The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s recent approval of a special licence for Bruce Power to ship scrap steam generators to Sweden for recycling this year is evidently just the first step, and maybe not the biggest one, to it actually happening. Continue reading
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Shipping Radioactive Waste Through the Great Lakes
The apparent lack of public concern about the proposed shipment of huge amounts of radioactive waste scrap metal from the Bruce Nuclear Plant from the Port of Owen Sound, through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway and on to Sweden for recycling is unfortunate. Continue reading
We’re All Going to End up Paying More, Yet Again, for Electricity
Taken in splendid isolation key aspects of the new long-term deal between the Ontario government and Bruce Power for the long-awaited refurbishment of nuclear generating units at Bruce A and a fixed-price contract for the electricity they produce is good news for this area. Barring any unexpected calamities, and assuming the challenging job of rebuilding Units 1 and 2 is successful, the future prosperity of Kincardine, Saugeen Shores, and other communities near the Bruce Nuclear plant is assured for the next 30 years. Continue reading
Finding Hope Ness 