Le Devoir ~ Québec s’inquiète du projet de dépotoir nucléaire de Chalk River le 16 avril 2024
Le Devoir ~ Quebec concerned about Chalk River nuclear dump project April 16, 2024
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission enabled Chalk River debacle in the making ~ Hill Times letter to the editor April 17, 2024
High level radioactive waste imports to Chalk River from Manitoba and Quebec will likely begin in 2025 April 15, 2024
Geoscientist raises concerns about storage of radioactive waste in the Ottawa Valley due to earthquake risk April 15, 2024
عشرة أشياء يحتاج الكنديون إلى معرفتها عن كومة النفايات المشعة العملاقة القادمة إلى نهر أوتاوا 2024
Canada is unique among OECD countries in giving its national regulatory agency sole responsibility for decisions about nuclear waste disposal projects (Letter to Ministers Wilkinson and Guilbeault) Feb 22, 2024
Canadian taxpayers are paying for the NSDF but a multinational consortium is calling the shots Feb 20, 2024
National Observer: Kebaowek First Nation brings radioactive waste fight to Parliament Hill Feb 15, 2024
Globe and Mail: First Nations urge Environment Minister not to green light Chalk River nuclear waste dump Feb 15, 2024
National Observer: Waste headed for Ontario site is a radioactive ‘mishmash’: nuclear industry veterans Feb 14, 2024
Citizens’ groups ask Federal Court to review the decision to license a giant aboveground radioactive waste facility beside the Ottawa River Feb 8, 2024
Groups warn : radioactive waste piled in a giant mound beside the Ottawa River will remain hazardous for many millennia Feb 8, 2024
Dix choses que les Canadiens doivent savoir sur le monticulede déchets radioactifs en bordure de la rivière des Outaouais Feb 6, 2024
Lettre ouverte ~ Le gouvernement du Canada devrait arrêter la construction d’un gigantesque monticule de déchets radioactifs à côté de la rivière des Outaouais Feb 4, 2024
Open Letter ~ Government of Canada should halt the construction of a giant radioactive waste mound beside the Ottawa River Feb 4, 2024
Ten things Canadians need to know about the giant radioactive waste mound coming to the Ottawa River, Feb 4, 2024
NSDF Licensed Inventory 2024
New evidence that radiation risks are greater than currently acknowledged, from the International Nuclear Workers Study 2024
Protected: The challenge of long-lived alpha emitters in the Chalk River legacy waste 2024
Evidence is accumulating that wastes proposed for disposal in the NSDF are “Intermediate Level” Jan 22, 2024
“We will not stand idle” – North Renfrew Times coverage of NSDF licensing decision Jan 22, 2024
‘We have a broken nuclear governance system’ ~ Regulator comes under fire for approving waste facility at Chalk River (iPolitics) Jan 2024
Press release from Algonquins of Barriere Lake~ License Decision for Radioactive Waste Facility: An Act of Disregard Against Indigenous Lands and Rights 2024
Letter to CCRCA members and friends 2024
Kebaowek First Nation condemns CNSC decision to license the Chalk River nuclear waste dump and calls on the federal government to intervene Jan 10, 2024
La Presse: Projet de site d’enfouissement de déchets nucléaires de Chalk River « L’endroit est mauvais et la méthode est mauvaise » (Jan7, 2023)
La Presse: Chalk River nuclear waste site project “The place is wrong and the method is wrong”. (Jan 7, 2023)
Are nuclear technologies clean, and are they compatible with a circular economy? (Nov 5, 2023)
Processus de sélection du lieu d’implantation de l’IGDPS défectueux November 1, 2023)
Why did the CNSC say it would request an IAEA review of the NSDF safety case in 2018 and then back away? ~ October 31, 2023
Transcript ~ August 10 final hearing for the NSDF ~ Aug 31, 2023
Hill Times ~ Le déluge souligne l’importance de l’audience finale pour le dépôt de déchets nucléaires – Audience finale des délégations de trois premières nations ~Aug 25, 2023
Hill Times ~ Deluge underlines the importance of final hearing for nuclear waste dump beside the Ottawa River ~ Aug 25, 2023
