GUESTS:
- Louis Bertrand, Durham Nuclear Awareness.
- John Gorman, President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association
- Denise Balkissoon, The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau chief
- Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare
- Catherine Abreu, founder of Destination Zero and a member Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body
- Melina Laboucan Massimo, founder of Sacred Earth Solar
CREDITS:
Final audio mix by Aftertouch Audio. Fact check by Luke Ottenhof. Artwork by Ata Ojani. Communications from Suzanne Dhaliwal. Music provided by Blue.Sessions and Podington Bear. Additional sound from Merriam-Webster, Vlatko Blažek, ValentinSosnitskiy, Speedenza, digableplanet, tmokonen, SubwaySandwitch420.
CLIMATE NERD RESOURCES:
- Denise Balkisson’s article: How I learned to stop worrying and love (well, accept that i might help save the planet) nuclear power. June 22, 2019. The Globe and Mail.
- International Energy Agency’s 2019 report on nuclear power’s role in clean energy systems
- Check out Power to the People, the APTN show hosted by Melina Laboucan Massimo
- Learn more about Canada’s plan to bury its nuclear waste
- Read Canada’s plan for Small Modular Reactors
- Froese, S., Kunz, N.C. and Ramana, M.V. (2020) Too small to be viable? The potential market for small modular reactors in mining and remote communities in Canada. Energy Policy, vol. 144
- Anishinabek Chiefs-in-Assembly unanimously oppose small modular reactors on Anishinabek territory. June 12, 2019. Anishinabek News
Related articles from CNO:
- https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/12/news/canada-energy-future-nuclear-not-everyones-buying-it
- https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/25/news/opposition-grows-small-nuclear-reactors-over-alarming-risks
- https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/07/22/news/canadian-nuclear-safety-commission-lung-cancer-study-uranium-workers
- https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/07/02/opinion/no-path-to-net-zero-without-nuclear-power