[All] Fwd: Pickering petition for groups to endorse

[Norah Chaloner]

GREN!  Please consider signing on as a group.. Guelph Chapter Council of 
Canadians will and other chapters also I imagine. Norah.


> *From: *"Angela Bischoff-OCAA" <angela at cleanairalliance.org 
> <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org>>
> *Subject: **Pickering petition for groups to endorse*
> *Date: *19 June, 2013 11:59:39 AM EDT
> *To: *"Angela Bischoff-OCAA" <angela at cleanairalliance.org 
> <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org>>
>
> To all environmental and justice groups in Ontario,
> I plan to create a petition onchange.org <http://change.org>with the 
> following text, calling for a shut-down of the Pickering nuclear 
> stations. See text below.
> Will your group sign on?
> Once I have a dozen groups signed on I’ll go public.
> Thanks for considering…
> -angela at cleanairalliance.org <mailto:-angela at cleanairalliance.org>
> ---
> _Premier Wynne: PhaseOut the Pickering Nuclear Stations_
> Licenses for the aging Pickering reactors expire in 2014 and 2015. 
> Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is seekingpermission 
> <http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/05/27/pickering_nuclear_seeks_to_extend_its_life.html>to 
> spend hundreds of millions of dollars to extend their operating lives 
> for another four to six years beyond their210,000 hours design life 
> <http://www.ccnr.org/dont_push_your_luck.html>.Last year, for safety 
> reasons, Quebec said “no” to extending its Gentilly reactor beyond its 
> 210,000 hours. Ontario should follow suit.
> ThePickering A Nuclear Station is the highest cost nuclear plant in 
> North America while the Pickering B Station is the 5th highest cost 
> <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/surplus.pdf>. The Pickering A 
> and B plants have among the worst operating measures of the world’s 
> entire nuclear fleet. They’re also the closest nuclear plants to a 
> major urban centre in the world.
> Furthermore, Ontario’sdemand for electricity is falling 
> <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/productivity2.pdf>(down 10% 
> since 2005 and predicted to continue to fall in the coming decade). We 
> simply do not need the power from these reactors.
> Incredibly, phasing out these high-cost reactors wouldreduce our 
> electricity bills by $850 million per year or 5%. 
> <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1190>
> We have much lower cost, safer and cleaner options to keep our lights 
> on (e.g.,energy efficiency 
> <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/energy_efficiency>investments,hydro-electric 
> imports 
> <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/hydroquebec-english.pdf>from 
> Quebec, and made-in-Ontario renewables).
> Premier Wynne – Please save us close to a billion dollars per year by 
> ordering the shut-down of the Pickering reactors in 2014 & 2015.
> - end -
> Endorsed by:
> Ontario Clean Air Alliance
> Xxx
> Xxx



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