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Author:	Jim Elve	Created:	Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:08 AM
Notes and observances regarding nuclear power and alternative energy.

No Nukes in Nanticoke
	By Jim Elve onFriday, July 24, 2009 5:17 PM

"No Nukes in Nanticoke" It's not just a slogan anymore. It's a statement of fact. Bruce Power has abandoned its ill-advised and foolhardy attempt to foist a nuclear power plant on an unwilling host community. Bruce's official press release announcing it is withdrawing its application for a site preparation license and suspending the environmental assessment identifies "the current realities of the market" (i.e. a decline in demand for energy) as the reason they are walking away from Nanticoke. I suggest there is a bit more to it than that. Did public opposition play a role? I'd like think that our challenges to the "willing host" label had a big impact on the decision. However, while growing o ...

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Willing Host Community? Says Who?
	By Jim Elve onMonday, July 06, 2009 12:29 PM

The biggest hurdle facing Bruce Power's bid to build a nuclear power plant in Nanticoke is to obtain the consent of the community. Yet, this is not what you'll hear if you ask most of our local councillors. Back in 2007 when the idea of a nuclear plant seemed far-fetched to those few Haldimand and Norfolk residents who were aware of such rumblings, both Haldimand and Norfolk County councils passed unanimous resolutions endorsing an Enviroinmental Assessment (EA) for a nuclear plant in Nanticoke. Despite the fact that 97% of EAs result in an approval, Norfolk's mayor and some of Norfolk's councillors feel they've absolved themselves of responsibility by endorsing the assessment. Most are adamant that their endorsement of an EA did not indicate that they were endorsing the construction of a plant or that they were indicating that Norfolk is a willing host. Yet, Bruce Power has been portraying the endorsements for an EA as indications that they'd jumped their biggest hurdle. H ...

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Threat of Nuclear Plant is Hurting Local Economy
	By Jim Elve onSaturday, July 04, 2009 2:41 PM

On June 28, the Ontario government suspended plans to deploy two new nuclear reactors at Darlington. Even with a bottomless public purse, the costs were deemed too high. On July 1, the largest energy company in the US, Exelon, dropped plans to build a two-reactor plant in Victoria, Texas. The costs were too high. In April, another large American energy company, St. Louis-based AmerenUE suspended work on a reactor in Missouri. Costs were too high. On July 2, New Brunswick revealed that the refurbishment project at the Point LePreau nuclear station was eight months behind schedule and more than $100 million over budget. On June 8, secret papers left at a CTV studio revealed that the refurbishment of reactors at Bruce Power’s Kincardine plant is over a year behind schedule and between $300 and $600 million over budget. On June 11, Prime Minister Harper’s chief ...

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