Nuclear Power Committee Documents

This page contains the letters, petitions and responses created by the IPPNWC Nuclear Power Committee. All IPPNWC resources can be accessed through our archive.

General Committee Documents

Nuclear power has had its Day, say Doctors — IPPNW Canada

This article was written by IPPNWC Board Members, Dr. Nancy Covington and Dr. Charles King, and IPPNWC Member Cathy Vakil and published in The Hill Times on April 6th, 2022.

Brief send to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research on SMRs   Sept 2022.  

This brief outlines our thinking regarding SMRs at the time it was written and was endorsed by all members of the Board of IPPNWC.  

Letter to Steven Guilbeault

On December 6 2021, The Nuclear Power Committee published an open letter to Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault concerning the Canadian Government’s support for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. This letter was published with the aim of working collaboratively in achieving new policies concerning SMRs. We received an official response on March 8 2022, to which we responded. Read the open letter and various responses below

The Hill Times: An open letter to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault — IPPNW Canada 

Correspondence arising from Guilbeault letter.

This is an official DNR response to our Guilbeault letter and written by Mollie Johnson Assistant Deputy Minister Natural Resources Canada. Mar 8 20’22

Cover letter of our response to Mollie Johnson

Response to Mollie Johnson’s comments on our open letter