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Point Lepreau nuclear reactor costing $millions daily

“I mean, you look at Lepreau right now, it’s gushing a million bucks a day [in extra fuel costs due to the delay] and more probably   – and they’re talking about a second nuclear reactor.”

(Canada) No new reactors: Greens, 7 July 2010, “…………The Green leader said the provincial government shouldn’t be entertaining new nuclear energy talks when the Point Lepreau reactor is so far behind schedule. “To me, this is kind of like [BP] saying let’s do some more deep-sea drilling here, while the gusher is still gushing,” MacDougall said referring to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

“I mean, you look at Lepreau right now, it’s gushing a million bucks a day [in extra fuel costs due to the delay] and more probably  and they’re talking about a second nuclear reactor.” -CBC News – New Brunswick – Areva deal smacks of politics: PCs, Greens

July 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, reactor, uranium