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Uranium cargo ship turned back due to extreme weather

Cameco says ship carrying uranium to China returns to home port  (Platts)–David Stellfox-17Jan2011 A cargo ship carrying uranium concentrate, U3O8, from Canada to China has returned to port in British Columbia, after severe weather caused two U3O8-containing drums to spill outside their container, Canadian uranium miner Cameco said Sunday.
The ship had left Vancouver on December 23 and encountered severe weather conditions on January 3 between Hawaii and the Midway Islands.Cameco was notified that sea containers had shifted and two opened drums were outside of their container……..Cameco says ship carrying uranium to China returns to home port – Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

January 18, 2011 Posted by | Canada, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Only taxpayer money can save Atomic Energy of Canada’s Candu nuclear reactor business

Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada  Nuclear Street , Jan 17 2011 Edited By Tom Lamar -According to news reports, plans to sell Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (ACEL) have hit a snag. Bruce Power has pulled out of talks to buy AECL’s troubled Candu reactor business. The reports stated that Bruce Power’s CEO told staff Friday that the company has dropped out of the bidding process.Bruce has informed Ottawa it will not pursue its bid for the country’s flagship nuclear company, more than a year after the official bidding kicked off.None of the larger reactor design companies have submitted a bid to purchase ACEL.AECL has yet to complete the design and nuclear safety certification of their Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) 1000, and sources say SNC has made it clear it will only go forward with the project with government backing…… Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Street – Nuclear Power Portal

January 18, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Canada | Leave a comment

Trying to get Ottawa taxpayers to prop up nuclear industry

The reactor is expected to be back online in the fall of that year – three years overdue and about $1 billion over budget…..

Energy minister believes feds might pay for power, dailygleaner.com,  By SHAWN BERRY, 14 Jan 2010, New Brunswick’s Energy minister still believes the province can get Ottawa to pay for ongoing delays at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant. Continue reading →

January 14, 2011 Posted by | Canada, politics | Leave a comment

Fossil fuel companies get involved in renewables, but are they serious?

One concern, however, is that companies may use their clean energy holdings as a token to show they are in game, but not take it seriously. And if government support policies shift to favour big companies – who prefer tax breaks over financial aid – that won’t help,

Energy giants take aim at renewables, CTV News RICHARD BLACKWELL, 3 Jan 2011, Several of Canada’s largest energy and resource companies are quietly staking out positions in a sector that seems at odds with their usual extractive activities: the renewable power business. Oil sands, pipeline and coal-power firms are now among the biggest players in renewables, with portfolios of wind, solar, small hydro power and ethanol production that in some cases outpace the holdings of most “pure” green companies. Continue reading →

January 4, 2011 Posted by | Canada, renewable | Leave a comment

Shipment of radioactive materials over Great Lakes is stopped by weather

Nuclear shipments won’t happen this year Welland Tribune – Ontario, CA, By Heather Wright/QMI Agency 11 Dec 10, SARNIA – Old Man Winter did what a chorus of public opinion has been so far unable to do – stop the shipment of nuclear steam generators through the Great Lakes system. Continue reading →

December 11, 2010 Posted by | Canada | Leave a comment

Media plan to counter radioactive wastes’s bad image

Port Hope launches media strategy after criticism from anti-nuclear activist The Canadian Press  28/11/2010 PORT HOPE, Ont. – Port Hope hopes to repair its image after an anti-nuclear activist warned that radioactive waste has caused contamination in the historic Ontario town. Continue reading →

November 30, 2010 Posted by | Canada, spinbuster | Leave a comment

Medical radiation risks must be explained to patients

CT imaging, though, can produce as much as as 500 times the radiation of an X-ray, and experts have estimated that as many as 20% in Canada are ordered needlessly. U.S. studies suggest the risk of cancer from a single CT scan ranges from one in 2,000 to one in 300, depending on the dose and other factors.

