https://www.nopellets.ca/about-carn daily 0.75 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573269984176-TMKXVSNMKH5ZEGAE6ERS/Carn-CoverPhoto.jpg About C.A.R.N. C.A.R.N. - Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhoods We are a local group of concerned parents and citizens created to stop BWXT from manufacturing uranium oxide pellets in downtown Peterborough. Industrial processes that carry significant risks do not belong in residential areas - just metres away from a public school. Industrial processes that carry significant risks should be subject to full environmental assessments and demand the full scrutiny of public attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578881004240-HP8JPF3WFAD9RT6VKKZG/BWXT+2KM+Radius+%288.5x11%29-1.png About C.A.R.N. Did you know? Independent Environmental Monitoring Program (IEMP) soil samples are routinely taken outside of a 2km radius in Toronto. Soil samples are conducted in areas which are most likely to be affected by the processing of uranium. Is your home in the zone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575988885700-7RGZJWS9CSAFSKUAJZEF/PeterboroughPetes.png About C.A.R.N. https://www.nopellets.ca/contact daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://www.nopellets.ca/whycare daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573446708737-FO45QMNMB2P9ROMFN26H/IMG_20191109_113411015.jpg Why Care? - Risk Beryllium and small quantities of uranium are currently released by BWXT (formerly GE-Hitachi) Peterborough. Beryllium is a Type I carcinogen and represents a significant risk to workers, school children and neighbours. However, if BWXT is allowed to produce nuclear pellets here, much greater quantities of uranium dust will be released in addition to the beryllium. How will this affect our community? Industrial processes that pose health risks have no business being in urban areas. Citizens must be informed. Companies including BWXT must be transparent about their business plans and monitoring data available in real time, for the public to see and access. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573361681130-NKTE1XB5SFQ4SRCNCU8K/Juniorplaycorner.jpg Why Care? - Uranium and Kids Children are thought to be especially vulnerable to radiation exposure . However, scientists don’t really know what the limits are since there is little science to support any safety claims. BWXT’s “risk assessment report” has 94 pages of data and graphs detailing climate, geology, ground water, health and safety of workers - yet school aged children are discussed exactly 0 times. The junior play area of Prince of Wales school is about 25 metres from the BWXT Peterborough plant and yet, do all parents know of the risks associated with BWXT’s proposal? We need to be informed. We have a right to participate in any decision that affects our health, our community and our environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573572077807-63AU1URW36DS82E1JUAK/CNSCsoildata.jpg Why Care? - BWXT’s Toronto site releases much more uranium dust than the Peterborough site. Soil samples of uranium in neighbouring areas around the Toronto plant are higher than those found around any other uranium processing facility in Ontario ( Blind River, 2 facilities in Port Hope and Toronto) . Furthermore, none of these facilities has a primary school just a few metres away. The Peterborough plant is not currently listed on this graph because there’s not enough uranium dust produced to be measured. If BWXT has its license revised, Peterborough will appear on this graph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573362190037-MH55Q3ANQ9T1CAR52JT0/wolfestreet.JPG Why Care? - Property Values There has not been any formal study of the impact that processing uranium oxide powder into pellets might have on real estate in Peterborough. Home owners in Peterborough will have to consider the impact the BWXT license change will have on their home values. