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Canada links from IAEA
* Department of Natural Resources - Nuclear Energy Division
* Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
* Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
* New Brunswick Power Corporation
* Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation
* Centre canadien de fusion magnétique
* University of Western Ontario
* Canadian Centre for Occupational - Health and Safety (CCOHS)
* Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR)
* Friends of the Earth (Canada)
* War, Peace and Security WWW Server (Department of National Defense, Canada)
* Energy Council of Canada (ECC)
* Canadian Nuclear Association
* Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS)
March 21, 2008
* Canada Supreme Court considers Guantanamo Bay
* Canada - Blueprints in trash a serious security breach
March 14, 2008
* Canada (Alberta) - Bruce Power, too, chooses Peace River, for 4 new n-plants
* Canada (Ontario) - new n-plant plan 3X bigger than 2006, prompts calls of bait-and-switch
February 25, 2008
This is top story on front page of today's Toronto Star, of Canada.
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February 23, 2008
This is top story on the front page of today's The Globe and Mail, of Canada.
See full text of the pp. 8-9 story here.
February 22, 2008
This is from the front page of today's Ottawa Citizen, of Canada.
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February 16, 2008
This is from the front page of today's Ottawa Citizen, of Canada.
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February 12, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Record, of Kitchener, Canada.
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February 8, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Globe and Mail, of Toronto, Canada.
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A consortium of private sector companies is teaming up with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to finance a $5-billion ACR1000 reactor in New Brunswick in a test of a new ownership model for nuclear plants that could boost AECL's international sales. The project at Point Lepreau, N.B., would mark the first time in the global marketplace that a reactor consortium financed the construction of a plant and continued to own it while selling the power to the utility customer. ... The proposed reactor is an updated version of AECL's heavy-water Candu reactor and is still in the design stage... The government is still deciding whether to participate with the companies in the financing and ownership of the reactor. .... Team Candu partners - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., General Electric Co., Hitachi Ltd. and Babcock & Wilcox Co. - would retain ownership and finance the project by concluding long-term contracts with New Brunswick Power and other customers.
February 5, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Sudbury Star, of Ontario, Canada.
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February 1, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Niagara Falls Review, of Canada.
January 30, 2008
This is from the front page of today's Ottawa Citizen, of Canada.
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January 30, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Sudbury Star, of Canada.
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January 30, 2008
This is from the front page of today's The Hamilton Spectator, of Canada.
October 25, 2006
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CNSC News Update
CNSC
July 17, 2006
Canada's nuclear power industry
Nuclear energy in Canada is a $5-billion/year industry, providing employment for more than 30,000 people in more than 150 companies, with most of them ... in southern Ontario...
Team CANDU is a joint initiative among five of the world's leading nuclear technology and engineering companies -- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Babcock & Wilcox Canada, General Electric Canada, Hitachi Canada Ltd., and SNC-Lavalin Nuclear Inc.
[Source: Jack Scott (general manager of Team CANDU), "Candu has the power", Windsor Star (Ontario), July 17, 2006, p. A6]
* CANDU - 4-1/2 yr construction time holds record in China
June 30, 2006
Canada - Point Lepreau license renewed through June 30, 2011
Canada: The operating licence for NB Power's Point Lepreau nuclear power plant has been renewed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The licence is now valid until 30 June 2011. The licence was renewed following two days of public hearings on 16 February and 18 May 2006. The CNSC concluded that NB Power is qualified to operate the facility and that it will make adequate provision for the protection of the environment, health and safety, and the maintenance of national security. (CNSC, 30 June; see also News Briefing 05.30-5)
[Source: World Nuclear Association, WNA
June 20, 2006
* Canada expected to join Multinational Design Approval Program (MDAP) for Gen III and IV reactors
* [2006-05-25] Caldicott still pushing her anti-nuclear message after 30 years
Beth Gorham, Canadian Press
* [2006-05-13] B&W Canada Signs Nuclear Services Contract for Bruce Power Restart Project
CNW Telbec
* [2006-05-05] Caribou left out of uranium talks
Nunatsiaq News (Canada)
... Government of Nunavut, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ...
* [2006-05-05] Bring it on, big guy
London Free Press (Canada)
... We produce nuclear rods. You produce beer. ... Tell you what, if we win, you send us a truckload of beer. If you win, we'll send a truckload of nuclear waste. ...