Algonquin First Nations standing firm to protect Kitchi Sibi (the Ottawa River) from a giant radioactive waste dump ~ Aug 9, 2023
Final licensing hearing for the NSDF August 10 ~ Jul 27, 2023
A CNSC decision to license the NSDF would contradict four articles of UNDRIP ~ Jul 25, 2023
Assembly of First Nations passes a new resolution against the Chalk River Near Surface Disposal Facility ~ July 23, 2023
Concerned Citizens’ submissions to the CNSC on the proposed NSDF July 2023
Flaws and deficiencies in the CNSC-led Environmental Assessment for the NSDF 2023
Hill Times ~ Canada’s failed radioactive waste policy is no surprise given our country’s deficient nuclear governance regime 2023
Les Premières Nations algonquines s’opposent au monticule géant de déchets radioactifs à proximité de la rivière des Outaouais sur leur territoire non cédé 2023
Algonquin First Nations oppose giant radioactive waste mound beside the Ottawa River on their unceded territory 0, 2023
One Algonquin First Nation agrees to provide consent to the giant nuclear waste dump proponent in exchange for economic and business opportunities; other Algonquin First Nations stand firm in opposition 2023
Protected: Interesting questions for Canada in response to the 7th National Report for the Joint Convention
Background briefer on nuclear waste in Canada
La politique canadienne en matière de déchets radioactifs est un fiasco et une gifle à la démocratie
2023
Analysis of Canada’s Policy for Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning
2023
Plutonium extraction promotes the proliferation of nuclear weapons
2023
Chalk River Labs ~ Comprehensive Preliminary Decommissioning Plan (CPDP)
2023
Chalk River Mound (NSDF) would release plutonium to the Ottawa River in “treated effluent” June 7, 2022
Thursday June 2 is INDIGENOUS Day at the hearings for the Chalk River Mound (NSDF) June 2, 2022
Sample messages for NO CONSENT day of action May 28, 2022
“NO CONSENT” Day of Action June 2
Four Algonquin First Nations ask for NSDF licensing hearings to be suspended 21 May 2022
Lettre ouverte ~ Nettoyage des déchets radioactifs de Chalk River
Open Letter ~ Cleanup of Chalk River radioactive wastes
April 29, 2022
Concerns about commercial wastes destined for disposal in the Chalk River Mound
April 29, 2022
A call for World-class Cleanup at Chalk River Laboratories
April 14, 2022
Inadequate siting process for the NSDF
April 14, 2022
IAEA guidance suggests Chalk River wastes are not suitable for disposal in an above ground mound or in-ground trenches
April 11, 2022
Properly characterizing the radioactive wastes at Chalk River would be the work of decades
April 10, 2022
Six raisons d’ARRÊTER le dépotoir radioactif de Chalk River (IGDPS)
April 2022
Deadline Monday April 11 to apply to be an “intervenor” in the CNSC hearing for the giant Ottawa River nuclear waste dump
April 2022
Algonquins of Barriere Lake request adjournment of hearings for the Chalk River mound (NSDF)
April 1, 2022
Send a postcard to the Minister of Environment
March 2022
Call for intervenors ~ have your say on the Chalk River radioactive waste mound at the public hearings that start on May 31
Request for adjournment of NSDF hearing ~ letter to CNSC President
March 20, 2022
“All Wastes” destined for the NSDF
Senior executive and senior contractor salaries at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories ~ ATIP request
Selon des groupes de citoyens, les arguments de l’autorité de réglementation nucléaire en faveur de l’autorisation d’un gigantesque monticule de déchets nucléaires sont truffés d’erreurs et d’omissions graves
Nuclear regulator’s case to approve giant nuclear waste mound is fraught with serious errors and omissions, citizens’ groups say
Plus sécuritaire de manger des déchets radioactifs que des roches ?
Défauts, erreurs et omissions critiques dans le dossier d’approbation du monticule de Chalk River
Critical Flaws, Errors and Omissions in CNSC staff’s EA report and case to approve the Chalk River Mound
Safer to eat radioactive waste than local rocks?
