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Comments on CNSC Tritium Studies Project

June 2, 2010

IICPH appreciates the importance of the Tritium Studies Project. Tritium is of particular importance in Canada, as CANDU reactors produce and release significantly more tritium than other types of reactors.

NPT Abolition Caucus statement on nuclear power

May 30, 2010

United Nations, New York, 2010-05-10

Non-governmental organizations at the NPT Abolition Caucus express dismay at the unashamed pushing of a...

NWMO Targets Aboriginal Communities

June 11, 2010

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) was authorized to find a location for a deep geologic repository for nuclear...

Earthquake Fault Line Still There

June 25, 2010

The recent earthquake on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, reminds us that the earthquake fault line still exists very close to...

Taking exception to short period of time with which to respond to nuclear commission

June 13, 2010

The IICPH had also asked for an extension to properly review the CNSC’s Tritium Studies Project, but it...

First Nations Demand Mining Reform in Wake of Harvard Law Report

June 13, 2010

First Nations Demand Mining Reform in Wake of Harvard Law Report
Independent human rights study details unjust B.C and federal...

Revelations from an EDF insider : EPR reactor prone to major nuclear accident risk

June 13, 2010

Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire”
French Nuclear Phaseout Network

Press release – Urgent

Revelations from an EDF insider : EPR...

Inaccurate to call CANDU reactors "emission free"

June 12, 2010

Advertising Standards Canada has just posted a decision to its
website declaring that it is inaccurate and unsupportable to call...

Introducing our GMO-Free Blog

June 8, 2010

In his 2002 address to the Pontifical Council of Pastoral Health Care, Pope Jean Paul II warned of the “Promethean...

A New Understanding of Breast Cancer and Alternatives to Mammography

May 28, 2010

By Rosalie Bertell, GNSH, Ph.D.

Robert L. Egan is credited with the development of mammography equipment in 1960, 50 years...