* [2006-05-05] Lake Huron community promises a slower pace
Globe and Mail (Canada)
... Mr. Murawsky says he expects buyers will include people relocating to Port Elgin to take advantage of jobs created when two nuclear reactors are refurbished at ...
* [2006-05-05] Lake Huron community promises a slower pace
Globe and Mail (Canada)
... Mr. Murawsky says he expects buyers will include people relocating to Port Elgin to take advantage of jobs created when two nuclear reactors are refurbished at ...
* [2006-05-05] Hydro-QuŽbec targets energy for export in $25-billion plan
Globe and Mail (Canada)
... It is expected that Ontario will formally announce this month the construction of new reactors as part of a $40-billion nuclear program to replace aging plants ...
* [2006-05-05] A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations
Earth Negotiations Bulletin (Canada)
... A prominent issue at the Dialogue was the nuclear energy option. Apart from the Multi-stakeholder event, however, a few participants ...
* [2006-05-05] NTI endorses uranium mining on Inuit-owned land
Nunatsiaq News (Canada)
... NTIÕs draft uranium policy purports to speak for all Nunavummiut, yet anyone who is opposed to nuclear energy or concerned about the inevitable radioactive ...
* [2006-05-05] AECL Reports Incident At Chalk River Facilities
CNW Telbec (CommuniquŽs de presse) (Canada)
* [2006-05-05] Employee hurt in Ontario lab blast
Canadian Press/Edmonton Sun ( Canada)
By CP. CHALK RIVER, Ont. -- One person was slightly hurt in an explosion and small fire at the Chalk River Laboratories nuclear facility yesterday. ...
* [2006-05-05] Employee hurt in Ontario lab blast
Canadian Press/Edmonton Sun ( Canada)
By CP. CHALK RIVER, Ont. -- One person was slightly hurt in an explosion and small fire at the Chalk River Laboratories nuclear facility yesterday. ...
* [2006-05-05] Natural Resources Minister Lunn Meets with US and Mexican ...
CNW Telbec (CommuniquŽs de presse) (Canada)
... an officials-level forum for cooperation on energy issues, including electricity, oil sands, natural gas, science and technology, nuclear, energy efficiency ...
* [2006-05-05] the Cold War-era air raid siren?
Lindsay This Week (Canada)
Catherine and Howden streets, it's a glimpse of Peterborough's past and the measures that were taken to protect citizens from the ravages of nuclear war. ...
* [2006-05-05] How to don gas masks and make doughnuts
National Post (Canada)
... Yesterday, 68 civilians donned gas masks, rubber boots and special suits in order to learn about how to keep safe during a nuclear or biological weapons attack ...
* [2006-05-05] One injured in Canada nuclear power plant accident
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* [2006-05-04] Secretary Bodman Hosts Energy Ministers from Canada and Mexico
DOE
* [2006-03-20] Nuclear power an expensive red herring
David Suzuki, Tillsonburg News
October 19, 2005
Nuclear plant for Alberta tarsands? Forgetaboutit, sez Alberta PM
Atomic Energy of Canada has discussed the possibility of using nuclear power with several oilsands companies. But Alberta Premier Ralph Klein Klein is dismissing the possibility: he says Alberta has banned the production of nuclear power because there's no proven method of disposing of nuclear waste.
[Source: Canadian Press, "Forget about nuclear plants in oil-sands region: Klein", The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario), October 19, 2005, p. D11]
* 2005-05-21: CNSC News Update
CNSC (Canada)
* 2005-05-14: CNSC News Update
CNSC (Canada)
* 2005-05-12: How to profit from uranium
Keith Kalawsky, National Post
* 2005-05-07: Counting The Costs--Why N.B. must watch its wallet
Gordon Edwards, Saint John Telegraph Journal
* 2005-04-26: Canada aids Russian nuclear submarine break-up
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-04-22: The Bottom Line: Comparing the costs of coal and nuclear electricity in N.B.
John Sutherland, SJ Telegraph-Journal
* 2005-04-19: Lepreau funding possible
Jorge Barrera, Canada East
April 19, 2005
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At the unholy altar of nuclear weapons; Canada has a key role to play in preventing erosion of non-proliferation pact ...
