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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Ministers decide fate of N.B. power plant
(July 28, 2005) Fredericton: New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord and members of his cabinet are meeting this afternoon to decide the future of the aging Point Lepreau nuclear power plant. At issue is whether to go ahead with a $1.4 billion refurbishent, and if so, how? Continue reading
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Ontario pays towns to take nuclear waste
(July 27, 2005) Toronto: Government-owned Ontario Power Generation paid more than $3 million to municipalities on the shores of Lake Huron this spring as part of a deal clearing the way for construction of North America’s first deep rock nuclear waste storage facility. Continue reading
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Uranium deal with China questioned
(July 22, 2005) Beijing: Canada’s potential uranium exports to China are being questioned by environmental and disarmament groups after a Chinese general suggested that Beijing might use nuclear weapons in a war with the United States. Continue reading
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Persistent, stealthy nuclear PR
(June 8, 2005) The letter “Getting figures wrong: U.N. monitoring committee sees no rise in number of birth defects or leukemia, only in thyroid cancer” published June 6th, was authored by a nuclear industry employee, Andrew Daley. Unfortunately, Mr. Daley failed to identify his affiliation when attempting to argue that the Chernobyl accident only caused 1,800 extra cancers thus far. Continue reading
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Canada’s nuclear waste still a problem
(May 30, 2005) The Globe’s editorial “How to deal safely with nuclear waste” May 26, is overly hasty in declaring nuclear power’s problems solved. Continue reading
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Canada’s nuclear waste still a problem
(May 30, 2005) The Globe’s editorial “How to deal safely with nuclear waste” May 26, is overly hasty in declaring nuclear power’s problems solved. Continue reading
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Pickering nuclear unit shut down for unanticipated repairs
(May 21, 2005) Eighteen months after it began producing electricity following a refurbishment that was years behind schedule and over budget, a key Pickering nuclear unit has been shutdown until July for unanticipated repairs. Continue reading
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Losing power
(April 15, 2005) Federal taxpayers are on the verge of acquiring a new and potentially massive burden – paying electricity bills for consumers in provinces with the country’s most mismanaged power systems. Continue reading
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Losing power
(April 15, 2005) Federal taxpayers are on the verge of acquiring a new and potentially massive burden – paying electricity bills for consumers in provinces with the country’s most mismanaged power systems. Continue reading
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Remember the Great Blackout of 2003?
(March 23, 2005) Although the spark that set off that calamity didn’t occur in Ontario, we were the hardest hit because our power system had been weakened by neglect. It has only gotten worse in the last two years. The stage is set for another massive blackout, this time made in Ontario. Parts of our power transmission and distribution networks are so dilapidated, a strong wind could knock out some of our electricity lifelines. Continue reading
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