Small Modular Nukes Produce More Radioactive Waste than Traditional Ones, Study Finds | The Energy Mix:

The United States, the United Kingdom, and
Canada are among the countries investing in SMRs on the hope of a
cheaper, faster way to build out nuclear capacity. In Canada, the
federal government is leading
and funding a “Team Canada” approach involving several provinces,
industry players, and others, envisioning SMRs as “a source of safe,
clean, affordable energy, opening opportunities for a resilient,
low-carbon future and capturing benefits for Canada and Canadians.”

In Ontario, the Ford government selected GE Hitachi to build an SMR at the Darlington nuclear plant site, with a projected in-service date of 2028.

Now,
however, the first-ever independent assessment of radioactive waste
from SMRs has modelled the waste from three different SMR designs,
Toshiba, NuScale, and Terrestrial Energy. The conclusion: “SMRs could
increase the volume of short-lived low and intermediate level wastes… by
up to 35 times compared to a large conventional reactor,” New Scientist
reports.

Small Modular Nukes Produce More Radioactive Waste than Traditional Ones, Study Finds | The Energy Mix: The United States, the United Kingdom, and
Canada are among the countries investing in SMRs on the hope of a
cheaper, faster way to build out nuclear capacity. In Canada, the
federal government is leading
and funding a “Team Canada” approach involving several provinces,
industry players, and others, envisioning SMRs as “a source of safe,
clean, affordable energy, opening opportunities for a resilient,
low-carbon future and capturing benefits for Canada and Canadians.”In Ontario, the Ford government selected GE Hitachi to build an SMR at the Darlington nuclear plant site, with a projected in-service date of 2028.Now,
however, the first-ever independent assessment of radioactive waste
from SMRs has modelled the waste from three different SMR designs,
Toshiba, NuScale, and Terrestrial Energy. The conclusion: “SMRs could
increase the volume of short-lived low and intermediate level wastes… by
up to 35 times compared to a large conventional reactor,” New Scientist
reports.Read More

Ten Climate Reasons To Defeat Doug Ford:

“Premier Doug Ford is making the climate crisis worse. His
government’s arrogance, climate recklessness and willful negligence,
threatens our future. His government, consisting of 68 elected
Conservative MPPs – less than six dozen individuals – are putting the
rest of us in peril.” — Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Doug Ford

Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Ford

The background and context for Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Ford are provided by this PDF which documents how the Ford government has no credible climate plan, no climate adaptation plan and no just transition plan.

Ten Climate Reasons To Defeat Doug Ford: “Premier Doug Ford is making the climate crisis worse. His
government’s arrogance, climate recklessness and willful negligence,
threatens our future. His government, consisting of 68 elected
Conservative MPPs – less than six dozen individuals – are putting the
rest of us in peril.” — Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Doug FordTen Climate Reasons to Defeat FordThe background and context for Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Ford are provided by this PDF which documents how the Ford government has no credible climate plan, no climate adaptation plan and no just transition plan.Read More

‘Fossil Fuelled 5’ Put 1.5° in Jeopardy, Report Finds – The Energy Mix:

The report, The Fossil Fuelled 5, says the gap between climate rhetoric and reality is dangerously wide, with wealthy nations—Canada, the U.K., the United States, Norway, and Australia—planning to approve (and subsidize) new fossil fuel projects, a contradiction which it says undermines their recent claims of leadership in tackling the climate crisis.

The Fossil Fuelled 5, released on the final day of COP 26, is shows that several of the world’s wealthiest nations “are doubling down on fossil fuel production,” which will “have disastrous impacts for all life on our planet, but especially those communities in the Global South who have done the least to create this crisis and have the fewest resources to adapt to its impacts.”

‘Fossil Fuelled 5’ Put 1.5° in Jeopardy, Report Finds – The Energy Mix: The report, The Fossil Fuelled 5, says the gap between climate rhetoric and reality is dangerously wide, with wealthy nations—Canada, the U.K., the United States, Norway, and Australia—planning to approve (and subsidize) new fossil fuel projects, a contradiction which it says undermines their recent claims of leadership in tackling the climate crisis.The Fossil Fuelled 5, released on the final day of COP 26, is shows that several of the world’s wealthiest nations “are doubling down on fossil fuel production,” which will “have disastrous impacts for all life on our planet, but especially those communities in the Global South who have done the least to create this crisis and have the fewest resources to adapt to its impacts.”Read More

‘Whole meeting is doomed’: David Suzuki on COP26:

According to Climate Action Tracker research group, the national
pledges submitted so far to cut greenhouse gases by 2030 would allow the Earth’s temperature to rise 2.4 C from pre-industrial levels by 2100.

“Civilization simply will not be able to survive that,” Suzuki said.

He added that countries will be in “total climate chaos” if the Earth’s
temperature reaches 2.4 C, and says leaders aren’t dealing with that at
these meetings.

‘Whole meeting is doomed’: David Suzuki on COP26:
According to Climate Action Tracker research group, the national
pledges submitted so far to cut greenhouse gases by 2030 would allow the Earth’s temperature to rise 2.4 C from pre-industrial levels by 2100.
“Civilization simply will not be able to survive that,” Suzuki said.
He added that countries will be in “total climate chaos” if the Earth’s
temperature reaches 2.4 C, and says leaders aren’t dealing with that at
these meetings.Read More

FALSE HOPE: Countries’ Net-Zero Pledges Pay ‘Lip Service to Climate Action’, Analysts Warn – The Energy Mix:

The respected Climate Action Tracker team (CAT), delivering its annual global update Tuesday, said the present pursuit of a net-zero society simply pays “lip service to climate action.” It urges countries to come back next year’s UN climate conference, COP 27 in Egypt, with new and stronger targets.

FALSE HOPE: Countries’ Net-Zero Pledges Pay ‘Lip Service to Climate Action’, Analysts Warn – The Energy Mix: The respected Climate Action Tracker team (CAT), delivering its annual global update Tuesday, said the present pursuit of a net-zero society simply pays “lip service to climate action.” It urges countries to come back next year’s UN climate conference, COP 27 in Egypt, with new and stronger targets.Read More