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Category Archives: Nuclear Safety
Expose the truth about the nuclear industry
(April 28, 2004) We have learned that the federal government has quietly begun giving its friends in the nuclear industry new access to the public purse, in order to fund plans for massive nuclear power growth. Continue reading
Safety deficiencies caused reactor shutdown
(October 7, 2003) I enjoyed your analysis of some of Ontario’s problems with its aging nuclear reactor fleet (Toronto Star, Nuclear Fallout, September 27, 2003). Continue reading
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Ontario cancels nuke exercise, blames SARS
(April 17, 2003) Blaming the spread of the nasty SARS respiratory virus, the Canadian province of Ontario recently postponed its long and quietly planned simulated nuclear emergency exercise at the 4,328 MW Pickering nuclear plant of Ontario Power Generation Inc. on Lake Ontario east of Toronto. Pickering is located about six miles east of the nearest boundary with Toronto. According to Ontario officials, a “full-scale provincial nuclear emergency exercise” was officially planned for Pickering on Tuesday, April 29. Continue reading
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Energy Probe calls for disclosure on nuclear reactors
(March 15, 2003) The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission should maintain an Internet site with up-to-date information on the status of Canada’s nuclear power reactors, Energy Probe has suggested. Continue reading
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Lift veil of secrecy from OPG, critics say
(March 14, 2003) When the Pickering nuclear generating station switched off the power on Wednesday because of a mechanical problem, the only public word was a cryptic announcement on an obscure page of a Web site. Continue reading
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Alarm over inexperienced Bruce operator
(November 19, 2002) We would like to comment on three related regulatory matters of great importance – one past, one present, and one future. We believe that each of these matters involves the recognition of an “obvious truth” concerning nuclear-safety regulation. Continue reading
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Nuclear risk: Make ’em pay
(November 6, 2002) Nuclear power is absolutely safe, the nuclear industry is fond of saying. Only scaremongers, the ignorant and fools think otherwise, it maintains. Continue reading
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Concern voiced over Bruce Power
(September 10, 2002) The financial crisis at British Energy, the U.K. nuclear generator, has raised concerns over the long-term safety of the Bruce Power nuclear facilities in Ontario and over a possible supply crunch in the province’s energy market, according to Toronto analysts. Continue reading
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Energy Probe’s letter to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
(September 6, 2002) Energy Probe is concerned that the deteriorating financial condition of British Energy could have negative safety implications for the operation of the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. Continue reading
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Energy Probe’s letter o the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
(September 6, 2002) Energy Probe is concerned that the deteriorating financial condition of British Energy could have a negative safety implications for the operation of the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. Continue reading
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