Nuclear-Free News
New Reactors and Waste Dump for East Shore of Lake Huron

14 MAY'08–The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission released draft guidelines on April 7th for the environmental review of two separate projects proposed for the Bruce Nuclear Station near Kincardine, on the eastern shore of Lake Huron.

Bruce Power Inc. and Ontario Power Generation are the proponents for the projects. Bruce Power is proposing the construction of up to four new nuclear reactors at the existing Bruce Nuclear Site, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, north of Kincardine. The project is expected to generate approximately 4,000 megawatts of electricity to the Ontario grid.

Ontario Power Generation is proposing to construct and operate a deep-geologic disposal facility on the Bruce Nuclear Site to receive low and intermediate-level radioactive wastes, produced from the continued operation of OPG-owned nuclear generating stations at Bruce, Pickering and Darlington, Ontario (more from Northwatch...)

See also:
Supreme Court Application by the
Inverhuron and District Ratepayers' Association (IDRA)

This 2002 PDF document is a succinct statement of the arguments made unsuccessfully by the IDRA, 2000 Nuclear-Free Future Resistance Award recipients, to the top three levels of Canada's courts regarding the high level radioactive waste storage facility under construction at the Bruce nuclear site. The IDRA was asking for an independent environmental assessment of the site.

INVERHURON, Ontario –
May 15, 2003:
Ontario Power Generation
garnishees IDRA Bank Accounts –
Community Group could be
forced into Bankruptcy –


After hearing that OPG had distributed the funds from the IDRA account to local charities, Eugene Bourgeois of the Bruce Centre was reminded that "the IDRA is a registered charity too. OPG could have garnisheed the funds from our bank account to fulfill their responsibility to taxpayers, and then could have given the money back. It would have been great public relations."

Kennedy sees money in wind, sun –
Proposes green energy production for Navajo

25 APR'08, Window Rock–Joseph Patrick Kennedy II and representatives of Citizens Energy Corp. blew into Window Rock Wednesday like a breath of fresh air, promising economic development and profit for the nation's largest tribe from its most abundant resources – wind and sun.

The trademark Kennedy charisma and impassioned speech brought the Navajo Nation Council to its feet as the eldest son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy spoke of the poverty of Indian nations and prejudice in Congress against Native Americans.

But just as the 1960s was a time of revolution, this election year promises to be a time of great change, Kennedy said, with "the same opportunity for changing the direction that this country takes over the course of the next eight years."

He reminded Council that their ancestors understood the importance of living in balance with nature, "that human beings aren't all-powerful, that we don't have some God-given right to just dig up and develop anything and everything that we see to the detriment of local communities as long as some people can get rich."

Kennedy, 55, served 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and started Citizens, a non-profit energy company, about 30 years ago(more from Kathy Helms in the Gallup Independent)...

British Columbia shuts door on uranium projects

25 APR'08, VANCOUVER–British Columbia has slapped an official moratorium on uranium exploration and development in the province, reinforcing a long-standing informal ban on the nuclear fuel and dashing the hopes of companies that hoped to take advantage of soaring prices for the commodity. The ban, announced yesterday, makes B.C. a no-go zone for uranium and confirms a moratorium put in place in 1980 by a previous government responding to anti-nuclear sentiment in the province (more from The Globe and Mail)...

Navajo Challenge Uranium Mining Permit on Tribal Lands

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 19, 2008 (ENS)–For the first time in history, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, will be challenged in federal appeals court for its approval of a source materials license for an in situ leach uranium mine. The Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock, New Mexico will fight the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the permitted company, Hydro Resources, Inc., demanding that they stay off Navajo lands in New Mexico... The communities' case is being presented with the assistance of the community group Eastern Navajo Dine against Uranium Mining, or ENDAUM, and [2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award recipient] Southwest Research and Information Center (more from Environment News Service)...

Inuit halt Aurora in Labrador

9 APR.'08, TORONTO–Aurora Energy Resources Inc.'s hopes of extracting uranium in Labrador were dealt a crippling blow after Inuit in the region imposed a three- year moratorium on uranium mining. The Nunatsiavut government voted 8-7 in favour of the ban which will prevent Aurora or any other mining firm from producing the radioactive metal until at least 2011. Shares of Vancouver-based Aurora plunged almost 34 per cent in response to the vote results, which became effective immediately (more from Andy Hoffman in the Globe and Mail)...

