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Reflections on Nuclear fission, nuclear fusion and the climate emergency by Gordon Edwards

http://www.ccnr.org/fission_fusion_and_sustainability_2022.pdf This is a wide ranging and thoughtful essay with the best explanation of fusion I have ever seen. It is timely and important because of the excitement currently being generated by the Department of Energy for all things nuclear using the billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the nuclear industry. Written...

FACT SHEET: Enrichment and Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors and Back Again

From: Gordon Edwards <ccnr@web.ca>Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 12:05 PMSubject: FACT SHEET: Enrichment and Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors and Back AgainTo: Gordon Edwards <ccnr@web.ca> For your information – comments welcome. Feel free to share. posted at  www.ccnr.org/Uranium_&_Plutonium_2022.pdf Uranium1. Uranium is the only naturally occurring material that can be used to make an atomic bomb.2. Canada was...

Q&A on the FACT SHEET: Enrichment and Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors and Back Again

From: Gordon Edwards ccnr@web.caDate: Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 11:06 PMSubject: Q&A on the FACT SHEET: Enrichment and Reprocessing: From Bombs to Reactors and Back AgainTo: Gordon Edwards ccnr@web.ca Latest version of the Fact Sheet: www.ccnr.org/Uranium_&_Plutonium_2022.pdf A reader asks – What was the difference between the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?How is an H bomb different from...

Plutonium and high-level nuclear waste. “Reprocessing.”

Another Gordon Edwards soon to be classic. It does not matter that he has Canadian references.  Plutonium is plutonium no matter which reactor produces it. The explanation of how cells are damaged by radiation is especially well done. (2) This is a must read.  Clear, focused with immediately usable information and references for follow up. ...

FACT SHEET: Medicine and Nuclear Power

Good afternoon: A short version (one page) and a long version of CCNR’s new Fact Sheet entitled “Medicine and Nuclear Power” are linked below. Background: The contribution of nuclear power to world energy production has been in a steep decline for the last 25 years. Intense efforts to resuscitate the industry at the beginning of...

More questions about Canada’s plutonium funding and nuclear weapons proliferation

Hello Michael, Donna, Pat: As Shakespeare once said, “Reprocessing by any other name would still stink to high heaven,,,,” The PUREX process dissolved spent fuel in acid to liquify the the solid nuclear fuel waste and then chemically separate the plutonium, leaving the unfissioned uranium and the fission products behind. Very proliferation-prone. The Argonne Labs...

SMR’s in Canada

Troublemaking:  More questions about Canada’s plutonium  funding and nuclear weapons proliferation By Janice Harvey and Susan O’Donnell, The Hill Times, April 4, 2022 The threat of nuclear weapons being deployed by Vladimir Putin, and the potential weaponization of nuclear power plants in Ukraine, has reawakened the public to the danger that these technologies pose. Much to the chagrin...
Ukrainians shocked by 'crazy' scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination

Ukrainians shocked by ‘crazy’ scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination

Background: In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear disaster dispersed dozens of varieties of radioactive poisons high into the air, contaminating soil, water and food over large parts of Europe and northern England, with traces of radioactivity from Chernobyl detected as far away as Rio de Janeiro. Ground contamination around the Chernobyl site was particularly high, leading...
More on Russian troops at Chernobyl from Gordon Edwards

More on Russian troops at Chernobyl from Gordon Edwards

Russian soldiers leave Chornobyl  nuclear plant, Ukraine says Nuclear operator says troops suffered radiation  sickness after digging trenches at contaminated site The Associated Press · Posted: Mar 31, 2022 2:46 PM ET | Last Updated: March 31https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russian-soldiers-leave-chornobyl-ukraine-says-1.6403837 The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, according to the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the...
Blast from the Past: Proposed new nuclear reactors are a distraction from real climate action

Blast from the Past: Proposed new nuclear reactors are a distraction from real climate action

Small Modular Reactors Raise Nuclear Waste  Risk, Distract from Real Climate Solutions The Energy Mix, July 7, 2020https://theenergymix.com/2020/07/07/small-modular-reactors-raise-nuclear-waste-risk-distract-from-real-climate-solutions/ The rise of “small” nuclear reactors (SMRs) raises serious concerns about radioactive waste disposal and is ultimately a distraction from real climate solutions, according to two separate analyses published days apart in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, two of...

Gordon Edwards January 27, NEIS Night With The Experts with video link

Gordon is an excellent, informative speaker.  Don’t miss this opportunity to hear an experienced story teller demystify nuclear power and the most seductive siren of all – uranium. Marilyn Night With The Experts welcomes Dr. Gordon Edwards discussing Uranium – The Deadliest Shape Shifter Thursday, January 27, 2022, 7pm Central Time, 9pm Eastern, UTC -6...
Fukushima Takes a Turn for the Worse

Fukushima Takes a Turn for the Worse

Many of you may remember Gordon Edwards from his presentation at our Fukushima Comemoration program in Westchester some years ago. He is quoted in the article below.  It is a a quote we all need to remember. https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/10/fukushima-takes-a-turn-for-the-worse/ … “Making all matters nuclear even worse, which applies to the current mess at Fukushima’s highly toxic scenario,...