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The two blows that killed the industry: Sources
The two blows that killed the industry
(August 1, 2009) No industry in history has held more promise, been more welcomed, received more favours and failed more spectacularly than the commercial nuclear power industry. Continue reading
Is it time to press reset on nuclear?
(July 31, 2009) Cost overruns, delays in building reactors are sapping a nuclear revival
In a throwback to its tumultuous past, nuclear power is teetering on the brink of renaissance or relapse, waffling between a return to its golden age and a slow demise. Continue reading
Is it time to press reset on nuclear?
(July 31, 2009) Cost overruns, delays in building reactors are sapping a nuclear revival. In a throwback to its tumultuous past, nuclear power is teetering on the brink of renaissance or relapse, waffling between a return to its golden age and a slow demise. Continue reading
Sell nuclear to grow nuclear
(June 29. 2009) Prime Minister Harper quipped last Fall that falling stock markets provided a good buying opportunity. Right now the opposite is true for Canadian nuclear. Now is the time for the government to sell, sell, sell; which is exactly what the government plans to do. The federal government plants to restructure and sell off parts of the federal Crown Corporation, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). Continue reading
CNP’s top ten reasons for Jean Cretien to say NO CANDU to China
(June 26, 2009) The Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout calls on Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to stop the sale of CANDU reactors to China. China is an international outlaw in its nuclear policies, as well as in its abysmal record of human rights abuses. Selling nuclear reactors to China places Canada in an indefensible moral, political and environmental position. Here are CNP’s top ten reasons for Jean Chrétien and his team to call off the sale: Continue reading
Nuclear Liability Act
(June 3, 2009) An Act respecting civil liability for nuclear damage : http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/N-28/text.html Continue reading
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Medical firm sues AECL, Ottawa
(July 10, 2008) Life sciences company MDS Inc. has launced a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and the federal government after a decision to cancel a 12-year-old project to build a new nuclear reactors for producing medical isotopes. Continue reading
Carbo-charged nuclear
(May 21, 2008) Nuclear power has been an economic failure, despite being larded with subsidies and shorn of liabilities that face its competitors. Oil price hikes have not made it economic, either. Continue reading
Burning in the dark
(March 14, 2008) 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. Continue reading
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