Will Al Gore Help Shut the Nuke Power Loophole?

2 APR.'08–Today Al Gore is unveiling a massive campaign to fight climate chaos.

But the hugely funded atomic power industry has jumped on global warming with the Big Lie that its failed reactors can somehow help. It’s a sorry replay of the 1950s promise that atomic power would be "too cheap to meter" (more from Harvey Wasserman at commondreams.org)...

Depleted uranium
turns earthworms
into glowworms

15 MAR.'08–Earthworms were pushed into the firing line last week after a resumption of the testing of depleted uranium shells at Dundrennan. Significant levels of radioactive uranium isotopes were found in the flesh of worms at the Ministry of Defence's Dumfries weapons range last year. Despite concerns from environmentalists and the international community, the MoD last week started a series of tests of depleted uranium (DU) shells, supposed "safety checks". A report published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring found that worms in the Dumfries testing ground had significant traces of poisonous uranium isotopes in their bodies. Worms are a crucial part of the ecosystem, aerating the soil and aiding the nutrient uptake of plants. If they are contaminated, it suggests the wider environment is tainted.

The report said: "Many of the soil samples from the Dundrennan Firing Range had uranium concentrations and isotopic signatures indicative of contamination with DU. Furthermore, plants and earthworms collected from above and within contaminated soils respectively also had uranium isotopic signatures strongly influenced by DU, indicating that DU was indeed assimilated into biological tissues." More than 6000 DU shells have been fired into the Solway Firth at Dundrennan, amounting to more than 20 tons of nuclear waste. The tests have been linked to increased rates of cancer and leukaemia in the area (more from the Sunday Herald)...

BBC report blames
Hinkley Point radiation leaks for infant mortalities and breast cancers

1 MAR. '08– A BBC Inside Out documentary broadcast yesterday (29 February 2008) features new research by Green Audit (sponsored by Stop Hinkley). Two leaks of radioactivity from Hinkley Point nuclear power station near Burnham on Sea, Somerset, UK in 1994 preceded a peak in infant mortality. Infant mortality is not officially considered as an effect of radioactive pollution.

The first leak at Hinkley Point was caused by corroded pipework. The second was caused by a failure to replace one part of the culprit pipe. When prosecuted for this "error of judgement" in 1995 Nuclear Electric station operators described the leaks as "insignificant" and "at the bottom of the scale". Earlier studies in Burnham on Sea showed increased breast cancer after the accidents. The conventional radiation risk model predicts no discernible impact on cancer at such low levels of exposure(more from Ann Garrison)...

Dr. Gordon Edwards,
2006 NFFAward recipient, speaks out in New Brunswick

28 FEB. '08, Sackville, N.B.–New Brunswick should invest its money in alternative and renewable sources of electricity, rather than spend billions of dollars on nuclear power plants that provide short-term benefits and long-term problems, nuclear critic Dr. Gordon Edwards said. "Instead of jumping from the carbon frying pan into the nuclear fire, we need to find alternative sources of energy," Edwards said in an interview following an hour-long presentation at Mount Allison University in Sackville. He said countries like Germany are embracing wind and solar power, which are becoming progressively cheaper to set up and much safer for the environment and the people around it than nuclear power (more from Alan Cochrane of the Canadaeast News Service)...

3 MARLetter to the Editor from Stuart Mills calling Dr. Edwards' competence in question.
3 MARDr. Edwards' reply.

27 FEB. 2008: OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST URANIUM MINING

BE IT RESOLVED THAT THAT THE CITY OF OTTAWA

1) Petition the Province of Ontario and Premier Dalton McGuinty to initiate an immediate moratorium on uranium mineral prospecting, exploration and mining in Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa River watershed until such a time that all environmental and health issues related to uranium mining are resolved and that there are settlement plans for all related native land claims;

2) That City of Ottawa petitions the Province of Ontario to undertake an immediate comprehensive public review of the Mining Act, 1990.

For more information please visit The Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium website.

SATELLITE INTERCEPT COULD CREATE 'OPEN SEASON' FOR TESTING ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS

21 FEB. 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C.–Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, today criticized the Bush administration for using a Navy missile to destroy a falling American spy satellite. "The geopolitical fallout of this intercept could be far greater than any chemical fallout that would have resulted from the wayward satellite," Rep. Markey said (more from Rep. Markey)...

