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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Restarting Bruce reactors tricky
(September 10, 2004) Critics point to Bruce’s repair needs. Power companies say plant is needed. Continue reading
Pickering backup system to cost OPG $250 million
(August 21, 2004) More than double earlier estimate, reactors worse off than expected. Continue reading
Bruce’s burning secrets
(August 5, 2004) There’s no hint in the cool summer winds blowing off Lake Huron onto the sandy beaches of the lower Bruce Peninsula that nuclear managers have developed plans to turn the shoreline into a vast radioactive waste sacrifice zone. Continue reading
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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
Lepreau refurbishment review falls short
(April 23, 2004) Refurbishing NB Power’s troubled Point Lepreau nuclear power station will cost New Brunswickers $3,373 per household if the assurances issued last week by the former chairman of the now bankrupt nuclear company British Energy hold true. If Ontario’s recent nuclear refurbishment experience is repeated, the cost could exceed $9,000 per household. Continue reading
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Federal nuclear firm $160M over budget on new reactors
(March 31, 2004) Toronto: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s only domestic project for new reactors is running $160-million over budget and four years behind schedule even as the company is pushing to sell the Ontario government advanced nuclear power plants worth billions of dollars. Continue reading
Cameco bids on nuclear plant
(March 1, 2004) Vancouver: Uranium producer Cameco Corp. has rolled into the U.S. electricity market by bidding $333-million (U.S.) for a 25.2-per-cent stake in a Texas nuclear power plant, the first step in what it hopes will become a substantial U.S. presence. Continue reading
More delays plague Pickering restart
(February 6, 2004) Work on two units of the Pickering A nuclear station has been suspended, according to a message sent to staff of the plant, owned by Ontario Power Generation Inc. Continue reading
Khan-du fallout hits Canada
(February 5, 2004) Hate to say it, but we told you so! Continue reading
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NB Power CEO appointed to OPG board
(January 30, 2004) On Dec. 23, 2003, the new Ontario Liberal government appointed James Hankinson to the board of Ontario Power Generation. Mr. Hankison was the CEO of the provincial Crown corporation of NB Power from 1996-2002. Continue reading
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