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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
The limits to nuclear: McCain shouldn’t try to follow French disaster
(May 13, 2008) The U.S. doesn’t have a market for the nighttime power surplus that nuclear inevitably produces. Continue reading
The nukes of hazard
(May 3, 2008) In a May 20, 1974 interview, the late CBC reporter Barbara Frum asked India’s UN Ambassador Samar Sen whether India violated its agreements with Canada in developing and detonating an atomic bomb. Ambassador Sen’s response was that India had not developed an atom bomb. “What did it develop, then?” Frum asked. Sen responded: “India just exploded an atomic device, nothing to do with a bomb. It is just one of the processes which is necessary for using atomic energy. How did you get the idea for an atom bomb?” Continue reading
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Ontario’s Energy Crunch
(April 2, 2008) Good morning. I have some good news for you this morning. The good news is that Ontario has an easy and painless way out of the energy fix that we’re in. I have some bad news for you, too. Our government doesn’t know it, and, I am certain, neither do most of you in this room. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Economics, Power Generation in Ontario, The Deniers
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Apocalypse now?
(March 29, 2008) To most of us, the consequences of a meltdown or some other catastrophic accident at a nuclear reactor are unimaginable. Continue reading
Do you trust Canada’s nuclear establishment to safely dispose of its wastes?
(March 19, 2008) More than a quarter century after the nuclear industry started creating Canada’s largest collection of cancer-causing poisons, there still is no acceptable plan to get rid of these wastes. Continue reading
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Accomplishments
(March 19, 2008) In the twenty years since I started working at Energy Probe on nuclear energy and environmental issues, some amazing advances have happened and become widely known, with our help: Continue reading
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Burning in the dark
Nuclear runs all night, can’t be ramped up in day.
After scores of bankruptcies and bailouts, many if not most energy analysts recognize nuclear electricity for what it has been: the single biggest business disaster in history.
But nuclear power’s failings extend beyond the red ink on the balance sheets to the limitations in the technology. The nuclear reactor, though efficient in medical and military applications, is ill-suited for the production of electricity in a sophisticated power market of diverse customers with diverse needs
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Nuclear giant plans 4 reactors; Bruce Power proposes $10B
(March 14, 2008) The only private operator of nuclear plants in Canada, Bruce Power LP, plans to bring nuclear power to Alberta, saying Thursday it hopes to build a $10-billion-plus generating complex near Peace River. Continue reading
Ontario’s Roadmap
(March 10, 2008) Energy policy isn’t just consuming U.S. lawmakers. It’s also dominating the Canadian agenda and particularly the province of Ontario. Continue reading
Warmed-over nukes
(March 8, 2008) The world is whooshing to nuclear energy. Just this week, Britain announced 18 new nuclear reactor sites in its bid to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a Mid-East nuclear-selling spree, to cash in on interest in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, and Libya. Continue reading
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