- The following is an historical
and contemporary list of press releases and letters authored by the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew
County and Area. Also included are news articles that use portions
of press releases sent to the media by CCRCA. The topics include:
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- Cancer-causing Tritium
Emissions from the Pembroke Plant
of SRB
Technologies
- Group on toxic task - Citizens
after device to control emission of cancer-causing gas
- Tuesday, October 17, 2000, by Tom Van Dusen, Ottawa Sun.
- Concerned Citizens appear before
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Pembroke, October 5, 2000.
CCRCA.
- SRB tritium releases skyrocketing.
Pembroke, October 4, 2000. CCRCA.
- Distinguished university professor calls
for decreased radiation doses from operations of SRB Technologies
in Pembroke. Pembroke, October 3, 2000. CCRCA.
- SRB to receive environmental assessment; safety
analysis under study. Pembroke, October 2, 2000. CCRCA.
- Dr. Agnes Bishop, Atomic Energy Control
Board (AECB) - concerns about tritium emissions from SRB. August 30,
1999. CCRCA.
- Big atomic rhubarb
alarms small Canadian town. TORONTO, Sept. 28, 1999 (Reuters).
- no license for SRB unless specific environmental
monitoring conditions are included in the license. March
27, 1995. CCRCA to AECB.
- Dr. Mark Goldberg, Chair, Advisory Committee on Environmental
Standards - CCRC's recommendation is that the tritium standards
for drinking water be reduced substantially below the proposed
standard of 7,000 Bq/L. February 13, 1994. CCRCA
- Ms. Sheila Fraser, Auditor General
of Canada: "We therefore would like to respectfully
request that your office conduct a review of the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission." June, 2004
- Ms. Linda Keen, President and CEO, Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission: "We therefore respectfully
request your personal involvement in a review...." March
2005.
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- High Level Waste Storage
at AECL Chalk River
- high level nuclear
waste in the Canadian Shield. March 1995. CCRCA.
- Presentation on the High
Level Waste Disposal Concept. May 2, 1996. CCRCA.
- Review of "Environment Impact
Statement on the Concept for Disposal of Canada's Nuclear Fuel
Waste" (AECL-10711). February 18, 1995. CCRCA.
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- Low Level Waste Storage
at AECL Chalk River
- Deep River Disposal
Project really looks dead, this time! December 17, 1997.
CCRCA.
- Nuclear Waste Dump Important Election
Issue. May 26, 1997. CCRCA.
- EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT WASTE. July 18, 1996. CCRCA.
- What's wrong with the "Deep
River Project"? Pembroke, July 14, 1996. CCRCA.
- Deep River Disposal Project -
Significant Environmental Effects, and Sgnificant Unknown Effects.
April 30, 1996. CCRCA to Hon. Anne McLellan.
- Deep River Disposal Project: Comments
on initial environmental screening. March 27, 1996. CCRCA.
- Group Charges Federal Radioactive Waste
Cover-up. Pembroke, December 4, 1995. CCRCA.
- Letter to the PM
re: "historic" wastes from 50 years of radium and uranium
refining in Port Hope, Ontario. November 30, 1995. CCRCA.
- Local environmental group calls for
end to Low Level Radioactive Siting Task Force. Pembroke,
February 18, 1994. CCRCA.
- The Siting Task Force process - idealism
to farce. March 1993. CCRCA.
- one million tons of radioactive
waste to Chalk River. Pembroke, October 13, 1992. CCRCA
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- Licensing/wastes at AECL
Chalk River
- presentation to the Board related to the renewal
of the license for AECL's Chalk River Laboratories. October
24, 1996. CCRCA
- five points related to the proposed
relicensing of the Chalk River Laboratories of AECL. September
5, 1996. CCRCA to Dr. Bishop, AECB.
- Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories -- A Citizen's
Guide. 22 August 2, 1994. Nuclear Awareness Project.
- radioactive waste incineration
at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, circa 1990. CCRCA.
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- Mox Fuel Tests at AECL
Chalk River
- Petition against "test-burning"
of plutonium. Pembroke, March 29, 1999. CCRCA.
- Fact Sheet - Canada
should NOT import weapons plutonium. undated. CCRCA.
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