"Contaminated Forever"

U.S. Media artist Wes Rehberg and artist and social policy analyst Eileen Rehberg are producing and filming "Contaminated Forever" to help in the effort to expose the terrible consequences of the use of so-called depleted uranium weapons (DU) for test purposes and in the battlefield. To view a trailer of their project, please click here.

UN General Assembly
Passes DU Resolution

The United Nations General Assembly has passed, by a landslide, a resolution calling for further research into the health effects of depleted uranium weapons.

On December 5th, 2007, 136 countries voted in favour of resolution A/C.1/62/L.18/Rev.1. Five countries voted against it: UK, USA, Netherlands, Israel and the Czech Republic.

Money Is the Real Green Power behind Nuclear:
The hoax of eco-friendly nuclear energy

4 FEB.'08– Nuclear advocates in government and the nuclear industry are engaged in a massive, heavily financed drive to revive atomic power in the United States – with most of the mainstream media either not questioning or actually assisting in the promotion (more from Nuclear-Free Future Award jury member Karl Grossman)...


Red Crow Red Crow:
a brave brandishing a guitar

Claus Biegert remembers our long-time supporter, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, the Indian singer, actor and activist who recently passed away.


Does your bank support DU-munitions manufacture?

1 FEB.'08–The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) has broadened the scope of its traditional campaign against DU-munitions to go directly after the source: the uranium weapons manufacturers and the financial bodies that fund them. Visit the ICBUW website and find out whether your bank is investing in DU-weapons. ICBUW has developed an activist's tool-kit so that such financial institutions can be publically confronted, isolated, and challenged to ethically rethink their investment policies.

Ardoch Algonquin First Nation Statement on Uranium Mining

As Algonquin people, we know that uranium mining will lead directly to our social, spiritual, and cultural demise as our collective identity as people requires a continual relationship with the land in which we interact and carry out our cultural and spiritual activities and ceremonies on a daily basis. If the land is contaminated and altered as a result of the proposed mine, the animals and beings that we depend on for our survival will also disappear, leaving us with no possibility for survival. Vacating the area is not an option for us as this land is our home and has been the home of our people for hundreds of years. As Algonquin people there is no other place that we can go and be ourselves except for this place which is our homeland (more & NIRS ALERT! sign on letter)...

The Permanent Nth Country Experiment – Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in a Rapidly Changing World

What is the role of the IAEA? Why is there no difference in principle between civil and military nuclear systems? How hard is it to set up a secret nuclear weapons program – just like Spain, Sweden and Switzerland already have in the past? Could terrorists build a nuclear weapon? What ironclad duties does the Non-Proliferation Treaty spell out? International energy consultant and Right Livelihood Award recipient Mycle Schneider demystifies the proliferation muddle with his insightful answers.

See also:"Residual Risk", a report by Mycle Schneider on events in nuclear power plants that was the basis to Steve Stecklow's article "Nuclear Safety Reports Called Into Question" in the Wall Street Journal.

Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah Goes Solar

18 August 2007–For more than a decade, Skull Valley Goshute tribal members worked diligently to fight the siting of a proposed nuclear waste dump on their Utah reservation. A small, volunteer group called Ohngo Gaudadeh Devia (OGD) led the effort, standing down a consortium of some of the largest electric utilities in the country, headed by the Minnesota-based giant Xcel Energy, a corporation with a long and sordid history with Native peoples (more from Honor the Earth)...

"The Economics of
Nuclear Power"

Over the last two decades there has been a steep decline in orders for new nuclear reactors globally. Poor economics has been one of the driving forces behind this move away from nuclear power. The civilian nuclear power industry has been in operation for over fifty years. During such a long period, it would be usual for technological improvements and experience to result in learning and subsequently enhancements in economic efficiency. However, the nuclear industry has not followed this pattern. This new study, "The Economics of Nuclear Power", commissioned by Greenpeace International, was co-authored by former NRC Commissioner and NY State Public Service Commissioner Peter Bradford, among others. The report conclusively proves that nuclear power is neither a practical nor economically viable solution to tackling climate change (the Greenpeace report as .pdf)...



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International Anti-Nuclear Power Poster Campaign

Dead-end, superfluous, a ticking timebomb, infinitely wasteful, n-weapon proliferator, climate con artist, job-killer, and simply old and in the way: nuclear power. Eight posters guaranteed to finally convince your father-in-law (or granddaughter, or colleague at the soda fountain...) otherwise, from WISE, Eurosolar, and our German partners, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW-Germany).

