Radioactive Waste

Radioactive Waste : Thinking Things Through to the End  [ VIDEO ABOVE 39min ]

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) ]

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) ]