Proposed license for the NSDF includes no enforceable requirements for “waste characterization”
Des députées et des groupes s’opposent aux audiences pour autoriser la première décharge permanente de déchets radioactifs au Canada
MPs and groups oppose hearings to license Canada’s first permanent radioactive waste dump
Estimated quantities of waste metals destined for the Chalk River Mound
“Key constituents of potential concern” ~ hazardous substances destined for the Chalk River Mound
Déclaration pour suspendre les audiences d’autorisation d’un monticule de déchets radioactifs au bord de la rivière des Outaouais
Statement on suspension of licensing hearings for a radioactive waste dump beside the Ottawa River
CNSC’s EA report for the Chalk River Mound – failure to consider “end state objectives”
CNSC’s EA report on the Chalk River Mound -failure to consider exemption levels for abandonment
Feb 15, 2022
MEDIA Release: Nuclear regulator recommends approval of giant radioactive waste dump beside the Ottawa River; citizens’ groups say report is flawed and recommendation to approve dump is irresponsible
Feb 3, 2022
Updated list of First Nations and Municipal resolutions against CNLs plans for radioactive dumps on the Ottawa River
Feb 2, 2022
Petitions to the Auditor General of Canada on radioactive waste
Administrative Protocol for the NSDF (first version) July 2016
MEDIA RELEASE: Citizens’ groups say licensing hearings for the giant Chalk River nuclear waste dump beside the Ottawa River should be stopped
Communiqué de presse – Des groupes de citoyens demandent l’arrêt des audiences d’autorisation pour le dépôt géant de déchets nucléaires de Chalk River
Certains candidats et candidates s’opposent à la décharge de déchets radioactifs près de la rivière des Outaouais et demandent une évaluation fédérale régionale
Media release ~ Some candidates oppose radioactive waste dump near the Ottawa River and call for a federal regional assessment
Responses to Candidate Questionnaire: Radioactive Waste in the Ottawa Valley
Questioning information in Canada’s seventh report to the Joint Convention ~ letter to IAEA from CCRCA
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CCRCA Comments on Canada’s radioactive waste policy review
Cinq bonnes raisons d’appuyer la requête de la Ville d’Ottawa pour une évaluation régionale des projets d’élimination des déchets radioactifs dans la vallée de l’Outaouais
2021
Five good reasons to support the City of Ottawa’s call for an assessment of Ottawa Valley radioactive disposal projects
2021
Debunking myths about the Chalk River Mound (aka “NSDF”)
2021
Updated list of First Nations and Municipal Resolutions against the CNL’s current plans for nuclear waste dumps
2021
City of Ottawa shares its concerns about nuclear waste projects in the Ottawa Valley with the Anishinabek Nation-Iroquois Caucus, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario(opens in a new tab)
May 2021
City of Ottawa urges CNL and its regulator, the CNSC, to take action on the City’s concerns about the Chalk River mound, Rolphton Reactor tomb and related activities(opens in a new tab)
2021
City of Ottawa requests a regional assessment of radioactive waste disposal projects in the Ottawa Valley(opens in a new tab)
2021
Trudeau’s got to walk the talk on nuclear waste (Hill Times op-ed by Michael Harris)(opens in a new tab)
2021
Hendrickson: Council can do more to protect the Ottawa River from radioactive leaks (Ottawa Citizen)(opens in a new tab)
2021
City of Ottawa passes resolution of concern about CNL’s radioactive waste activities(opens in a new tab)
2021
Reforms needed at Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ~ Hill Times letter to the editor(opens in a new tab)
2021
Six reasons to STOP the Ottawa River radioactive waste dump(opens in a new tab)
2021
Who will fix Canada’s nuclear governance gaps?: citizens’ groups (Hill Times)(opens in a new tab)
2021
How would the “Near Surface” Disposal Facility leak? Let us count some of the ways
What would go into the Chalk River Mound (NSDF)?
February 23, 2021
How would the Chalk River Mound (NSDF) leak? Let us count some of the ways
February 23, 2021
Hill Times Ad ~ Stop the Chalk River nuclear waste dump
January 2021
Le 25 janvier 2021
January 2021
Groups oppose plans to abandon defunct nuclear reactors and radioactive waste ~ Rabble.ca
February 3, 2021
Presentation – Update on Chalk River radioactive waste disposal -BCI Jan. 2021
Small Modular Reactors and Proliferation /Tolerance of Nuclear Weapons
Civilian nuclear and military nuclear members of a “mutual admiration society” ~ Dr. Gordon Edwards
Dec 19, 2020
How investment in SMRs supports “defense nuclear programs”
Dec 19, 2020
CNL’s partial inventory of radionuclides that would go into the Chalk River Mound
Hill Times Op-Ed: Political opposition growing to new nuclear reactors
Protected: What would go into the Chalk River Mound?
7 Dec 2020
Open letter to Treasury Board from women leaders on SMRs published in the Hill Times
7 Dec 2020
7 Dec 2020
7 Dec 2020
Does the CNSC president meet IAEA requirements for “independence”?