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573364357515-NT3EVDG12T7XXNGC17X6/graph+%281%29.jpg Why Care? - Water Consumption. The Toronto BWXT plant uses large volumes of water. This water is disposed of through the municipal waste system and returned to Lake Ontario. The quantity of water use is expected to be similar in Peterborough. However, the Otonabee River is a much smaller body of water and cannot tolerate this pollution, particularly if the 9000kg/year of uranium currently permitted under Toronto BWXT’s license is moved to Peterborough. Residents of Peterborough as well those living on the Otonabee watershed have a right to know how BWXT’s license change will affect them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573447541887-K5CWC4T5YZWUB7WQCL7Y/Untitled+drawing+%283%29.jpg Why Care? https://www.nopellets.ca/mythsandfacts daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1573683584587-T6GYP8HHK68EAXG024UE/Watertower.jpg Myths and Facts https://www.nopellets.ca/unreasonable-risk daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575830480547-K3JZ724UDW7S93O2BB5R/Hydrogen+BWXT+Toronto+.png Unreasonable Risk The BWXT facility in Toronto. The white tank shown is approximately 12m in length. It contains 9000 gallons of liquid hydrogen, which is the equivalent of approximately 29, 000, 000 litres of hydrogen gas at 21 degrees C and 1 atmosphere of pressure. Hydrogen gas is used in the pelleting process to reduce the uranium during the sintering process. Hydrogen is an explosive gas! "If hydrogen gas mixtures enter confined regions, ignition is very likely and can result in flame acceleration and generation of high pressures capable of exploding buildings and throwing shrapnel." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1579483861169-7B4IHWR5D57U7H02EEU3/hydrogen+tank.png Unreasonable Risk - This is a closeup view of the liquid hydrogen tank at BWXT Toronto From the CNSC staff report of Dec 20, 2019 “In January 2017, BWXT reported a minor fire in the Toronto facility. The minor hydrogen jet fire was immediately controlled and extinguished.” How could a fire involving 29 million litres of explosive hydrogen be minor? Uranium dioxide is also flammable when it is in a powdered form. Fires involving uranium dioxide powder have occurred at nuclear processing facilities before. A fire involving explosive hydrogen and a flammable radioactive powder is an unreasonable risk in a residential area and should never be termed “minor”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575859880569-CO9XUE15XLVLFQN7ZVU1/hydrogen_coal+_plant.jpg Unreasonable Risk - Hydrogen Explosion at a power plant during delivery This image shows the damage caused at an Ohio coal fired power station. “The explosion occurred during a routine delivery of hydrogen when a hydrogen relief device failed, which allowed the contents of the hydrogen tank to escape and be ignited by an unknown source.” “The explosion fatally injured the vendor’s driver and also injured 10 others who had been working nearby. The explosion caused significant damage to the unit’s service building, turbine room, and steam generator building.” Large scale accidents involving hydrogen have happened before. Could this happen in Toronto? If BWXT’s license is granted, could it happen in Peterborough? Is this unreasonable risk? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1576078859459-Z78W64XMKTP1VGKRZZOF/image.jpg Unreasonable Risk - Uranium dioxide powder is finer than flour. What would happen in the event of an explosion? Could we have a “dirty bomb” in downtown Toronto or Peterborough? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575947225008-O3UA296C8WM78NN3OOOQ/Framatome+Romans+France.png Unreasonable Risk - Fromatome fuel manufacturing facility in Romans, France. For security, google images are blurred. The areas to the left and above the plant appear to be industrial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1576084783109-3G5J01V8X2NOA71MO3UY/SpringfieldsUKWestinghouse.png Unreasonable Risk - Westinghouse has a manufacturing facility in rural Britain. Despite its rural location, the Springfields location does have a school nearby. Oakfield House School grounds appear to be more than 200 metres from any buildings that may be associated with fuel production - the distance to Prince of Wales school in Peterborough to BWXT is only 25 metres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575947611190-M6VMHA27U2E8B4AKBE0C/juzbado+spain+enusa.png Unreasonable Risk - This fuel manufacturing site in Juzabado Spain clearly demonstrates ENUSA Industries’ commitment to risk abatement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575947830521-QV89R4JVK3DVI02H11B6/Kurihama+GE-+Hitachi.png Unreasonable Risk - Kurihama, Japan - GE- Hitachi’s manufacturing site. In its description of the plant, GE-Hitachi seems to be almost embarrassed that the plant is surrounded by development; “Over the past several decades the area around the plant has transitioned