Canada's Green Party speaks out persuasively against small nuclear reactors

Christina Macpherson

May 10

Sask. government criticized over exploration of SMR technology, David Prisciak, CTV News Regina Digital Content Producer, May 10, 2022 Saskatchewan Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter accused the government of "kicking the climate crisis down the road," by exploring small modular reactor (SMR) technology in a press conference Monday.

Hunter was present for a Monday morning event in front of the legislature, where she called on the provincial government to scrap its bid to explore SMR technology.

"We do not have the time for fairy tales that take us far into the future," she said. "We don't have 10 years to come up with a solution. (Premier) Scott Moe and the Sask. Party, they're just kicking the climate crisis down the road like they always do."

Hunter argued that the government's move towards nuclear energy is not aiding the fight against climate change.

They claim that this is because they suddenly care about the climate crisis and are looking for solutions," she said. "If that was the case, we would be installing immediate solutions of green energy: solar, wind, geothermal."

"This province has the best solar gain in all of Canada and we have some of the best opportunities for wind energy.".....................

Amita Kuttner, the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, also attended the event in front of the legislature, and criticized the proposed move to SMR technology as the wrong approach.

What you are trading it for is again corporate power," they explained. "Which is not solving the underlying causes of the climate emergency."

Saskatchewan is currently in a partnership with British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario to collaborate on the advancement of SMR technology. ........ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-government-criticized-over-exploration-of-smr-technology-1.5895830

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