December 2020
CNSC president should not report to the Minister of Natural Resources, according to IAEA guidance
December 2020
Canada re-engages in the Nuclear Weapons Business with SMRs
4 December 2020
November 2020
Since the GoCo contract was signed, costs to Canadian taxpayers appear to have almost quadrupled
November 2020
CNSC says climate change is not relevant to environmental assessment of SMRs
November 2020
November 2020
Consortium’s nuclear waste dump proposals fail to meet IAEA standards
AECL is paying the CNEA consortium close to a billion dollars annually
Consortium’s study appears to show the Chalk River mound would disintegrate
CNL’s Integrated Waste Strategy alarms downstream residents
AECL/CNL Contract Excerpt ~ ALL Wastes
Environmental Impact Statement for the Chalk River Mound ~ ALL wastes excerpt
Canada’s federal nuclear waste liability is $16 billion
Why is there so much plutonium at Chalk River? (October 2020)
Treasury Board urged to investigate ballooning costs and ethics issues at AECL (October 2020)
The Government of Canada’s Radioactive Wastes: Costs and Liabilities Growing under Public-Private Partnership(opens in a new tab)
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Petits réacteurs nucléaires modulaires: un cauchemar, pas un rêve pour le Canada dans le discours du Trône de cette semaine(opens in a new tab)
Lettre a Conseil du Trésor: des femmes de partout au Canada exhortent le gouvernement du Canada à cesser de financer et de soutenir les petits réacteurs nucléaires(opens in a new tab)
Letter to Treasury Board from women leaders across Canada re small nuclear reactors(opens in a new tab)
Requesting an investigation into escalating costs for management of federal radioactive waste (Letter to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts)
Demande d’enquête sur l’escalade des coûts de gestion des déchets radioactifs fédéraux(opens in a new tab)
Sham regulation of Radioactive Waste in Canada, briefing for media and MPs, 16, June 2020(opens in a new tab)
Don’t approve Nuclear Waste regulations which put Canadians at risk, says NDP Natural Resources Critic Richard Cannings(opens in a new tab)
Le Devoir Op Ed: Des déchets radioactifs de faible activité(opens in a new tab)
Hill Times Op Ed: Proposed radioactive waste disposal rules are weak and industry-friendly(opens in a new tab)
Fascinating history of Chalk River’s nuclear waste(opens in a new tab)
Update on EAs for CNLs nuclear waste disposal projects
Une centaine de groupes exigent un gel de tous les projets en courstant qu’Ottawa n’aura pas bouché les trous béants de sa politique
Civil society urges suspension of decisions involving radioactive waste after international body finds Canada’s nuclear waste policy deficient
Radiation Exposure and Cancer Incidence (1990 to 2008) around Nuclear Power Plants in Ontario, Canada
Des groupes supplient Trudeau de réparer les failles de notre gestion nucléaire
Groups urge Trudeau to fix serious gaps in nuclear safety and governance
Lettre au Premier ministre Justin Trudeau demandant une attention urgente aux lacunes en matière de sécurité nucléaire au Canada
Letter to Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau requesting urgent attention to nuclear safety gaps in Canada
La redéfinition des déchets radioactifs de faible activité est confuse, nuisible et indigne de la CCSN(opens in a new tab)
The new definition of low-level radioactive waste is confusing, harmful and unworthy of the CNSC(opens in a new tab)
Appel à l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique pour repousser une candidature canadienne(opens in a new tab)
Health and environmental groups appeal to International Atomic Energy Agency to nix Canadian appointment(opens in a new tab)
Lettre au directeur-général de l’AIEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi(opens in a new tab)
Letter to IAEA Director General March 12, 2020(opens in a new tab)
CNSC president wants to harmonize international nuclear safety standards(opens in a new tab)
International peer review finds deficiencies in Canada’s nuclear safety framework(opens in a new tab)
Nuclear Energy Insider says Canada has a “benign regulatory environment”(opens in a new tab)
Serious problems with federally-owned radioactive waste in Canada ~ Full Page Statement in the Hill Times(opens in a new tab)
Le grave problème des déchets radioactifs du Gouvernement canadien – annonce pleine-page dans le Hill Times(opens in a new tab)
Citizens’ groups and multinational consortium still at odds over plans for two nuclear waste dumps beside the Ottawa River(opens in a new tab)
Environmental Petition: Nuclear governance problems in Canada(opens in a new tab)
How would the Chalk River Mound leak? Let us count some of the ways(opens in a new tab)
Regulatory Challenges in the Age of Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning(opens in a new tab)
