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PICKERING -- The Pickering nuclear station is old and shouldn't be allowed to continue operating. That's the opinion of Arnold Gundersen, a U.S.-based nuclear expert who spoke at a Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearing being held to consider renewing the plant's five-year operating licence. Mr. Gundersen was speaking on behalf of Durham Nuclear Awareness at the hearings, being held at the Pickering Recreation Complex.
Read MoreFairewinds Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen is speaking this morning at a public event in San Diego. The event is titled, “Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Lessons for California.”
Read MoreWatch Arnie Gundersen's presentation entitled "Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Lessons for California" on June 4, 2013. The other keynote speakers of the event are; Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan, Dr. Gregory Jaczko, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Peter Bradford, former commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979
Read MoreFormer Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the altar during the national memorial service for the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Read MoreSafety at Ontario Power Generation's Pickering nuclear facility is priority one. And even though it's not their facility, keeping the public in the loop in a timely fashion and giving residents ample opportunity to provide input should be near the top of council's list. And while that may not have occurred recently, it would be jumping the gun to assign dark motives.
Read MoreOn behalf of Beyond Nuclear and other intervenors, Arnie Gundersen provides expert testimony that the Quality Assurance activities of Detroit Edison Co. do not satisfy the requirement of the Atomic Energy Act and its regulations.
Read MoreOntario Power Generation is confident it can safely operate its 40-year-old Pickering nuclear generating station 18 per cent longer than originally planned, OPG officials told Canada’s nuclear regulator Wednesday. But members of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission still peppered emergency planners with questions about what happens if a nuclear accident does occur at the station, located in Canada’s largest urban area.
Read MoreHost Margaret Harrington speaks with Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education, and Chiho Kaneka, Artist and Journalist, who has been to Fukishima several times after the disaster, and Chikako Nishiyama who lives near Fukushima-Daiichi, giving an eyewitness report on the current status.
Read MoreFairewinds Energy Education is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to furthering public understanding of nuclear power and nuclear safety related issues.
