WATCH: Nuclear Waste Workshops

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VIEW ONLINE RECORDINGS: FEBRUARY 2014 - Nuclear Waste Workshops

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In Canada, as in several other that use nuclear power - the nuclear industry is committed to the idea of burying the nuclear fuel waste in a rock formation in a yet-to-be-identified location. In 2002 the federal government gave the nuclear industry permission to begin a search for a suitable site and a willing community, and in May 2010 the Nuclear Waste Management Organization formally launched their search for just such a community.

Brennain Lloyd of Northwatch has organized a series of webinars related to Canada's plans for dealing with its High-Level Nuclear Waste (irradiated nuclear fuel). The industry-driven Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is currently seeking for a "willing host community" in Northern Saskatchewan or Northern Ontario to accept all of Canada's used nuclear fuel for eventual burial and abandonment, with or without reprocessing.

These webinars are archived and available for viewing by anyone who either missed a particular webinar or would like to review it.


Monday, February 10th 6 pm (Eastern)
Nuclear Waste: Canada Update 2014
Join us for an on-line workshop to share news, information and community updates about Canada's nuclear waste program and the nuclear industry's search for a burial site for all of Canada's high level nuclear fuel waste.


Wednesday, February 19th @ 12 noon
The Nuclear 3'R's - Reprocessing, Recycling and the Nuclear Renaissance
Why "reprocessing" nuclear wastes increases hazards and creates problems rather than solving them. Presentation by Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, with discussion to follow.


Monday, February 24th
Getting the Shaft: Nuclear Waste Repository Design
Still in the early stages of their search for a "willing" community in which they may construct an underground repository for all of Canada's high level nuclear waste, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has been operating a "technical program" for a number of years. This webinar will include a broad overview of the NWMO "research" program, with a closer look at some key aspects of the NWMO repository design. Presentation by Save Our Saugeen Shores research Pat Gibbons.


Friday, February 28th
Keep It Up! Alternatives to Deep Burial of Nuclear Waste
While deep burial of nuclear waste has been the nuclear industry's objective since the 1970s, other countries, organizations, and international bodies have other ideas. Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear (USA) will discuss Hardened On-Site Storage as an alternative means of increasing security for high level nuclear fuel waste.
(Click on links for backgrounders by Northwatch on extended storage and by Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility on Rolling Stewardship and Beyond Nuclear on Hardened On-Site Storage)


Monday, March 3rd
Nuclear Waste: International Update 2014
One of the Canadian nuclear industry's persuasion strategies is to describe their plan to bury nuclear waste as being in-step with international norms - "everybody's doing it!". Our international panel will provide a summary of where the nuclear waste program is actually at in the U.S.A, United Kingdom and Sweden. Presenentation by Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Research Service, USA, Pete Roche, Nuclear Waste News Service, UK, and Dr. Johan Swahn, MGB, Sweden.