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Category Archives: Nuclear Economics
Decision on access to documents
(May 1, 1992) Indexed as Energy Probe v. Canada (Attorney General) Continue reading
The Nuclear Liability Act vs Property insurance
(November 1, 1989) Just imagine that, against all calculated odds, a fairly serious accident occurs at one of Ontario Hydro’s nuclear power generators at Pickering. Radioactive contamination is released and everyone living or working within a 15 km radius is ordered to evacuate. Continue reading
Top court to rule on nuclear industry law
(October 10, 1989) The nuclear industry greets almost any question about a nuclear accident with the quick assurance that the changes of such a mishap are so small as to be infinitesimal. Continue reading
Nuclear act loopholes under fire
(June 4, 1989) It’s a nuclear nightmare not even the staunchest critics of atomic power like to visualize: radioactivity spewing from a molten reactor core into the atmosphere, the soil, the water supply, the food we eat and the air we breathe. Continue reading
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Path cleared for test of nuclear liability law
(April 14, 1989) The Ontario Court of Appeal cleared the way yesterday for a constitutional challenge of a federal law that limits the liability of Canada’s nuclear power utilities in the event of a major accident. Continue reading
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Level of compensation for nuclear accidents ridiculous
(June 16, 1988) The accident at Chernobyl pointed out very clearly that accidents at nuclear power plants can cause immeasurable damage. The accident at Chernobyl pointed out very clearly that accidents at nuclear power plants can cause immeasurable damage to the environment. How, and to what extent, is this kind of damage compensated? Continue reading
Act limiting nuclear liability heads for home strait
(March 31, 1988) Washington – The Price-Anderson Act, the law that defines industry liability in the event of a nuclear power plant accident, is lurching towards renewal in Congress. Attempts to revive it before it expired last summer failed, as did those shortly afterwards. But now the Senate has passed and will shortly send to the House of Representatives its version of the new legislation, and observers from industry, environmental groups and congressional staff agree that final passage appears inevitable. Continue reading
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Limit on nuclear liability law challenged
(August 7, 1985) If a nuclear disaster similar to Chernobyl happened in Canada, the nuclear industry would pay only a fraction of the cost of the damage to people, homes and property because it is protected by a federal law, documents filed in the Supreme Court of Ontario say. Continue reading
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