Patients must be told of CT-scan dangers: doctors, Tom Blackwell, National Post , Nov. 26, 2010 As CT scans and similar procedures are ordered increasingly often, doctors should be forced to tell patients about the potential radiation-based cancer risk, two Canadian physicians have urged in a major U.S. medical journal. Continue reading →

November 26, 2010 Posted by | Canada, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy projects happening without fanfare

(Canada) B.C. renewable-energy news items add up – City of Industry, Vancouver Sun, By Derrick Penner Biz 23 Nov 2010 They aren’t making big news, but the companies working on renewable energy projects continue to rack up small news items in the continuing development of the sector. Continue reading →

November 26, 2010 Posted by | Canada, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Costly electricity in $40 billion Toronto nuclear power expansion

it will also send energy bills skyrocketing, with the average bill expected to double over the next 20 years. Ontarians can expect to see a 3.5 per cent annual increase on their bills over that period.The plan could cost up to $40 billion and will be the largest nuclear improvement project on the continent.

More Money For Nuclear Power, But At What Cost? – CityNews, Toronto, 23 Nov 10, The Ontario government is expanding its nuclear power capacity. It was announced Tuesday the province will refurbish as many as 10 reactors and add two to the Darlington plant over the next 10 years. Continue reading →

November 24, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, Canada | , , , , | Leave a comment

Time for Canada’s govt to come clean on renewable energy promotion

the Harper government has favoured solutions that benefit established industries in the Conservatives’ Western Canada power base. In its last budget, the government created a “clean-energy fund” of nearly $800 million, but most of the money is being invested in carbon capture and storage, which oilsands developers plan to use to store carbon emissions underground.

Tories quietly reviewing support for renewable energy technologies Companies say Canada needs to urgently develop a national strategy for clean energy By Andrew Mayeda, Vancouver Sun, s November 22, 2010 Continue reading →

November 23, 2010 Posted by | Canada, politics | , , , , | Leave a comment

Continued fight to stop shipment of radioactive nuclear materials across Great Lakes

“According to BP’s own figures, about 90% of the mass of radioactive material inside the steam generators is plutonium — a highly toxic, long-lived radioactive poison,

Green groups take final shot to block Great Lakes nuclear shipment Carmen Chai ,NATIONAL POST,  Postmedia News · , Nov. 20, 2010 Environmental groups have one last chance to convince Canada’s nuclear-energy watchdog to reject a plan to haul 16 decommissioned radioactive steam generators across the Great Lakes on their way to Sweden for recycling. Continue reading →

November 22, 2010 Posted by | Canada, environment | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear company will pay to ‘educate’ Saskatchewan Indian Nations about Nuclear Wastes

The money comes from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the group created by Canada’s nuclear electricity industry to find a new home for nuclear fuel waste.

Nuclear group gives First Nations $1M for meetings, November 18, 2010  CBC News The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has been given $1 million to hold information sessions on nuclear waste storage, but environmentalists are leery about the idea. Continue reading →

November 19, 2010 Posted by | Canada, indigenous issues, spinbuster | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Follwing Dr Caldicott’s visit, Port Hope may take legal action against anti nuclear groups

Dr. Caldicott said at a press conference on Tuesday that she has never faced any legal action. “I say things that people are often afraid to say,” she said.

Port Hope ponders legal action against local anti-nuke groups BILL TREMBLAY / NORTHUMBERLAND NEWS – Dr. Helen Caldicott talks about Port Hope’s nuclear industry during a press conference    Nov 18, 2010 – Karen Lloyd PORT HOPE – After a week of provocative commentary from anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott, the Municipality of Port Hope may take legal action. Continue reading →

November 19, 2010 Posted by | Canada, Legal | Leave a comment

Atomic Energy of Canada languishing

The Harper government, not a great lover of AECL and its drain on revenue, has tried for a year to sell the company

The sad reality of AECL Ottawa Citizen November 17, 2010 Ontarians would love to be able to say that Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is on the cutting edge of nuclear technology. That its reactors are heavily in demand. That companies are clamouring to purchase this valuable mass producer of clean, electrical energy. But much of that just isn’t true….. Continue reading →

November 18, 2010 Posted by | Canada, politics | , , , , | Leave a comment

Radioactive waste sites all around town of Port Hope

Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. has begun a 10-year, $260-million project to dig up 1.2 million cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste buried in numerous sites around town and store it in a huge covered mound.

Sue government over toxic town, activist tells Port Hope – thestar.com, 17 Nov 10 “…………. Radium is leaking into Lake Ontario and uranium from the Cameco refineryPort Hope’s air, drinking water, fish, beach, soil — virtually everything in the town of 16,000 poses a health risk from radioactivity, anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warned an overflow crowd Tuesday night. Continue reading →

November 18, 2010 Posted by | Canada, environment | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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