Douglas Roche, The Toronto Star, p. A21
The author of this article is former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament. He emphasizes the implications of USA's ongoing (and in some ways advancing) nuclear weapons-related programs, given the disarmament provision in the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). He notes the delight with which Europe received news that Canada would not join US missile defense program, and urges Canada to take major role in helping USA understand the need to stop, uh, worshipping at the unholy altar of nuclear weapons.
A debate over the future of nuclear weapons will take place at the NPT Review conference May 2-27 at the United Nations. A high-level U.N. panel recently warned: "We are approaching a point at which the erosion of the Non-Proliferation regime could become irreversible and result in a cascade of proliferation." It is truly shocking that the public seems oblivious to the 34,000 nuclear weapons still in existence, most of them with an explosive power several times greater than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Compounding the nuclear risk is the threat of nuclear terrorism, which is growing day by day. It is estimated that 40 countries have the knowledge to produce nuclear weapons and the existence of an extensive illicit market for nuclear items shows the inadequacy of the present export control system.
The task awaiting the 2005 review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty is to convince the nuclear-weapons states that the only hope of stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons is to address nuclear disarmament sincerely. This is precisely the stance taken by foreign ministers of the New Agenda Coalition (Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden), who recently wrote: "Nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament are two sides of the same coin and both must be energetically pursued." Brazil has put the issue in a nutshell: "One cannot worship at the altar of nuclear weapons and raise heresy charges against those who want to join the sect." In the present political climate, no "grand solution" is possible. Rather, a set of incremental steps could be achieved if the moderate middle states use their influence to convince the U.S. that it is in American interests to protect the NPT's ability to curb would-be nuclear proliferators. These steps include: the start of negotiations for a ban on the production of fissile materials; the striking of a new committee at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva to deal with nuclear disarmament questions; the U.S. and Russia taking their strategic nuclear weapons off "alert" status, and beefing up the ability of the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure that nuclear fuels for civilian purposes are not diverted to nuclear weapons.
April 16, 2005
* Transformer fire sparks shutdown at nuclear plant
Canadian Press/Ottawa Citizen
A transformer fire on the non-nuclear side of Ontario's Bruce B nuclear plant prompted the shutdown of one unit and caused some oil to spill into Lake Huron Friday evening. No one was injured in the fire; it was extinguished quickly by an automatic sprinkler system. Insulating oil made its way to Lake Huron, likely through a storm drain, but officials say it contains no PCBs or radioactive material. Crews have since plugged the drain and set up a boom in the station's outflow to contain the mineral-oil based substance. It is not yet known how long the affected unitÊ-- Unit 6Ê-- will remain offline.
* 2005-04-13: Invest in Green Power not Nuclear Power, Greenpeace tells PM...
Canada NewsWire
* 2005-04-07: N.B. business leaders, feds talk Lepreau refurbishment
Jorge Barrera, Times & Transcript
* 2005-04-01: Canada and the United States Cooperate to Shut Down One of the Last Weapons-Grade Plutonium Production Reactors in Russia
DOE
* 2005-03-31: Canada and US join forces to shut down Russia Pu production reactors
Charles Digges, Bellona
* 2005-03-31: Canada, U.S. Agree to Shut Down Russian Plutonium Reactor
MosNews
* 2005-03-30: US-Canadian accord aims to eliminate Russian plutonium producer
Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News
* 2005-03-29: Nuclear power still a deadly proposition
Vive le Canada
* 2005-03-27: Alberta town uncertain about Chernobyl exchange
CBC Montreal
* 2005-03-26: Berkley backs Canadian drugs
Kirsten Searer, Las Vegas SUN
* 2005-03-23: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited: Efford Appoints Lajeunesse to Board
CNW Telbec
* 2005-03-19: Uranium prospects glow
Paul Marck, Edmonton Journal
* 2005-03-19: Ottawa 'anxious' to help with Point Lepreau
Richard Roik, Canada East
* 2005-03-17: N.B. premier says Ottawa has role to play in future of nuclear plant
Chris Morris, Canada East
* 2005-03-16: Cameco signs deal with British Nuclear Fuels
Canadian Press
* 2005-03-15: Biophage Pharma Reports Increased Demand in Beryllium Sensitization Testing Business
Canada NewsWire
* 2005-03-14: N.B. government under growing pressure to decide fate of nuclear power plant
Chris Morris, Canada East
* 2005-03-09: Poisoned workers left out in cold
Montreal Gazette
