MARCH 29TH WEBINAR: Atomic Accomplice
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ATOMIC ACCOMPLICE
How Canada deals in deadly deceit "This meticulously researched book makes it clear why non-proliferation treaties and international inspection agencies are failing to prevent the increase in nations with nuclear arms, using Canadian uranium and Canadian nuclear technology.” David Suzuki, Scientist and Broadcaster Vist Atomic-Accomplice.ca to download the 2023 editon of this important book. |
.Clikc on the image above to view a recording of author Paul McKay and colleagues in a conversation about the 2023 edition of Atomic Accomplice.
Paul McKay's Presentation Text wih Images is HERE
Dr. Gordon Edwards' Additional Resources are HERE
Speakers:
Paul McKay, author, Atomic Accomlice
Panelists: Susan O'Donnell, chapter author, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development - New Brunswick, Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and Dr. Ole Hendrickson, Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area
Moderator: Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch
The 2023 edition of Atomic Accomplice, with five new chapters and an expanded roster of expert authors, details how attempts to replace fossil fuel use with atomic energy will fractionally cut carbon emissions – but inevitably magnify by many orders of magnitude the creation of the most coveted nuclear bomb component, plutonium.
But Atomic Accomplice also details how we need not merely trade one fatal risk for another. In the chapter Green Ascent (pdf attached), award-winning investigative reporter Paul McKay surveys the current state of global green power, and shows how it is now out-competing both fossil fuel and nuclear plants on every important metric – including cost, reliability, performance, construction timelines, and public security.
Global clean power investments, which includes renewable technologies, battery storage, electric vehicles, industrial hydrogen production, and efficiency technologies like heat pumps, have now reached $1 Trillion annually. These are humanity’s best bets for cutting carbon emissions the fastest, while creating no new nuclear proliferation risks.
This combined evidence relegates nuclear power to a last century, zombie option. It is too costly, cannot deliver power soon enough, and embeds an ominous plutonium/proliferation risk far into the future. It is now simply irrelevant, and unworthy of any government subsidies or support.
The book can be downloaded at atomicaccomplice.ca.
Paul McKay's Presentation Text wih Images is HERE
Dr. Gordon Edwards' Additional Resources are HERE
Speakers:
Paul McKay, author, Atomic Accomlice
Panelists: Susan O'Donnell, chapter author, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development - New Brunswick, Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and Dr. Ole Hendrickson, Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area
Moderator: Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch
The 2023 edition of Atomic Accomplice, with five new chapters and an expanded roster of expert authors, details how attempts to replace fossil fuel use with atomic energy will fractionally cut carbon emissions – but inevitably magnify by many orders of magnitude the creation of the most coveted nuclear bomb component, plutonium.
But Atomic Accomplice also details how we need not merely trade one fatal risk for another. In the chapter Green Ascent (pdf attached), award-winning investigative reporter Paul McKay surveys the current state of global green power, and shows how it is now out-competing both fossil fuel and nuclear plants on every important metric – including cost, reliability, performance, construction timelines, and public security.
Global clean power investments, which includes renewable technologies, battery storage, electric vehicles, industrial hydrogen production, and efficiency technologies like heat pumps, have now reached $1 Trillion annually. These are humanity’s best bets for cutting carbon emissions the fastest, while creating no new nuclear proliferation risks.
This combined evidence relegates nuclear power to a last century, zombie option. It is too costly, cannot deliver power soon enough, and embeds an ominous plutonium/proliferation risk far into the future. It is now simply irrelevant, and unworthy of any government subsidies or support.
The book can be downloaded at atomicaccomplice.ca.
PAST WEBINARS
Watch the recording of the February 28th webinar HERE
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.Join us for a conversation with four experts on plutonium reprocessing.
Join us for a conversation with four experts on plutonium reprocessing. Nuclear weapons need plutonium. Plutonium reprocessed from nuclear waste could be diverted to produce nuclear weapons, and the so-called “impure” plutonium produced by types of reprocessing currently being promoted in Canada could easily be cleansed of its impurities. The federal government is currently supporting a technology to recover plutonium from Canadian spent fuel. The Canadian government's support undermines the global non-proliferation regime constructed over the 50 years since India launched its nuclear weapons program using technology supplied by Canada and the United States.
