The attached news report is the first time I have seen the losses being sustained by the federal government on Candu nuclear refurbishments quantified. Bruce Power, NB Power and Korea Electric power are receiving refurbishment services from AECL at far below cost. The news report indicates: “The Crown corporation lost $413 million on refurbishment projects …
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This link: Jim_Flaherty_s_Atom_Splitting_Headache is the slide deck originally prepared for a lecture presented to U of T EngSci ESC 203, “Engineering, Society and Critical Thinking” October 26, 2010. EngSci students are specifically invited to send in comments or questions, as are any other interested readers. Many thanks again to Lisa Romkey, the instructor for ESC 203, for the …
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Bruce Power announced today a delay in returning two reactors to service. The reactors are currently undergoing a refurbishment of their respective reactor cores. Until today, the reactors were to be in service in mid to late 2011. The new dates have been pushed into 2012. Consumers will benefit in the short term as the …
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AECL has announced that it will re-remove the full complement of new calandria tubes that it had previous installed in the Point Lepreau reactor. Here is the very thin NB Power press release, a CBC news story with some useful history and context, and a Telegraph Journal newspaper article wherein I encourage New Brunswick to …
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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Issue 7 – Evidence – June 1, 2010 OTTAWA, Tuesday, June 1, 2010 The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources met this day at 5:10 p.m. to study the current state and future of Canada’s energy sector (including …
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Here is an article with updated information on the Point Lepreau nuclear refurbishment in New Brunswick. Interestingly, no journalists have been tracking AECL’s comparable problems going on at Bruce Power.
AECL and NB Power are keeping New Brunswick consumers in the dark about progress toward restarting the crippled Point Lepreau reactor. The attached article was published in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal newspaper April 15th, 2010.
AECL has been allocated $300 million for fiscal 10/11 on a cash basis in the federal budget. Given AECL’s track record in recent years of securing unbudgeted top-up payments through the year, taxpayers may well see greater cash losses this year. The stipulation in the budget that the funds are provided on a “cash basis” suggests that …
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The attached commentary, published in the National Post newspaper February 26, 2010, recommends that the federal government minimize future liabilities associated with AECL by terminating the CANDU development program. AECL’s reply letter to the editor is here: AECL’s reply
Attached is a transcript of a brief interview with CH TV February 10, 2010 for the show “Live at 5:30” hosted by Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly. In the interview, I praise OPG’s decision to not retube Pickering B. I also question why Samsung does not show up on the Ontario government’s official lobbyist registry. …
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