Kein Ausstieg Exhibition

Thomas Dashuber of the Büro für Fotografie in Munich doesn't solely photograph moth-ridden stuffed animals -- Germany's mothballed and supposedly mothball-bound nuclear power plants are another of this dedicated young artist's original focuses. Come see.

The 2007 Nuclear-Free Future Award Brochure

Salzburg Residenz Been back again to Salzburg,
the 2007 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

Here the historic World Uranium Hearing took place in 1992, here we arrived in 1998 for the first annual Nuclear-Free Future Awards ceremony – and here, again at the invitation of the Salzburg State government, we returned for the 10th Nuclear-Free Future Awards ceremony.

The Nuclear-Free Future Award travels the globe honoring individuals, organizations and communities for their outstanding commitment towards creating a world freed from the threat of nuclear weapons and atomic energy. Our central message: Leave the uranium in the ground!

The Awards ceremony took place in the Salzburg Archbishop's Residence on 18 October 2007. Friday, Oct. 19, was devoted to networking between past and present Award recipients and anti-nuclear NGOs, and on Saturday we hosted – in cooperation with IPPNW-Germany (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) – a public symposium entitled: "Klimawandel – nein danke, Atomkraft – ja bitte?" (Global warming – No thank you. Nuclear power – Yes please?).

The 2007 Award recipients:

RESISTANCE
Charmaine White Face and the Defenders of the Black Hills, USA

for defending the sacred lands of the Lakota from further uranium mining debasement on behalf of the coming generations and all of humankind

EDUCATION
Siegwart-Horst Günther, Germany

for his courageous medical commitment and moral act of whistleblowing helping to alert the world to the toxic peril of depleted uranium

SOLUTIONS
Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, Japan,
and Mayors for Peace

for illuminating the way, on behalf of all citizens of the world, out of the labyrinth of our nuclear madness

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Freda Meissner-Blau, Austria

for her decades of dedicated commitment in the peace and environmental movement helping to install Austria at the forefront of a nuclear-free world

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Armin Weiß, Germany

for his selfless activism as a professor who risked his academic career to help force the curtailment of Wackersdorf

See also:
Dr. Akiba's acceptance speech on behalf of Mayors for Peace

Rapid City Journal: "White Face collects award for Defenders of the Black Hills"

19 July 2007, BLACK HILLS"Are you Oglala or Wasicu?" by Charmaine White Face



Window Rock Nuclear-Free Future Award 2006 PDF

Been to Window Rock, the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

In 2006 the Awards were presented on 1 December in Window Rock, Arizona, during the Indigenous World Uranium Summit. Our international jury decided that the Awards should go to:

RESISTANCE
Sun Xiaodi, China

for his moral courage to petition for an end to the toxic mismanagement corrupting Chinese uranium mining and milling

EDUCATION
Dr. Gordon Edwards, Canada

for his enduring role in demystifying nuclear technology and helping the public understand its perilous predicament

SOLUTIONS
Wolfgang Scheffler
and Heike Hoedt, Germany

for the valuable contributions their solar reflectors have made towards improving the quality of life in developing regions

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Ed Grothus, USA

for his unique brand of gadfly peace activism in the community of Los Alamos, the birthplace of the bomb

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Phil Harrison, Navajo Nation

for his many years of struggle as a visionary activist calling the uranium industry to account for its blind and poisonous greed

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Southwest Research and Information Center, USA

for helping people and communities across the Southwest understand and overcome their radioactive legacy

DECLARATION OF THE INDIGENOUS WORLD URANIUM SUMMIT

See also:
30 MAR.'08 Navajo President
Joe Shirley, Jr., tells congressional subcommittee Navajo Nation will not watch another generation harmed by uranium mining


15 FEB 2008, from Dr. Gordon Edwards–"During his testimony to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources last Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Brian McGee – Vice President of AECL – indicated that the worst possible radiation release from the NRU reactor at Chalk River, even if all the pumps failed, all the coolant boiled away and no operator action was taken to ameliorate the situation, would be the equivalent of about HALF the radiation exposure of a CAT-scan for the workers in the plant, and little more than the equivalent of a medical X-ray for members of the public. I noted at the time that I disagreed with this assessment. Today I have sent this memorandum to the committee.

