) ]

[Media Release : Groups demand truth on plutonium airlift plan (Aug 00) ]

[Transport Canada Assurances: "Plutonium Will Not Be Flown" (Nov '99) ]

[Inadequate Regulations for Air Transport of Plutonium (Lyman '97) ]

[Policing Plutonium: The Civil Liberties Fallout (Harvard Law 1975) ]

[CELA Legal Opinion: Canadian airlift of plutonium was illegal (CELA 00/02) ]

[Findings on the Toxicity of Plutonium (Amer. Nuclear Soc. '97) ]

[How much plutonium does it take to overdose a person? (AECB/CCNR 00/02) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Using Weapons-Derived Plutonium to Fuel CANDU Reactors (AECL '97) ]

[What does "burning weapons plutonium in nuclear reactors" mean? (NAS '94) ]

[Plutonium: Peace or Profits? ~ 3-part series by the North Bay Nugget (Oct 99) ]

[Ontario is not actively planning to use plutonium (MOX) fuel (Aug 99) ]

[Foreign Affairs Commmittee recommends against plutonium imports (Dec/98) ]

[Hot Leftovers from a Cold War -- Plutonium Imports into Canada (July 99) ]

[1999 EMO Meeting in NS on plutonium transport ~ before it was scrapped ]

[US-Russia Agreement on Plutonium Disposition (Sept 1 '98) ]

[Which routes (Los Alamos to Chalk River) will U.S. plutonium shipments take? ]

[March 16, 1998 -- Plutonium : An International Action Day ]

[Is it "Plutonium, Hell No!" or "Hello, Plutonium!"? (Feb '98) ]

[CCNR Brief: Plutonium Fuel Shipments, US to Canada (Sept 17 '97) ]

[US Environmental Assessment: Plutonium from US to Canada (Sept 13/97) ]

[Action Alert: Plutonium and Democracy in Canada (May '97) ]

[NIRS Letter to President Clinton About Plutonium (Jan. 1997) ]

[CCNR's Position on Plutonium Imports (Sept. 1996) ]

[Nuclear Awareness Project: Keep Plutonium Out Of Canada (April'96) ]

[Brief on Plutonium Imports by Nuclear Awareness Project (July'96) ]

[Plutonium Anyone? -- Ploughshares Article by G. Edwards ('95) ]


 

The Plutonium Connection
~ Background on Plutonium ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[World Plutonium Inventories 1999 (Norris and Arkin '99) ]

[Findings on Plutonium : both Civilian and Military ]

[Canadian Plutonium Sold For American Bombs 1946-76 ]

[Canada's Historic Role in the Britain's Nuclear Weapons Programme ]

[How to make a bomb using plutonium from a power reactor (US DOE '97) ]

[How to make a bomb using plutonium from a power reactor (US NAS '94) ]

[American A-Bomb Test Used Reactor-Grade Plutonium (US DOE) ]

[For nuclear explosives, "All plutonium is good plutonium" (Sandia Labs '96) ]

[Current AECL plans to commercialize plutonium ('94) ]

[High-Level Radwaste in Canada -- The Plutonium Agenda ('86) ]

[A Plutonium Economy in Canada? (from Myth of the Peaceful Atom '83) ]

[Fueling the Nuclear Arms Race -- and How to Stop It (Edwards '85) ]

[The Peaceful Atom Goes to War: Bomb Makers Against Plutonium ('78) ]

[What is Reprocessing? Past AECL Plans for Plutonium ('77) ]

[AECL's Master Plan : a plutonium economy in Canada (AECL '77) ]

[The Flowers Report (UK) : Warnings about the Plutonium Economy ('76) ]

[How much plutonium does it take to make a bomb? (photo) ]

[Dr. Theodore Taylor: Plutonium and the Bomb (photo) ]

[Breeding plutonium-239 from uranium-238 (animation) ]

[Nuclear fission using uranium-235 or plutonium-239 (animation) ]

[What Does Radiation from Plutonium Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[The nuclear fuel chain -- including plutonium (flow chart) ]

[The World's First Plutonium Production Reactor (photo) ]

[The World's First Large Plutonium Reprocessing Plant (photo) ]

[How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? (Flowers, 1976) ]

[Post-Reprocessing High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

 


 

 

Radioactive Waste

[ Q&A About Handling Used Nuclear Fuel Before Burial ]
[ Prepared for the South Bruce CLC, February 8 2021 ]
 ]

[ Nuclear Waste 101: Introduction and Overview [Edwards, 15m video, 2021] ]
[ Prepared for a US Congressional Briefing on Radioactive Waste ]
 ]

[ Why is High Level Nuclear Waste So Dangerous for So Long? [Edwards]  ]

[ SON votes against Lake Huron Nuclear Waste Dump [Jan 31, 2020]  ]

