The Dangers of Nuclear Reactors

 

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
(SMNRs or SMRs)

 

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

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

Endorsers of 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] ]

[Video: G Edwards Testimony on BWRX Feb 9, 2025 (30 m)]

[ BWRX Design is too incomplete for a construction licence  ]

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) ]