Frank von Hippel is a senior research physicist and professor of public and international affairs emeritus with Princeton’s Program on Science & Global Security which he co-founded. He is the lead author of Plutonium: How the nuclear industry's dream fuel became a nightmare. Dr. von Hippel and other distinguished nonproliferation experts from the U.S. wrote three letters to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressing concern about the Canadian government's support for a reprocessing project in Canada.
The book's two co-authors will join Professor von Hippel on the panel.
Jungmin Kang, a former chairman of South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, is now an independent consultant and South Korea’s member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.
Masafumi Takubo is an independent nuclear policy analyst based in Tokyo. He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and manages the nuclear information website Kakujoho [Nuclear Information], established by him in 2004.
Panel moderator M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia.
Read more about the book HERE or HERE.
The book can be purchased on Amazon, Better World Books. from Springer or from your local independent book store.
Join us for a conversation with four experts on plutonium reprocessing. Nuclear weapons need plutonium. Plutonium reprocessed from nuclear waste could be diverted to produce nuclear weapons, and the so-called “impure” plutonium produced by types of reprocessing currently being promoted in Canada could easily be cleansed of its impurities. The federal government is currently supporting a technology to recover plutonium from Canadian spent fuel. The Canadian government's support undermines the global non-proliferation regime constructed over the 50 years since India launched its nuclear weapons program using technology supplied by Canada and the United States.
Frank von Hippel is a senior research physicist and professor of public and international affairs emeritus with Princeton’s Program on Science & Global Security which he co-founded. He is the lead author of Plutonium: How the nuclear industry's dream fuel became a nightmare. Dr. von Hippel and other distinguished nonproliferation experts from the U.S. wrote three letters to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressing concern about the Canadian government's support for a reprocessing project in Canada.
The book's two co-authors will join Professor von Hippel on the panel.
Jungmin Kang, a former chairman of South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, is now an independent consultant and South Korea’s member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.
Masafumi Takubo is an independent nuclear policy analyst based in Tokyo. He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and manages the nuclear information website Kakujoho [Nuclear Information], established by him in 2004.
Panel moderator M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia.
Read more about the book HERE or HERE.
The book can be purchased on Amazon, Better World Books. from Springer or from your local independent book store.
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Resources from January 28th Webinar.
Slides for M.F. Ramana HERE Slides for Joshua Frank HERE Reading Referenced by Ray Acheson: Kjølv Egeland and Benoît Pelopidas on nuclear funding:
Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy |
Speakers for January 28th:
M.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, and the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India. He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the Canadian Pugwash Group, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
Ray Acheson (they/them) is Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and steering group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. They are author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy and Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages.
Joshua Frank is an environmental journalist and an editor of CounterPunch. He is the co-author of several books, including The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink (AK Press) and the author of the recently released Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America (Haymarket Book, 2022).
Moderator: Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.
Hosted by Nuclear Waste Watch and co-sponsored by: Beyond Nuclear, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development – New Brunswick, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, David Suzuki Foundation, Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War – Canada , Northwatch, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Regroupement des organismes environnementaux en énergie, Science for Peace, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and Voice of Women for Peace
M.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, and the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India. He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the Canadian Pugwash Group, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
Ray Acheson (they/them) is Director of Reaching Critical Will, the disarmament program of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and steering group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. They are author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy and Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages.
Joshua Frank is an environmental journalist and an editor of CounterPunch. He is the co-author of several books, including The Big Heat: Earth on the Brink (AK Press) and the author of the recently released Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America (Haymarket Book, 2022).
Moderator: Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.
Hosted by Nuclear Waste Watch and co-sponsored by: Beyond Nuclear, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Coalition for Responsible Energy Development – New Brunswick, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, David Suzuki Foundation, Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War – Canada , Northwatch, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Regroupement des organismes environnementaux en énergie, Science for Peace, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and Voice of Women for Peace