[ United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ 100 Thousand Years and Counting . . . [Comic Book, 2020]  ]

[ Nuclear Governance in Canada - A Corporate Takeover? [Turning Point, 2019]  ]

[ The Radioactive Outhouse: Entombment of the NPD Reactor (2018) ]

[ Nuclear Waste and Radioactive Demolition (Slides: June 2017) ]

[ The Age of Nuclear Waste: From Fukushima to Indian Point (Slides: March 2017) ]

[ Giant Radioactive Waste Dump at Chalk River on the Ottawa River (Apr 2017) ]

[ Chalk River "Near Surface Disposal Facility" - Five Fatal Flaws (Mar 30 2017) ]

[ Ten Things to Know about the Chalk River Radioactive Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Disregard for IAEA safety standards at Chalk River Nuclear Mega-Dump (Apr 2017) ]

[ Nuclear Waste: The Anatomy of a Lie (Edwards on video) 2016] ]

[ Nuclear Waste: Abandonment versus Rolling Stewardship ]

[ The Secret Life of the Atom: An Overview ]


[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada (Sept 1 2014) ]

[ Final CCNR submission on the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump (Oct 9 2014) ]

[ Edwards' Oral Testimony on the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump (Sept 9 2014) ]

[ Letter to the Minister: Public Hearings on Transport of Liquid HLW? (Sep 3 2013) ]

[ Letter to Michael Binder on "misinformation" (Sep 3 2013) ]

[ Backgrounder: No Liquid High-Level Radioactive Waste on Public Roads (May 15 2013) ]

[ Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Radioactive Waste (May 15 2013) ]

[ The Environmental Hazards of Japan's Reprocessing of Spent Fuel (Oct 4 2013) ]

[ Groups Endorsing the Resolution Against the Transport of Liquid Nuclear Waste (May 16 2013) ]

[ Why Geologic Storage Will Not Solve the High-Level Waste Problem [Power-Point 2007] ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[ Nuclear Fuel Waste - Questions About Alternative Disposal Methods (2005/2011) ]

[ How long do radioactive wastes continue to produce heat? (July 2011)  ]

[ How Russian Wildfires can Spread Radioactive Contamination (audio - 2010)  ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ Following the Path Backward: A Response to the NWMO Report (Sept. 05) ]

[ "Wanted: A Home for Canada's Nuclear Waste" [audio file (27 min.) 2009] ]


Seaborn Panel Recommends: Canada Should Not Proceed   to Site Selection

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[Seaborn Panel Report on High Level Waste Disposal Concept -- Summary ]

[Findings on High Level Radioactive Wastes -- from Official Documents ]

[Reflections on High-Level Radioactive Waste by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

[CCNR's Summary Argument on High Level Radioactive Wastes ]

[ A Model Brief on High Level Radioactive Wastes ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS on Radwaste Disposal -- by CCNR ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS on Radwaste Disposal -- by First Nations ]

[Deficiencies in AECL's EIS -- Scientific Review Group ]

[What Scientists Still Don't Know About Geologic Disposal ]

[Nuclear Wastes (from Canada's Nuclear Dilemma, 1982) ]

["Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?" (1978 Original) ]

["Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?" - an update." (1987 Addendum) ]

[High-Level Radwaste in Canada -- The Plutonium Agenda ('86) ]

[Chippewa First Nation Challenges Dry Storage of High Level Waste (Nov. 98) ]

[Features of Pickering dry storage facility not discussed in Bruce EA. (Nov. 98) ]

[211 Radioactive Poisons in 10-year old CANDU Spent Fuel (chart) ]

[A Selected list of Radioactive Poisons in Spent Nuclear Fuel (chart) ]

[How toxic is CANDU nuclear waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How toxic is U.S. nuclear fuel waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? ]

[High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

 


 

 

Irradiated Nuclear Fuel
(High Level Radioactive Waste)

[ Nuclear Courtship (Part 1) - Looking for a "willing host community" [APTN Video Feb 7, 2020]  ]

[ Nuclear Courtship (Part 2) - Community reaction is mixed [APTN Video Feb 14, 2020]  ]

 


 

 

Rolling Stewardship

[ Rolling Stewardship: A Presentation to Nuclear Transparency Watch (NTW, March 23, 2022) ]

[ Nuclear Waste: Abandonment versus Rolling Stewardship ]

[ Correspondence on Radioactive Waste and Rolling Stewardship (June 2019) ]

[ Stockholm Video on Radioactive Waste and Rolling Stewardship (May 2019) ]

[ Slides from Stockholm video on Radwaste and Rolling Stewardship (May 2019) ]

[ Submission to US NRC regarding Yucca Mountain (2015) ]

[ First Nations Declaration: Five Principles re Radwaste (2015) ]

[ Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada (slide show, Salzburg, 2014) ]

[ Testimony on OPG’s Planned Nuclear Waste Dump on Lake Huron (2013) ]

[ CCNR Undertaking – Examples of Rolling Stewardship (2013) ]



Indigenous Declarations
on nuclear issues

[ Indigenous Consultations on Nuclear Projects are Inadequate
Algonquin Nations' letter to PM Trudeau (May 14 2022)
 ]

[ Anishinabek Nation & Iroquois Caucus form Alliance on Nuclear Waste (May 3 2017)  ]

[ Assembly of First Nations Resolution on Nuclear Waste (July 2017) ]

[ Ontario Chiefs Resolution against new nuclear reactors (November 2018) ]

[ Assembly of First Nations Resolution against New Nuclear Reactors (Dec 2018) ]

[ United Nations: Radioactive Waste & Canada's First Nations
(Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues video, 59 min., April 23 2018)
 ]

[ Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution on Nuclear Reactors & Waste (March 2021) ]

[ Five Principles of Radioactive Waste Management
(from the Anishinabek /Iroquois Joint Declatration of 2017)
 ]

[ Letter to Senate Chair:"Do not exempt new nuclear reactors from Assessment"
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, March 29 2019)
 ]

[ Ontario Chiefs oppose nuclear reactors on First Nations territory
(Sudbury Star Editorial, July 16 2019)
 ]

[ Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe opposes the storage
of nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (Michigan, Sept 16 2021)
 ]

[ Wolastoq Grand Council Resolution on Nuclear Reactors & Waste (March 2021) ]

[ Chiefs of Ontario Resolution on Alternatives to Nuclear Energy (Feb 2021) ]

[ Letter to PM Trudeau against weakening Port Hope clean-up criteria
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, Jan 13 2021)
 ]

[ Letter to PM Trudeau against promotion of new nuclear reactors
(Grand Chief, Anishinabek Nation, November 5 2020)
 ]

[ Joint Declaration on Radioactive Waste Transport and Abandonment
(Anishinabek /Iroquois Alliance, 2020, updated from 2017 version)
 ]

[ Kebaowek First Nation Press Release denounces
misappropriation of Algonquin heritage (December 10 2021)
 ]

[ Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Press Release deplores
"pseudo-Algonquin" ceremony at Chalk River (December 10 2021)
 ]

 


The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ CANDU Reactor Exports ~

[Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[Appeal re. the Proposed Akkuyu Nuclear Plant in Turkey (5/98) ]

[CANDU Syndrome: Canada's Bid to sell reactors to Turkey ('97) ]

[Documents Related to the CANDU Reactor Sale to China (November '96) ]

[Feeding the Nuclear Dragon: CANDU Exports to China ('95) ]

[Exporting Disaster: The Cost of Selling CANDU Reactors ('96) ]

Press Release   : The Indian Bomb Tests and Canadian Accountability

FLASH: Tritium from CANDU power reactors   aids India's H-bomb capability

FLASH: Canadian Continuing Nuclear Cooperation with India and Pakistan

[Nuclear Power in the Third World: An Analysis ('83) ]

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]

 


 

The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ Nuclear Economics ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Liability in Canada vs. Fukushima Experience (testimony June 6 2014)] ]

[ Proposed Legislation to Replace the Nuclear Liability Act (testimony Nov 29 2007)] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[Nuclear Sunset: Economic Costs of the Canadian Nuclear Industry ('96) ]

[1997 Federal Election -- Nuclear Policy Survey (May '97) ]

[Federal Subsidies to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (Table: Feb '97) ]

[Historical Origins of Canada's Nuclear Liability Act (Edwards '97) ]

[Nuclear Subsidies: Time To End The Tax Drain (Edwards '95) ]

[Cost Disadvantages of Expanding Nuclear Power (Edwards '82) ]

[Canada's Nuclear Dilemma -- Journal of Business Administration (Edwards '82) ]

 


 

The Canadian Nuclear Industry
~ History and Background ~

[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ The Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Age [A/V slide show (1 hr) 2007] ]

[Plutonium: Exploding the Nuclear Myths (Edwards, 2001) ]

[Notes on the Isotope Shortage (Edwards '09) ]

[Nuclear Medicine, Radio-isotopes and Nuclear Reactors ('91) ]

[Fatal Dose -- Radiation Deaths linked to AECL Computer Errors ]

[Potential Health Effects of Food Irradiation (Testimony '87) ]

[Recommendations on Food Irradiation (Commons Committee '87) ]

[Decommissioning Reactors: A Growth Industry ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- A: Radioactivity ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- B: Health Effects ]

[Health/Environment Issues Linked to Nuclear -- C: Nuclear Fission ]

[Regulation Forever: Nuclear Canada (Admin. Law Journal, Orkin '87) ]