from primarily farmland to a diverse, industrial, mixed-use community with the plant as an important economic engine for the area and region.” The mixed use zoning of this site is evidence of nuclear regulation that was widely discredited after the Fukushima disaster. However, it is worth noting that Japan has one of the highest population densities in the world. Canada has one of the lowest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1576087510199-XXABG3QJ1LT9IP45XZY2/Vasteras+Swe+Westinghouse+%281%29.png Unreasonable Risk - The Swedish version of risk abatement. Unlike the CNSC’s vision of safety, the Swedes put this Westinghouse Vasteras Sweden facility in an industrial park at the edge of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575947453193-XWOLSJ73K1BTVKQWZT8Q/GE+Hitachi+Wilmington+N+Carolina.png Unreasonable Risk - There are three LEU (Low Enriched Uranium) pelleting plants in the U.S.. This GE- Hitachi facility is in Wilmington North Carolina. Almost all of this image is the 1500 acre site dedicated to nuclear manufacturing. GE - Hitachi proudly indicates that putting its facility on 1500 acres is the responsible thing to do; “Also home to our global headquarters, our Wilmington site is nestled on over 1,500 acres.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1576082958223-AIFO9K3PHS77O0BFNKQ0/Westinghouse+Columbia+SC.png Unreasonable Risk - Citizens of Columbia, South Carolina are probably grateful that this Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant follows the ALARA principle by locating it responsibly in a remote area. This plant has “a history of leaks, spills and other mishaps.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1579494274644-1OJVS24NRSK2TEBPKOEA/Richmond%2C+Washington+.png Unreasonable Risk - Framatome in Richmond, Washington This is the final image of three U.S. facilities manufacturing Low Enriched Uranium pellets. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has required that all pelleting facilities be placed in non -residential areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578520075935-7NK1EMQ1WY69U73J8CCJ/Argentina++-+Conuar.png Unreasonable Risk - The CONUAR SA manufacturing plant in Argentina - located in an area dedicated to nuclear facilities. “We sent three of our best guys to Argentina to work on CANDU fuel and they were all dead of cancer within a year and half.” Jim Dufresne, former Union Steward at GE Hitachi Peterborough - a CNSC regulated facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575948320737-IEJOX7Q8KSX7TOUS6QB4/Port+Hope+Cameco.png Unreasonable Risk - Cameco’s Port Hope operation - with lots of empty space around, residential housing still abuts this property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575948551744-NDU34K1TN5FMAG0VEB8C/BWXT+Toronto.png Unreasonable Risk - Toronto BWXT’s plant is located in a densely populated area. Row housing, high rise condominiums and apartment towers surround the site on 3 sides. On the west side, phases 6 and 9 of the “Davenport Village” development will bring over 1000 new residences to this area. Another 2000 units are to be completed across the railway tracks. The CNSC has been oblivious to this changing urban landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1575949290881-YAM7UX069LASNT9YH1IH/BWXT+Peterborough+%284%29.png Unreasonable Risk - BWXT Peterborough - Future site of fuel pellet manufacturing? The area to the West of the plant is a brownfield caused by toxins dumped during GE’s operations in this city. Note the dense residential areas around this plant and Prince of Wales Public School junior playground just 25 metres from this facility. https://www.nopellets.ca/intervention-extension daily 0.75 2019-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1577204819584-KQQNEDHDLPUJKTYVE5EN/Letter+to+CNSC+from+CELA+-+Extension+Request+BWXT+Licensing+Hearing+%281%29-1.png CELA Intervention Extension Request https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1577204888852-WA83D7Z32RBIFQ6A27YT/Letter+to+CNSC+from+CELA+-+Extension+Request+BWXT+Licensing+Hearing+%281%29-2.png CELA Intervention Extension Request https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1577204924773-C8PXZU7JHXMM3TQ9U23S/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg CELA Intervention Extension Request https://www.nopellets.ca/gordon-edwards-presentation daily 0.75 2021-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1615129559555-TM8KTSD5HH23NL5U2O15/unsplash-image-Z1Oyw2snqn8.jpg Gordon Edwards Presentation https://www.nopellets.ca/cela-presentation daily 0.75 2020-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618578414-6R832VE4VFVMNOA5JQ2V/0001.