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McKinsey to report on reactor options
The Ontario government, which wants to build at least 1,000 megawatts of new nuclear capacity in the province, has hired management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to produce "independent" assessment of nuclear reactor technologies on the market.
The company’s report, due later this year, won’t recommend a specific technology but will be "important input" on any final decision, according to a statement from the Ministry of Energy.
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Lawrence Solomon on TVO’s The Agenda discussing high-speed rail
(June 4, 2009) Lawmakers in both Canada and the U.S. continue to push high-speed rail initiatives. Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon participated in TVO’s program debating the merits and drawbacks of high-speed rail. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Public Transit, Transportation
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Economics and NIMBY cools U.S. to nuclear power plants
(July 28, 2007) An American professor and publisher of an energy newsletter is arguing that Canada should take advantage of the “stupidity of Americans” by building nuclear power plants to supply a growing need south of the border. Continue reading
OPG rapped for reactor breach
(July 19, 2007) A hole in a radiation containment system at Pickering generating station has not been fixed more than a month after detection, sparking concern Ontario Power Generation is dragging its feet on safety and keeping important information hidden from the public. Continue reading
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Areva keen to form ‘partnership’ with AECL
(July 10, 2007) Areva of France, the world’s biggest nuclear energy company, is keen to invest in or form a partnership with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. but says it hasn’t got a club whether Ottawa is ready to deal. Continue reading
Partial sale of Canada’s nuclear giant source of speculation
(July 6, 2007) Toronto: The partial sale of Canada’s Crown-owned nuclear giant is the source of speculation once again. Continue reading
Nuclear deal too costly: auditor
(April 6, 2007) Ontarians would have saved $1.5 billion on their hydro bills over the next 25 years had the government negotiated a smarter deal to refurbish the Bruce Power nuclear station, the provincial auditor general says. Continue reading
Mac’s nuclear reactor ‘just cannot go boom’
(March 31, 2007) If we’re going to have a nuclear reactor in our back yard, McMaster’s unit isn’t so bad. “You’ve got a device that just cannot go boom,” says Tom Adams, executive director of Energy Probe, a consumer and environmental research group. Continue reading
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N.B’s Candu attitude
(February 24, 2007) The year 2016 may seem far off. But as a key data in New Brunswick’s plan to possibly expand its nuclear energy program, it is a looming deadline that must be acted on quickly, say those in the industry. Continue reading
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Ottawa won’t say if taxpayers on hook
(January 24, 2007) Canada’s minister of natural resources was cagey yesterday when asked if the federal government is prepared to share the financial risk of building new Candu nuclear reactors in Ontario. Continue reading
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