I’ve written the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to ask it to instruct Bruce Power CEO Duncan Hawthrone to retract a dismissive comment he made last month about a significant safety event at the Bruce “A” nuclear station. In...

A day after Ontario’s private nuclear operator Bruce Power was passed over for building new nuclear reactors at its site on Lake Huron, it announced that it will carry out a “feasibility study” on building new nuclear plants in...

Reading Catherine Porter’s thoughtful column today on nuclear risk, I was reminded an interesting things I learned reading a review of a book I co-authored on the history of Ontario Hydro. The review, by the avowedly pro-nuclear...

Following on yesterday’s announcement that the restart of the Bruce A reactors is $ 300 million over budget, there’s an interesting article in today’s Globe and Mail on the reluctance of banks to assume the risks involved in ...

A report in this morning's Toronto Star says the Bruce Power CEO Duncan Hawthorne will announce today that he will seek to build a new nuclear station near Nanticoke on Lake Erie.  According to the report, "Hawthorne is betting that...

Whatever civilization exists in North America a million years from now, it will still be dealing with Dalton McGuinty’s most long-lasting legacy – radioactive waste.  No matter what members of the McGuinty government or nuclear...

A citizens group on Lake Erie is fighting back against Bruce Power’s push to build a nuclear power plant in their community.   Their complaint? No one – including their elected officials - asked if they wanted a nuclear plant in their...

Bruce Power's attempt at refitting the two Bruce A reactors is going to be delayed by at least three months, reports the Toronto Star today.    In February, Bruce Power had to admit that the project was already $300 - 600 million...

You ever know someone who is always late? Energy Minister George Smitherman just announced his government has - again - delayed the decision on what reactor design will be built in Ontario.    The government says this is due to the...