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Energy Probe has just released a study of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL). I’m a big fan of Energy Probe because, while they may be tree-hugging enviro-activists, their often libertarian economics mesh nicely with my own, scary, right-wing hidden agenda, so I read it with interest.

Their basic thesis is that federal subsidies to AECL since its inception in 1952 amount to $74.9-billion of today’s federal government debt, or about 12 per cent of the entire outstanding amount.
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Sydney: So you thought Doctor Strangelove died in the rubble of the Berlin Wall? And the N-bomb menace? About as relevant, you say, as Sting bleating on about the Russians loving their children, too? Continue reading →

The Canadian Nuclear Association is running a slick ad campaign on TV these days hyping the benefits of nuclear power. It’s clean, it’s reliable, it’s affordable. Let’s get clear on nuclear, they say. Yes, let’s.

As the voice of the Canadian nuclear industry, the association is hardly an independent organization. Its members include Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, the federal Crown corporation responsible for promoting nuclear power and which also happens to build Candu reactors.
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Nuclear power in the oilpatch is just a matter of time, according to Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.

Speaking to Sun Media from Victoria yesterday, Lunn said he’s very keen to see a new partnership between Crown corporation Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and a private Alberta company to build a Candu-reactor to power oilsands extraction.

"It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when in my mind," said Lunn. "I think nuclear can play a very significant role in the oilsands. I’m very, very keen."
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Montreal: Expectations of a nuclear power renaissance has SNC-Lavalin contemplating the use of its private-sector Team Candu partnership as a possible vehicle to purchase Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., says the head of the Quebec company’s nuclear subsidiary. "We’re always looking for acquisitions, whether it’s in the nuclear industry or hydro we’re looking for good companies that have good products that can help us compete and grow on the international market," said Patrick Lamarre, president and CEO of SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin.
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Currently, there are no Candu ACR-100 models in operation in Canada. President of Energy Alberta, Wayne Henuset, calls the ACR-100 an upgraded Candu 6 model, which is under operation throughout Canada. "[The ACR-100] is an advancement and we’re not changing the world here," Henuset said.
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