29 SEPT 2007, WINDOW ROCK–Phil Harrison Jr. – Navajo downwinders face uphill battle for RECA compensation

14 JUN 2007–"Why Geologic Storage Can Not Solve The High-Level Radioactive Waste Problem", presentation from Dr. Gordon Edwards

2 JAN 2007, Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi Faces Stepped-up Harassment after International Award

19 JAN 2007, Los Alamos–Mock nuclear bomb stolen from Ed Grothus' Black Hole

6 JAN 2007–Chinese Nuclear-Free Future Award recipient denied cancer treatment

Chinese uranium whistleblower honored on Navajo Nation

From the Navajo Nation: Six honored with 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Awards during international Indigenous World Uranium Summit

Sun Xiaodi Receives International Nuclear Activism Award

Sun Xiaodi Sends a Message to the Indigenous World Uranium Conference

Indigenous Groups Honor Recipients of Nuclear-Free Future Awards
In Their Efforts to Stop Uranium Development


World comes to Window Rock
Summit panelists alarmed at new need for uranium

Native Nations and the Nuclear Cycle

The presentation NFFAward jury member Prof. Karl Grossman gave at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe on the eve of the Indigneous World Uranium Summit.

Courtesy of the Seventh Generation Fund and the Native Youth Coalition, the Nuclear-Free Future Window Rock Awards Ceremony MP3 Audio Files.
Download to disk, then open:

Track 1: The Honorable Joe Shirley, Jr.
Track 2: Cora Maxx Phillips
Track 3: Claus Biegert
Track 4: Feng Congde
Track 5: Message from Sun Xiaodi
Track 6: Robert Del Tredici
Track 7: Dr. Gordon Edwards
Track 8: Micheal Horse
Track 9: Wolfgang Scheffler
and Heike Hoedt

Track 10: Willem Malten
Track 11: Ed Grothus
Track 12: Jill Momaday-Gray
Track 13: Phil Harrison
Track 14: Southwest Research and Information Center



Our jury member John Mohawk passed away last December at the the age of 62. Claus Biegert looks back on the life of this Native American philosopher and historian.



Oslo Nuclear-Free Future Award 2005 PDF

Been to Oslo, The 2005 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

In cooperation with Norske Leger mot Atomvåpen, IPPNW-Germany, Nei til Atomvåpen, and the Seventh Generation Fund, USA, the Franz Moll Foundation was honored to present on Saturday, September 24th, at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, the 2005 Nuclear-Free Future Awards to:

Hilda Lini, Vanuatu
Preben Maegaard, Denmark
Mathilde Halla, Austria
Joe Shirley, Jr. & George Arthur from Navajo Indian Country

One of the first to send a letter of congratulations to the Navajo Nation was Academy Award winning director and actor, Robert Redford.

See also Karl Grossman's Solutions Award presentation speech



Been to Jaipur, the 2004 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

The 2004 Award ceremony was held on 28 November in Jaipur, India, as the culminating event of the three-day Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CDNP) National Convention (more info: www.cndpindia.org ).

Resistance: JOAR, India
Education: Asaf Durakovic, USA
Solutions: Jonathan Schell, USA
Lifetime Achievement: Hildegard Breiner, Austria
Special Recognition: City Montessori School, India

Jonathan Schell and Rajastan youth photo by Robert Del Tredici Photographer Robert Del Tredici underway in India with the NFFAward team.

Jaipur Award ceremony
2004 Award recipients
JOAR photo
Prof. Asaf Durakovic photo
JOAR at the ceremony
Jonathan Schell in Jaipur
Photo of Hildegard Breiner
Photo of Indian youth
Jonathan Schell with Indian youths
Asaf Durakovic in Jaipur
Indian musician
Claus Biegert at the Barefoot College
Photo of Jonathan Schell
Liam O' Moanli's head-wrapping
Barefoot College solar technician
Barefoot Jonathan Schell
Claus Biegert photo

See also:
18 Feb., '07–International activists demand full investigation of radioactive spill in Jharkhand

14 Feb.,'05–email from Jonathan Schell

ROBERT DEL TREDICI PRESENTS
JONATHAN SCHELL'S AWARD


Dr. Wolfgang Heuss interviews Jonathan Schell

JUTTA WIESENTHAL PRESENTS
HILDEGARD BREINER'S AWARD


Hildegard Breiner's Acceptance Speech



2003 Award Ceremony in Munich PDF Stayed here in Munich, The 2003 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

In 2003, our international jury members chose the following individuals as Award recipients:

