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NB Power’s Proposed Point Lepreau Retubing
(May 7, 2002) Review of Financial Fitness, Institutional Certainty, and Investment Risk. Continue reading
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New Brunswick expects backing in bid for Canada-first gas
(May 6, 2002) Fredericton — The New Brunswick government says it will have the backing of Quebec, at least one other Maritime government, and powerful Ontario interests when it makes its case to the National Energy Board for a guanteed Canadian share of Sable Island gas reserves. Continue reading
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Public participation and due process missing from Port Hope nuclear waste project
(April 11, 2002) This submission is made with respect to the above-noted request for public comments on the Draft Scope of the Environmental Assessment for the Port Hope Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project on behalf of Lake Ontario Keeper and Energy Probe. Continue reading
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Nuclear waste projects need due process, public participation: appeal to Environment Minister
(April 11, 2002) We are writing to request that the Environmental Assessments for the Port Hope and Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Projects be referred to a review panel, according to Section 28(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. We believe that a single review panel to hear both Assessments may be preferable, on balance, to two separate panels. Continue reading
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Nuclear waste project needs independence to protect community, environment: Port Granby EA comment
(April 11, 2002) Dear Madam, This submission is made with respect to the above-noted request for public comments on the Draft Scope of the Environmental Assessment for the Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project on behalf of Lake Ontario Keeper and Energy Probe. Continue reading
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Safety violations ‘a black spot’ for AECL
(April 10, 2002) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has a “black spot” on its safety record after four workers were exposed to radiation from plutonium dust in 1999. Continue reading
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NB Power failure darkens budget
(April 2, 2002) Only two days after announcing a big budget surplus for 2001-02, the province may have to revise its numbers substantially thanks to a terrible year for NB Power. Continue reading
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NB Power’s debt is 16 per cent of economy: watchdog
(April 1, 2002) “NDP Leader Elizabeth Weir said that by advancing Point Lepreau’s refurbishment date to 2006, NB Power made it hard for the Public Utilities Board to turn the refurbishment project down.” Continue reading
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Nuclear plants called vulnerable
(March 26, 2002) Workers not screened for terrorist links, congressman says. BOSTON (AP) – Security at the nation’s civilian nuclear power plants is so poor that terrorists could already be secretly working at reactors, says a congressman. Continue reading
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Memo to McKenna: Get serious about Energy Probe report
(March 25, 2002) “Why doesn’t NB Power come clean and tell the people of the province just how financially precarious that operation is?” That’s Tom Adams, executive director of Energy Probe, the organization that tabled a devestating report on the Crown corporation in Fredericton last week. Continue reading
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