Canada joined the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) in late 2007, under somewhat ambiguous terms. The GNEP is a U.S.-led international effort to promote nuclear power while ensuring strict control over the proliferation-sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle. GNEP…
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Feds cut nuclear deal with Ontario: buy all the reactors you want, as long as one is CANDU
Read between the lines, and you might get the impression that the Canadian federal government and Ontario have finally come to a deal on the next wave of nuclear investment in Ontario. Attentive readers will recall my speculation that the…
Forget about AECL privatization, for now: federal cash means reactor maker will stay Canada-owned
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty put to rest rumours about AECL’s impending privatization yesterday when he announced his government will follow the Auditor General’s advice and put up $300 million to help the CANDU manufacturer finish critical work on its Generation…
ROK-ing the nuclear world: is Ontario the first stop for new act’s North American tour?
Back in mid-December, the Asian press was abuzz with rumours that two of the major players in South Korea’s recently de-regulated power industry—KEPCO and KHNP—consider themselves serious contenders to sell nuclear reactors to Ontario. If this were to pan out,…
Negotiating in the media: multi-billion dollar Ontario nuclear decision gets down to brass tacks
Last week there was a telling exchange between federal environment minister John Baird and the Toronto Star’s Ian Urquhart. On Monday, Urquhart published a column claiming that Baird had said that Ontario’s coal plant closures wouldn’t qualify for emission credits…