* 2005-03-08: Beryllium disease re-emerging worldwide, expert tells Montreal conference
Peter Rakobowchuk, Canadian Press
* 2005-03-07: ... booming uranium market
Rebecca Bream, Financial Times (London, England), p. 24
The spot price of uranium, which determines how much miners charge nuclear power companies for the radioactive metal, had been languishing at about $10 per pound since the late 1980s. Last year, however, uranium prices shot up to $20 per pound, a 20-year high. This was because uranium stockpiles were shrinking and production from mines was low, but demand from the nuclear power sector was growing. China and India both have plans to build many new nuclear power stations to help fuel their rapid industrialisation. In the developed world, support for nuclear power appears to be growing as politicians look for ways to cut fossil fuel consumption and tackle climate change. WMC, the Australian uranium, copper and nickel miner, has forecast that worries of a uranium shortage will push prices up to $30 a pound. Canada and Australia - large producers of uranium - have traditionally been the centers of investment in uranium. But the London market is starting to develop an interest in the commodity as investors rush to jump on the uranium bandwagon. Vane Minerals, one of London's "junior miners", has formed a US-based uranium subsidiary to develop up to 35 projects in North America, all of which have been drilled in the past. The group said the projects were "located within a uranium district with significant past production as well as significant resources", but would not give specific details until after all the deals were finalised. Vane said the properties had not been mined by their previous owners because the price of uranium had been low for many years.
January 19, 2005
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Dominion drops modern design for nuclear reactor
Chris Flores, Hampton Roads Daily Press
If a new plant gets built at North Anna, it looks like it'll be a GE ABWR rather than AECL's
advanced CANDU. Dominion dropped its plans to use the Canadian design because
the plant would take too long to get approved by NRC.
July 5, 2004
* CANDUs - 4 years to build $2-bln plant, yields 25-40 years of cheap electricity
June 5, 2004
Nuclear energy will be essential to Ontario economic future
Reporters invited to June 6-9 conference in Toronto. Subject: Electricity supply shortages as early as 2007 create the real possibility of potential brownouts and blackout in Canada's largest and most industrialized province of Ontario. Hear what energy leaders from Canada and United States have to say on dealing with electricity supply issues and how nuclear energy will be essential to Ontario economic future. Click here for Conference Program.
[Source: Canadian Nuclear Society, "Nuclear Energy: Meeting the Challenges", press release, June 5, 2004, p. ]
Canada - enviro minister Anderson looks at record oil profits and wants to reassess tax breaks and subsidies
A local Liberal candidate with strong ties to the Canadian oilpatch repudiated his own party's environment minister on Friday. Calgary Southeast candidate Jim Tanner's attack on David Anderson followed comments by the Liberal environment minister suggesting that Ottawa may have to rethink tax breaks and subsidies it gives the petroleum industry in light of record profits by oil companies. "He should perhaps spend more time making sure his department is run efficiently rather than worrying about oil and gas policy," Tanner said. On Thursday, Anderson said oil companies were making large profits as gasoline prices surge. "Some incentive programs have been put in place at very different price levels to encourage (oilpatch) activity. Now that we're facing very different prices for the raw material, I expect Finance will be looking at that," Anderson told CanWest News Service.
Tanner, an energy industry consultant and former small oil and gas company owner, said the Liberal government has no plans to increase taxes on the oilpatch. "It was only a few years ago that we finally eliminated the penalties that were associated with the definitions of resource revenues," he said.
[Source: Suzanne Wilton (Political Express columnist - Calgary Herald), "Liberal counters environment minister", Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada), June 5, 2004, p. A6]
May 15, 2004
March 26, 2004
February 25, 2004
Canada - n-industry faces tough road ahead, hindered by history, helped by clean air benefits
Canadian nuclear industry executives -- the nation's "nuclear brain trust" -- met last week in Ottawa. They got a sobering message from Liberal MP John McKay, who lives in Scarborough, some 10 kilometres from the Pickering plant. He accused the nuclear sector of "cultural arrogance," of being "politically inept" and of "a disgraceful abuse of a public asset." As "sure-fire credibility killers," he cited the industry's "strange accounting practices," stranded debt and habit of "stretching the truth" as to the true lifespan of its facilities. A strong Paul Martin supporter, McKay said "grossly over budget" renovations at the Pickering plant are "a disaster," and have undermined confidence in the industry generally.
