Truths and myths
Urgent request to attend UDP (Uranium Development Partnership) Hearings
If you want to do only one thing to further the struggle against further nuclear development in Saskatchewan please attend the public hearings. Time is of the essence, so contact as many people as you can and drag them to the meeting. The Saskatoon event will be Monday, 15 June 2009 at the Travelodge at 7 p.m. For further information, read the attached document. See you there.
What the UDP (Uranium Development Partnership) Report is not telling us about wastes
Bill Adamson has prepared the attached response to the UDP Report on the topic of wastes. You will not hear about any of this in the mainstream media.
What Bruce Power won't be telling you about nuclear reactors on the North Saskatchewan River
Duncan Hawthorne of Bruce Power is proposing to build two nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan. They would employ 1000 people full time for 60 years and bring $240 million annually to the provincial government. However, we do well to remember the saying, The Devil is in the details!
Public cost of nuclear power
Taxpayers pay front-end subsidies. We pay again for cost overruns. We pay for other sources of electricity when nuclear projects don't start on time or shut down for costly refurbishing. And then our kids will pay again for costly decommissioning and futuristic nuclear waste management.
Nuclear proponent ignores the rest of the uranium story
In the story, A new look at nuclear (SP, Dec. 4), Lyle Krahn persists in repeating the tired nuclear mantra, namely: "I can summarize the advantages of nuclear power in three words—clean, reliable and affordable."