La majorité des candidats fédéraux interrogés s’opposent au monticule de déchets radioactifs à Chalk River(opens in a new tab)
Majority of federal candidates surveyed oppose radioactive waste mound at Chalk River(opens in a new tab)
L’agence internationale confirme les craintes citoyennes envers le traitement des déchets radioactifs au Canadaet la protection contre les rayonnements.(opens in a new tab)
International agency’s findings confirm serious concerns about Canada’s radioactive waste handling and radiation protection practices(opens in a new tab)
Une mission de l’AIEA reconnait l’engagement du Canada envers la sécurité, mais il reste place à améliorations(opens in a new tab)
Canada’s Eight Billion Dollar Nuclear Liability – Backgrounder(opens in a new tab)
Une autre affaire impliquant SNC-Lavalin : Les déchets nucléaires(opens in a new tab)
The other SNC-Lavalin affair: Nuclear waste(opens in a new tab)
Greens talk radioactive waste, Chalk River and SNC-Lavalin(opens in a new tab)
Notes brèves au sujet des déchets radioactifs de faible radioactivité(opens in a new tab)
Photos from the protest flotilla on July 27th(opens in a new tab)
Transport of radioactive waste on Canadian roads ~ a growing public risk(opens in a new tab)
Quick facts about low level waste(opens in a new tab)
Why it is imperative for nuclear reactors to undergo environmental assessment(opens in a new tab)
ACTION ALERT ~ Tell the federal government NOT to exempt nuclear reactors from impact assessment(opens in a new tab)
Updated list of First Nations and Municipal Resolutions against the Chalk River and Rolphton nuclear waste dumps(opens in a new tab)
CCRCA comments on draft project list for Bill C-69(opens in a new tab)
Parliament should investigate what Canadians have gotten for their nuclear waste funding (online version)(opens in a new tab)
Parliament should investigate what Canadians are getting for their nuclear waste funding ~ letter to the editor of the Hill Times (print edition)(opens in a new tab)
Des groupes citoyens dénoncent le projet d’exempter certains réacteurs nucléaires de l’évaluation d’impact du projet de loi C-69(opens in a new tab)
Civil society groups condemn plan to exempt nuclear reactors from Bill C-69 impact assessment(opens in a new tab)
2000 nuclear waste shipments planned, from Pinawa Manitoba to Chalk River, Ontario(opens in a new tab)
Chalk River Nuclear Waste ~ Full-page statement in the Hill-Times newspaper (April 29, 2019)(opens in a new tab)
Boat flotilla protest planned for July 27, 2019(opens in a new tab)
Critical comments from former AECL officials and scientists on CNL Disposal projects(opens in a new tab)
Two nuclear waste dumps threaten the Ottawa River(opens in a new tab)
ACTION ALERT ~ tell the federal government that nuclear energy is not “clean”(opens in a new tab)
HOT GARBAGE GRIFTERS: SNC-LAVALIN’S PLAN TO TURN NUCLEAR WASTE INTO LONG-TERM GOLD(opens in a new tab)
Dix choses à savoir sur la gestion des déchets radioactifs au Canada(opens in a new tab)
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors make no economic sense(opens in a new tab)
Environmental Petition: Concerns about investment in “new” nuclear technologies
November 2018
Canada should reject new nuclear reactors as a climate change solution(opens in a new tab)
Federal nuclear regulator urges Liberals to exempt smaller reactors from full panel review(opens in a new tab)
Communiqué de presse: Le Canada devrait rejeter les nouveaux réacteurs nucléaires en tant que solution au changement climatique(opens in a new tab)
Feu rouge contre la feuille de route nucléaire d’Ottawa(opens in a new tab)
Lettre au Ministre Ressources naturelles M. Sohi(opens in a new tab)
Government urged to halt push for new fleet of nuclear reactors(opens in a new tab)
Report card on Ottawa’s municipal candidates shows broad opposition to Chalk River nuclear waste dump(opens in a new tab)
Eighty-seven groups call for inquiry into federal nuclear waste management; recent strong tornadoes in Ottawa-Gatineau underline their concerns(opens in a new tab)
Updated Letter to Auditor General Michael Ferguson from 87 organizations, citizens groups and First Nations(opens in a new tab)
A call to protect the Ottawa River ~ letter to municipal candidates(opens in a new tab)
Letter to Auditor General Michael Ferguson, August 21, 2018(opens in a new tab)
First Nations, NGOs condemn federal plans for defunct nuclear reactors(opens in a new tab)
CNL misusing definition of “Near Surface Disposal” ~ Letter to the editor of the Aylmer Bulletin(opens in a new tab)
No safe level of exposure to manmade radioactive emissions from nuclear facilities; release limits for radionuclides are permissive and set by licensees(opens in a new tab)
Resolutions Against Current CNL Plans from municipalities and First Nations (updated May 2019)(opens in a new tab)
Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area 