Gordon Edwards

Nov 25, 2024 | nuclear-news.net | Gordon Edwards |Christina MacPherson

Will New Brunswick choose a “small, modular” nuclear reactor – that’s not small at all (among other problems)? There is nothing modular about this reactor. The idea that such an elaborate structure can just be trucked in, off-loaded, and ready to go, is a fantasy cultivated by the nuclear industry as a public relations gimmick.

Nov 23, 2024 | nbmediacoop.org | Gordon Edwards

NB Power seems determined to build at least two experimental reactors at the Point Lepreau nuclear site, but their chosen designs are running into big problems. One possible alternative is the reactor design Ontario Power Generation (OPG) hopes to build at the Darlington nuclear site on Lake Ontario. OPG is promoting it as a “small, modular” nuclear reactor. Consider a building that soars 35 metres upwards and extends 38 metres below ground. That’s 10 stories up, 11 stories down.

May 16, 2024 | nbmediacoop.org | Susan O'Donnell |Gordon Edwards

In the public imagination, nuclear power for electricity and nuclear weapons are entirely separate issues. Because Canada is not a nuclear weapons state, Canada’s nuclear power reactors are thought to be unrelated to weapons of mass destruction, and its nuclear technology exports are considered ‘peaceful.’Yet this week marks the 50-year anniversary of one day in May when Canada’s ‘peaceful’ nuclear image was shattered.