Ottawa Citizen columnist Susan Riley adds that "Faced with moribund demand for its product, an aging infrastructure that is ripe for either costly renewal or mothballing, the industry has desperately embraced the fiction of a "nuclear renaissance" -- arguing it can help Canada meet its Kyoto commitments and that it has learned from the costly mistakes of the past."
But the executives also heard encouraging words from Canada's new minister of Natural Resources, John Efford, who portrayed himself as a champion of the nuclear industry, vowing to sell the merits of nuclear power "right across this country." "I am with you in every way possible," he said, "to (serve) the best interests of your industry, which is the best interests of Canadians and of the environment. ... Your industry is environmentally friendly and I want to tell that to the whole of Canada."
Ms. Riley closed her column wondering whether the Martin government will be pro-nuclear: "Environment Minister David Anderson hasn't criticized the nuclear option with any of the verve Efford has used to defend it. But the two are caught in an ongoing, structural dysfunction: Environment and Natural Resources ministers are always at odds, usually to the detriment of the planet. We know Efford is speaking for his nuclear pals, but is he also speaking for the whole Paul Martin government?"
[Source: Susan Riley (Ottawa Citizen columnist), "A one-sided debate in which John Efford goes nuclear", Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2004, p. A18 (subscription required)]
January 15, 2004
Ontario faces electricity shortage
The Ontario government is sticking with its plans to shut coal-burning generators by 2007, despite a task force report warning of electricity shortages as early as 2006, says Energy Minister Dwight Duncan. "Without new supply and substantial conservation efforts, Ontario could have insufficient power to meet its peak requirements by 2006," says the report of the task force, chaired by Courtney Pratt, chief executive of Stelco Inc. "By 2014, the province would have only half the generation capacity it needs." It's not just coal plants that are due to cut out. All of Ontario's nuclear plants will be at the end of their lives by 2020 unless they're overhauled. The province this month set a new winter record for electricity consumption, edging past the old mark of 24,158 megawatts. At the peak, Ontario was importing more than 1,200 megawatts of power to keep the lights on.
[Ref: John Spears (Toronto Star), "Power shortage by '06, report says", The Toronto Star, January 15, 2004, p. D1]
January 9, 2004
Bruce A3 back online after 5 years, safety upgrades
Bruce A unit 3 is a 750 MW plant. It was mothballed in 1998 after Ontario Hydro determined it was operating at minimum safety levels. For about two years now, the plant has been undergoing repairs and upgrades. It started delivering power to the grid yesterday and is planned to ramp up to full power over the next few weeks.
[Ref: Reuters, "Bruce Power restarts idled Ontario reactor", January 9, 2004]
January 4, 2004
Canada - 1,000-MW wind energy target by 2006 in Victoria
The Bracks Government has a target of 1000 megawatts of wind energy capacity by 2006, which we expect will be provided by about 600 turbines. Up to 10 per cent of electricity generated in Victoria could come from wind power.
In meeting this target, we will reduce greenhouse pollution by the equivalent of about four million tonnes a year. This would be like taking 920,000 cars off our roads.
