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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Manufactured power crisis
(April 19, 2007) The Ontario government had several objectives in entering into a sole-source contract with Bruce Power to buy electricity from Bruce’s nuclear expansion. One of them, detailed in the Auditor-General’s report, was to conceal the consumer impacts. Mr. Hawthorne’s letter (refer below) aids the government in achieving this objective. Continue reading
Nuclear disaster
(April 10, 2007) Thanks to the report by Ontario Auditor General James McCarter, issued on the afternoon before the long weekend by the Ontario government, Ontario’s electricity ratepayers are much closer to understanding what electricity from the Bruce A nuclear refurbishment will cost. The bottom line: The McGunity government signed a disastrous deal in deciding to resurrect nuclear plants that had no cost justification. Continue reading
Nuclear deal too costly: auditor
(April 6, 2007) Ontarians would have saved $1.5 billion on their hydro bills over the next 25 years had the government negotiated a smarter deal to refurbish the Bruce Power nuclear station, the provincial auditor general says. Continue reading
Mac’s nuclear reactor ‘just cannot go boom’
(March 31, 2007) If we’re going to have a nuclear reactor in our back yard, McMaster’s unit isn’t so bad. “You’ve got a device that just cannot go boom,” says Tom Adams, executive director of Energy Probe, a consumer and environmental research group. Continue reading
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N.B’s Candu attitude
(February 24, 2007) The year 2016 may seem far off. But as a key data in New Brunswick’s plan to possibly expand its nuclear energy program, it is a looming deadline that must be acted on quickly, say those in the industry. Continue reading
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Ottawa won’t say if taxpayers on hook
(January 24, 2007) Canada’s minister of natural resources was cagey yesterday when asked if the federal government is prepared to share the financial risk of building new Candu nuclear reactors in Ontario. Continue reading
How the IAEA makes nuclear proliferation worse
(December 15, 2006) What international player has been sharing nuclear technologies with Iran and North Korea for years, while receiving not punishment but encouragement from the civilized world? Continue reading
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Canada’s nuclear role
(October 11, 2006) When considering the role played by Pakistani nuclear official Abdul Quadeer Khan in assisting North Korea’s nuclear-energy and weapons program, Canadians should examine the assistance we have provided in this evil chain of events. Continue reading
Posted in Towards Shutdown
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Canada’s nuclear role
(October 11, 2006) A response to Doug Saunders’ article for the Globe and Mail. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Towards Shutdown
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Canada’s nuclear role
(October 11, 2006) When considering the role played by Pakistani nuclear official Abdul Qadeer Khan in assisting North Korea’s nuclear-energy and weapons program, Canadians should examine the assistance we have provided in this evil chain of events. Continue reading
Posted in Towards Shutdown
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