Resistance: Carol Gilbert, Jackie Hudson, and Ardith Platte, USA,
Education: Dr. Souad Naij Al-Azzawi, Iraq
Solutions: Corbin Harney, Newe Sogobia
Lifetime Achievement: Inge Schmitz-Feuerhake

10 July 2007–Corbin Harney, spiritual leader of the Western Shoshone, passes on

15 Nov., 2006–NFFAward Nuns' canned-food offer isn't up to prosecutor's palate



Been to St. Petersburg, The 2002 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

In 2002 the Awards ceremony, hosted by the Russian environmental organizations "Green World" and "Coalition Clean Baltic", was held on October 5th in St. Petersburg. The Awards went to:

Resistance: Mordecai Vanunu, Israel
Solutions: Helen Clark, New Zealand
Education: Ole Kopreitan, Norway
Lifetime Achievement: Aleksei Yablokov, Russia / Fran Macy, U.S.A.
Special Recognition: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, U.S.A.

See also:
31 MAR'08Public Information Act reveals: CIA said in 1974 that Israel has nuclear weapons

7 July'07 Mordechai Vanunu again behind bars (by Daniel Ellsberg in Counterpunch)
Visit the NuclearNo.ru profiles (in Russian) of the 2002 Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients

2006 Greenpeace report:
The Chernobyl Catastrophe
Consequences on Human Health by Prof. Aleksei Yablokov



Carnsore Point Award Ceremony PDF
Been to Carnsore Point, Ireland, the 2001 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

The 2001 Nuclear-Free Future Awards went to: Aborigine activist Kevin Buzzacott from Australia (Resistance category); photographer Kenji Higuchi from Japan (Education); MP Hans-Josef Fell from Germany (Solutions)- each of these three prizes is endowed with a money prize of 10.000 Euro. This year three honorary awards went out to David Lowry from England (Special Recognition), Solange Fernex from France (Lifetime Achievement), and, in cooperation with the CarnVaha Event organizers, veteran nuclear opponent David Nolan of Ireland.

18 June 2007, FAIRFAX–Kevin Buzzacott awarded environmental gong
Berlin Award Ceremony PDF
Been to Berlin, the
2000 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

The 2000 Nuclear-Free Future Awards went to Yuri I. Kuidin of Kazakhstan (Education), to the Barefoot College of India (Solutions), and to the Inverhuron District and Ratepayers Association of Canada (Resistance). Receiving the Nuclear-Free Future Lifetime Achievement Award was Germany's Klaus Traube. The Awards Ceremony took place on 15 October 2000 at the Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall) in Berlin.

See also:
Supreme Court Application by the Inverhuron and District Ratepayers' Association (IDRA)
This 2002 PDF document is a succinct statement of the arguments made unsuccessfully by the IDRA to the top three levels of Canada's courts regarding the high level radioactive waste storage facility under construction at the Bruce nuclear site. The IDRA was asking for an independent environmental assessment of the site.

INVERHURON, Ontario – May 15, 2003:
Ontario Power Group garnishees IDRA Bank Accounts – Community Group could be forced into Bankruptcy –

After hearing that OPG had distributed the funds from the IDRA account to local charities, Eugene Bourgeois of the Bruce Centre was reminded that "the IDRA is a registered charity too. OPG could have garnisheed the funds from our bank account to fulfill their responsibility to taxpayers, and then could have given the money back. It would have been great public relations."



Been to New Mexico, the
1999 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

The 1999 Nuclear-Free Future Awards Recipients were:
Resistance: Grace Thorpe and Dorothy Purley
Solutions: The Town of Schönau
Education: Lydia Popova
Lifetime Achievement: Stewart Udall

Update Summer 2000: Avanyu crawled the radioactive arroyos leading to Los Alamos and set the birthplace of the atomic bomb in flames, consuming 4 of the 5 historic Manhattan Project buildings.



Been to Salzburg, the
1998 Nuclear-Free Future Awards

Under the patronage of Landeshauptmann Dr. Franz Schausberger, State Governor of Salzburg, the inaugural Nuclear-Free Future Awards ceremony was held at the Archbishop's Residence on 5 November, and honored:

Yvonne Margarula, Australia (Resistance)
Raúl Montenegro, Argentinia (Education)
Hari Sharan, India/Switzerland(Solutions)
Maisie Shiell, Canada (Lifetime Achievement)

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