Canadian Churches Show Interest in Nuclear Energy - The IPPANI Hearings

Abstract

The paper is a personal view of one who has closely followed the Interfaith Program for Public Awareness of Nuclear Issues (IPPANI) for the past eighteen months. The history of the program is given in detail. The procedures to be used in conducting the hearings are described and the major deviations from these procedures are documented. Summaries


are given of the submissions made to the panels on Canada's Domestic Nuclear Industry and Canada's International Nuclear Trade and the, as yet, unpublished panel reports on these topics. The persistent problem of linking these hearinqs with a final set of hearings on nuclear arms provides an unfortunate connecting link through the entire program and appears unlikely to be resolved.