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Category Archives: Nuclear Power
Northern pipeline a sure thing if gas-fired power plant is built
(April 22, 1998) Saint John – The company building the Sable Island pipeline says a lateral line to Northern New Brunswick will likely happen if NB Power can hammer out an agreement with a Belgium-based power company that wants to build a power generation plant in Belledune. Continue reading
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Feds to probe nurses’ illness
(April 7, 1998) Atomic agency reacts to Hamilton concerns. Canada’s atomic energy regulator will determine if a high incidence of thyroid disease among nurses at the former Hamilton Civic Hospitals can be attributed to a radioactive drug they dispensed in the 1970s and ’80s. Continue reading
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CANDU or CANDON’T: Competing values behind Canada’s nuclear sales
(April 1, 1998) Duane Bratt is a lecturer in the Department of Economics and Political Science at Mount RoyalCollege (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). He has written several articles and newspaper editorials on Canada’s nuclear policy, including “Is Business Booming? Canada’s Nuclear Reactor Export Policy,” International Journal (Summer 1996) and “The Future of CANDU Exports,” Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies’ Strategic Datalink (October 1997). Continue reading
Government releases report of panel studying the disposal of nuclear fuel waste
(March 13, 1998) Ottawa – March 13, 1998 – The federal panel studying the long-term management of nuclear fuel waste and the safety and acceptability of Atomic Energy of Canada’s concept to bury nuclear waste deep within the rock of the Canadian Shield has recommended a step-by-step approach to managing nuclear wastes. Continue reading
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Cndn Government releases report of panel studying the disposal of nuclear fuel waste: backgrounder
(March 1, 1998) In a 1978 joint statement, the governments of Canada and Ontario directed Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to develop the concept of deep geological disposal of nuclear fuel wastes. A subsequent joint statement in 1981 established that disposal site selection would not begin until after a full federal public hearing and approval of the concept by both governments. Continue reading
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Plant wearing out, says report
(February 20, 1998) Point Lepreau is going to be a huge drain on the finances of NB Power into the next century, warns a provincial report. Continue reading
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Safety attitude at nuclear plant comes under fire
(January 21, 1998) Watchful Eye: Incidents at the Lepreau are becoming all too common for the Atomic Energy Control Board, which warns that the quality of work must improve. Continue reading
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Canadian export a type of reactor they closed down
(December 3, 1997) On the blustery shore of Lake Ontario, in Canada’s most heavily populated region, four aging nuclear reactors bedeviled by leaks, failures and operators who sometimes drank beer or smoked marijuana on the job are being shut down because they cannot be safely run by one of the largest utility companies in North America. Continue reading
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Select committee on Ontario Hydro nuclear affairs- part 2 of 2
(October 20, 1997) Mr Conway: But certaintly it is your view that this current and longstanding difficulty, malaise and worse at Ontario Hydro has not been helped by the fact it has been a monopoly, correct, in your view? Continue reading
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Select committee on Ontario Hydro nuclear affairs- part 1 of 2
(October 20, 1997) The Chair (Mr Derwyn Shea): We are prepared to carry on now in public session. I’d like to welcome the deputants, the witnesses for this afternoon and for this evening. For the record, to remind us, this committee has been in session since 2 pm. It is now almost 5:15 pm. It has been in private session on briefings and it is now prepared to return to the witness schedule. Continue reading
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