[Canada's Nuclear History: The Myth of the Peaceful Atom (Edwards '83) ]

[What Does the Nuclear Industry Think of CCNR? ]

[The Nuclear Debate: A Metaphorical Framework (Edwards '78) ]

[Time to Stop and Think: A Brief to Pierre Elliot Trudeau ('77) ]

[The Dangers of Nuclear Power: An Open Letter to Physicists ('72) ]

 


 

 

Non-Nuclear Alternatives


[ Nuclear Technology: A Primer ]

[ Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Climate Change [video (7 min) 2010] ]

[ The Decline of Nuclear Power Worldwide (Edwards 2012)] ]

[ Nuclear Power: Hope or Hoax? [9-part You-tube slide show (90 min) 2008] ]

[ SIGN: Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[ Endorsers of the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear-Fission-Free World (Aug 2016) ]

[Nuclear power is not the solution to global warming. (CNP 1997) ]

[Fossil Fuels not needed to replace Ontario's Nuclear Electricity ]

[The Negawatt Revolution -- Solving the CO2 Problem : by Amory Lovins ]

[[Green Energy Conference ~ Final Statement: "Deadline Now, Lifeline 2000" ]

[The Hard and Soft Energy Paths -- According to Lovins (2 graphs) ]

[Why Nuclear Power Can't Solve the CO2 Problem (chart) ]

[How 3/4 of US Electricity Can Be Saved by Energy Efficiency (chart) ]

 


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Non-Photographic Images ~


[ Teeswater - an NWMO candidate site for burial of Canada's HLW (Feb. '20)  ]

[ Nuclear Map of Canada : by G. Edwards and R. Del Tredici (Aug. '97) ]

[Nuclear Map of Canada (latest): G. Edwards/R. Del Tredici (Oct. '98) ]

[Which routes (from Los Alamos to Chalk River) will plutonium shipments take? ]

[Federal Subsidies to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (table: Feb '97) ]

[The nuclear fuel chain -- including plutonium (illustration) ]

[Breeding plutonium-239 from uranium-238 (animation) ]

[Nuclear fission using uranium-235 or plutonium-239 (animation) ]

[The Periodic Table of Elements, with Atomic Numbers and Mass Numbers (chart) ]

[211 Radioactive Poisons in 10-year old CANDU Spent Fuel (chart) ]

[A Selected list of Radioactive Poisons in Spent Nuclear Fuel (chart) ]

[How toxic is CANDU nuclear waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[How toxic is U.S. nuclear fuel waste over 10 million years? (chart) ]

[A Map of India's Nuclear Facilities ]

[A Map of Uranium Mining Activities in Canada ]

[What is the Decay Chain of Uranium-238? (chart) ]

[What are radon progeny (formerly called radon daughters) ? (chart) ]

[The Hard and Soft Energy Paths -- According to Lovins (2 graphs) ]

[Why Nuclear Power Can't Solve the CO2 Problem (chart) ]

[How Three Quarters of U.S. Electricity Can Be Saved by Energy Efficiency (chart) ]


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Photographic Images ~
by Robert Del Tredici


[ How much plutonium does it take to make a bomb? (photo) ]

[The World's First Plutonium Production Reactor (photo) ]

[The World's First Large Plutonium Reprocessing Plant (photo) ]

[Post-Reprocessing High Level Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks (photo) ]

[The United States Nuclear Arsenal in Miniature (photo) ]

[What does the Core of a CANDU reactor look like? (photo) ]

[Uranium Mill Tailings at Elliot Lake (photo) ]

[Uranium Refinery at Blind River, Ontario (photo) ]

[A Scale Model of the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Inside the Blind River Refinery (photo) ]

[Depleted Uranium -- Commercial Dross or Military Gold? (photo) ]

[What Does Alpha Radiation Look Like? (photo + closeup) ]

[How To Make an H-Bomb (or thermonuclear bomb -- photo) ]

[Howard Morland: author of ''How To Make an H-Bomb'' (photo) ]

[Dr. Theodore Taylor: Plutonium and the Bomb (photo) ]

[Maisie Shiell and The Power of One (photo) ]

[Karl Morgan -- The Father of Health Physics (photo) ]

[Dr. Alice Stewart, Low-Level Radiation, and the Foetus (photo) ]

[William Lawless: Whistleblower Extraordinaire (photo) ]

[Rosalie Bertell: No Immediate Danger? (photo) ]


 

 

Picture Gallery

~ Photographic Images ~
Archival Material

[ How is high-level radioactive liquid waste cooled? (Flowers, 1976) ]

[Port Radium, NWT, before the discovery of nuclear fission (1930s) ]

[The first shipment of radium concentrates from Great Bear Lake (1931) ]


 

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