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AREVA new nuclear plant an expensive pipe-dream

Province doesn’t need another reactor, telegraphjournal.com , DAVID BEAUDIN, New Brunswick, Canada, 29 June 2010, “……..the provincial government is actively negotiating with Areva to construct Lepreau II.Considering the financial, technical and power generating debacle resulting from the attempted refurbishment of the Lepreau nuclear plant, one sincerely hoped that the government would, at least be “once bitten, twice shy.” New Brunswick has no need for the power to be produced by a second nuclear plant. It’s for export, part of the political “energy hub” pipedream.
Last week we also learned that all research (Irving Oil’s) on tidal power development in New Brunswick has been abandoned. The tides of Fundy are a huge, inexhaustible source of non-polluting energy. Thirty-five years ago I saw a tidal power generating plant in operation at St. Malo, France.

If our politicians could only look past the next election they might realize that investing now in tidal power research and development will yield more dividends than a second nuclear reactor. Again, it seems New Brunswick will wait for others to develop tidal technology and then buy it rather that develop and sell it.

Perhaps God protects those who can’t use the past to plan for the future. If not, taxpayers will bail them out as usual. telegraphjournal.com – Province doesn’t need another reactor – Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada

July 1, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Canada | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, reactors