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618663249-KPIKPQY1QI049HEI78SB/0002.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618697658-1G9MEGS279P9SWW1CN8P/0003.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618717353-K5TDVARER1C0XIHXLRM0/0004.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618775556-TVNGM2BPV8A8VD161D0P/0005.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618843273-VSIRWSEJZFJBWIDXOFX2/0006.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618942927-QX5CSFZYTQFR7CE68XM3/0007.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578618984286-O255YXEYS2D6PXKDQ5DI/0008.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578619066008-MISNSYTZ58BJT67H5AYX/0009.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578619098896-R4WQB2GSASCQ110FBV6Z/0010.jpg CELA Presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1578619203222-989EGJ62T2IJUD5SX52K/0011.jpg CELA Presentation https://www.nopellets.ca/home daily 1.0 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/ec30ab56-fd6f-42a5-b23d-44e5db397350/PTBO+.png News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1615320465230-EGS16HMV1J4VUGY3IY86/Worry8.001.jpeg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1614988699560-XUVXX85VF3OBOOTTG3H6/DSC_0132.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1604631202725-5HODCVUB0AP2D94FE35K/flat+Earth.jpg News The CNSC is saying that there is no increase in beryllium in soil samples in our neighbourhood. How is it that they see a flat line while we see it curving upwards? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1604709099349-PD7ZJAUJQ183EHBRQ61L/Boeing737+crash.jpeg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1604441119429-P1VPDC497KYRABVMGN8H/Soil%2BBeryllium%2BConcentration%2B%2528mg_kg%2529%2B2014-2020%2B%25281%2529.jpg News - The graph shows soil beryllium at different locations around Peterborough. Data for Prince of Wales in 2020 is shown as the average of 9 sample locations taken from Prince of Wales Playground. If you are wondering why soil was sampled in Omemee, it’s not because it’s Neil Young’s hometown. The CNSC added this point in 2019 because they figured out that they needed a control value outside of Peterborough. If you are also wondering why they didn’t have a control value in 2014 or 2018, that’s a darn good question. And if you’re like us, you’ll believe that the CNSC realized in 2018 that they had a problem on their hands. So, what do you think? Looking at the CNSC’s own data, are beryllium levels increasing in the soil? Do upward trends in beryllium need to be significant to be actionable? Does the internationally unprecedented location of a class I nuclear facility in a residential area and 25 metres from a public school demand the highest safety standards? Remember, CNSC staff recommended that BWXT’s license be expanded to include pelleting because BWXT’s emissions were “well characterized and controlled”. Does this graph demonstrate that BWXT’s emissions are well characterized and controlled? Do staff members at the CNSC believe Elvis is in the building? Is the Earth actually flat? All these questions! Stay tuned! There’s lots more to report…and it’s not funny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1604264090621-AKN4ZB64AJN4WDEBL9BO/Screen+Shot+2020-11-01+at+3.53.01+PM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc3930acfb2c126db263d4d/1583605278372-8XBKFDUFO0H0YZHRZSDQ/IMG_20200306_162844792.jpg News Peterborough Rocks the CNSC From 10 year old Indie Bennett (youngest ever intervenor) to 89 year old Jenny Carter, a RECORD NUMBER of intervenors told the CNSC that we don’t want pellets in our neighbourhood. Veteran CNSC staff told CARN that this was the best hearing ever, with the most interesting and engaged interventions in many years of hearings. CARN expresses heartfelt thanks for the civility, passion and intellect that BWXT’s neighbours brought to CNSC hearings. 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CNSC staff recommended that this plant be allowed to manufacture nuclear fuel pellets after failing to assess their own data for trends. These trends indicated potentially dangerous increases in soil beryllium between the years 2014 and 2019. 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