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Nuclear Safety
(September 16, 2001) What happens if a suicide bomber drives a jumbo jet into one of America’s 103 nuclear power reactors? What happens if a fire fed by thousands of tons of jet fuel roars through a reactor complex –or, worse, through the enormous and barely-protected containment pools of spent nuclear fuel found at every such plant? Continue reading
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Environment, energy watchdogs howl at Bruce Power chief’s new nuke hint
(June 14, 2001) There’s no way another nuclear power plant will be built in Ontario, a Sierra Club of Canada official vowed yesterday after Bruce Power’s chairperson hinted one was in the works. Continue reading
Nuclear critic questions future of Lepreau
(May 19, 2001) SAINT JOHN, N.B. – An official with Energy Probe says N.B. Power has a serious problem with the nuclear reactor at Point Lepreau. Continue reading
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Licences renewed for nuclear stations
(April 3, 2001) The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has renewed the operating licences for the Pickering A and B Nuclear Generating stations for a term expiring on June 30, 2003. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Plant Security, Nuclear Power, Towards Shutdown
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CNSC announces decisions on Ontario Power Generation’s Pickering facilities
(March 30, 2001) Following hearings on January 18 and March 8, 2001, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) today announced the following decisions: Continue reading
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Record of Proceedings, including Reasons for Decisions
(February 16, 2001) In the Matter of Environmental Assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act of the Proposed return to service of the Pickering ‘A’ Nuclear Generating Station. Continue reading
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CNSC Announces Decisions on the Pickering ‘A’ Environmental Assessment
(February 16, 2001) Following public hearings held on October 5, 2000 and December 14-15, 2000, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) today announced its decisions on an environmental assessment of Ontario Power Generation’s proposed return to service of the four reactors at the Pickering ‘A’ Nuclear Generating Station. The environmental assessment was prepared in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). Continue reading
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Energy policy stymies $200-M project
(January 31, 2001) J.D. Irving Ltd. may place a $200-million Saint John construction project on hold because it looks like New Brunswick’s new energy policy doesn’t go far enough in deregulating electricity, says the company. Continue reading
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Energy policy jumbled, contains no logic
(January 31, 2001) An expert on the Canadian electric power industry says New Brunswick’s new energy policy is a hodgepodge of ideas without a common thread of logic to tie them together. Continue reading
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Environmentalists against nuclear plant overhaul
(January 16, 2001) Fredericton – Environmentalists are turning up the heat in New Brunswick to head off a possible multimillion-dollar overhaul of the aging Point Lepreau nuclear power plant, Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear reactor. Continue reading
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