Nuclear Waste On-line is a series of on-line presentations throughout February 2015. This third annual webinar series uses on-line meetings to provide expert presentations and opportunities for discussion of topics of interest to members of the public concerned about the generation and proposed burial of highly radioactive nuclear fuel waste. Visit www.nuclearwaste.ca for details.
February 2015 February 4, 11, 18 & 25
Week One | February 4 @ 7 pm | Canada Update 2015 on Nuclear Waste
An overview and update on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's efforts to site a deep geological repository for high level nuclear fuel waste and its program and activities in the 13 communities being studied as possible burial sites
Week Two | February 11 @ 10 am | Radiation's Health Effects
Presenter Dr. Cathy Vakil, M.D., Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Physicians for Global Survival, will discuss the negative health effects of ionizing radiation that is generated at each stage of the nuclear chain - from uranium mining through to the tens of thousands of years that nuclear fuel waste remains hazardous.
Week Three | February 18 @ 12 noon | Nuclear Risk: Calculating the Incredible
Presenter Shawn-Patrick Stensil, a nuclear analyst with Greenpeace Canada, will debunk the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) approach to risk assessment.
Week Four | February 25 @ 2 pm | Emergency Planning in the Nuclear Age
Presenter Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Senior Counsel with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, will discuss the importance of emergency planning, preparedness and response and how Ontario is unprepared for a major nuclear accident.
Join our third annual series of free webinars!
Please note that for this year's webinar series registration will be required. Please sign on a few minutes before the scheduled start time by going to www.anymeeting.com/Northwatch.
In Canada, as in several other that use nuclear power - the nuclear industry is committed to the idea of burying the nuclear fuel waste in a rock formation in a yet-to-be-identified location. In 2002 the federal government gave the nuclear industry permission to begin a search for a suitable site and a willing community, and in May 2010 the Nuclear Waste Management Organization formally launched their search for just such a community.
These webinars are an activity of Know Nuclear Waste, a public interest information project about Nuclear Waste in Canada. For more information about this project, Visit www.KnowNuclearWaste.ca
About These Webinars
Anymeeting.com is web conferencing service that allows up to 200 people to view the presenter's screen and to share comments and questions/answers using a computer headset, telephone line, or a text based "chat" line that appears on the left-hand side of the screen. The software is completely web based and runs inside your web browser - you don't have to download software or extra programs in order to sign in (although you may not be able to able to use your phone to speak if you don't have Adobe Flash). You an join by clicking on "Join Meeting" atwww.anymeeting.com/Northwatch and following the steps. Allow about five minutes to go through those steps, especially your first time joining.