[Source: Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), January 4, 2004, p. 76]
October 2003
Radiation protection - stakeholder involvement case study
The Canadian review process for uranium production projects in northern Saskatchewan was selected by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) to be developed as a case study on stakeholder involvement processes and experiences regarding radiological protection. The case study was used as an input to the Third Villigen Workshop (held in Villigen, Switzerland, on October 21-23, 2003). NEA has made a report on the workshop freely available at www.nea.fr
[Source: Nuclear News, "RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Stakeholder Participation in Radiological Decision Making: Processes and Implications", September 2004, p. 9]
August 15, 2003
Cernavoda-2, part owned by AECL) will raise nuclear share to 20% of Romania's electricity
In 2007, the completion of Cernavoda Unit 2 will raise the contribution of nuclear power to the National Power System to 20 per cent up from the current 10 per cent. AECL (of Canada) and Ansaldo (of Italy) have invested 700m dollars in the project. Unit 2 is expected to produce electricity for 12 dollars per MWh, the same price as Unit 1, with the delivery price to Electrica is expected to stand at 26.5 dollars per MWh. A third unit may also be built. [Source: Rompres news agency, Bucharest, "Romania: Nuclear Power To Cover 20 Per Cent Of Country's Energy Needs", August 15, 2003 0958 gmt (Copyright 2003 BBC Monitoring)]
August 13, 2003
Canada: There is continuing public support for nuclear energy, but concerns remain regarding the handling of nuclear waste and plant safety, according to a public opinion poll conducted by Environics Research Group on behalf of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA). A total of 2018 Canadian adults were questioned between 12 June and 6 July 2003. The survey found that half of Canadians support the use of nuclear power for generating electricity. However, most Canadians tend not to perceive any tangible benefits associated with nuclear technology. A summary of the poll's findings is available on the CNA website. (FreshFUEL, 11 August, p4; see also News Briefing 96.45-14)
[Source: World Nuclear Association, WNA News Briefing NB03.32-1, August 12, 2003]
Canada: Cameco Corp expects its share of uranium oxide concentrate (U3O8) output from its various production centres to total some 16.8 million pounds (6462 tU) in 2003, a drop of 4.1 million pounds (1577 tU) from output in 2002. The company attributed the drop in output on the flooding earlier in 2003 at the McArthur River mine and continuing difficult mining conditions at Rabbit Lake. In 2003, Cameco's uranium revenue is expected to rise by about 5% over the 2002 level as a result of higher deliveries. The company expects conversion production to be about 12 900 tonnes in 2003, up some 4% from 2002's figure. (Nuclear Fuel, 4 August, p17; see also News Briefing 03. 07-16)
[Source: World Nuclear Association, WNA News Briefing NB03.32-2, August 12, 2003]
August 6, 2003
* Canada - Bruce A4 restart planned for Sept; A3 to restart a month later
July 25, 2003
* Energy - crucial role in society
* Canada - overview of extent of nuclear electric generation
* Nuclear power plant nations have 75% of world's population
* N-plant economics - shorter lead times, lower capital costs
* Hydrogen - Canada would need 18 n-plants to fully convert the current vehicle fleet
* Tar sands - n-plant would be cheaper than gas to extract oil from Canada sands
July 24, 2003
One of Canada's best achievements over past 10 years - China's Qinshan-2 begins commercial ops 112 days ahead of schedule
The 700-MW CANDU-6 reactor joins unit 1, which also came online ahead of schedule (by six weeks) on December 31, 2002. Robert Van Adel, President and Chief Executive Officer of project manager AECL, was quoted in his company's press release as saying that "Qinshan is a showcase for AECL in the engineering and construction of nuclear power plants in China and around the world. This is one of the best technological achievements for Canada in the last ten years."
[Refs: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, press release, "AECL sets records with China Project", July 23, 2003; and Xinhua, "Second heavy-water reactor at Qinshan nuclear plant put into commercial operation", People's Daily Online, July 24, 2003]
May 14, 2003
Fusion research foes in Canada
Canada is in the running as location for ITER -- an international fusion energy research project that would provide thousands of jobs and billions-worth of foreign cash to the host nation. The Darlington site on Lake Ontario has ample water for cooling and the CANDU reactor-produced tritium can provide ready supply of that needed isotope. Yet a Toronto Star columnist reports that scientists are pretty indifferent about the project, and environmentalists are downright hostile: "The scientific community, perhaps fearing that a large investment in ITER would mean less government money for other projects, has provided a half-hearted endorsement of the science behind ITER... Worried that ITER will drain away money from their pet projects (solar and wind power), some environmentalists have written federal MPs challenging the assertion that fusion energy is either clean or safe." [Source: Ian Urquhart (Toronto Star) "Liberals urged to back fusion project", Toronto Star, May 14, 2003, p. A25]
* 2000 - In preparing the UNSCEAR 2000 report on "Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation", the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation sent every member nation a Survey of Exposures, asking expert quantification of the radiation exposures to populations in that nation from natural radiation sources. The respondent for Canada was S. Vlahovich (Radiation Protection Bureau, Health and Welfare Canada, Ontario).
* Canada 1998
[Source: Nuclear Energy Agency (2000), as presented by THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER: A Study Conducted at The University of Chicago, August 2004, p. 2-5]