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Nuclear Watchdog Lacks Teeth

Blog entry by Shawn Patrick Stensil | June 25, 2008 1 comment

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) just released its decision to give the ageing Pickering B nuclear station a five-year operational licence despite the significant safety concerns raised by Greenpeace at public hearings...

Harper Backs Nuclear in Throne Speech

Blog entry by Shawn Patrick Stensil | November 19, 2008

The Harper government backed nuclear power in today's Throne Speech under the guise of climate protection.  Like most of the Harper goverment's so-called climate programs, the government's nuclear commitment is in fact a dangerous...

Lessons Canada needs to learn from Fukushima

Blog entry by Shawn-Patrick Stensil | February 28, 2012

I visited both the Ukraine and Japan last year.   I saw two countries that have been forever changed by technological hubris.In the Ukraine I met people still coping with Chernobyl’s fallout twenty five years later.  In Japan, I made...

Security Meltdown?

Blog entry by Shawn Patrick Stensil | January 14, 2009

Global TV aired an investigative news story on the weekend questioning the security at research reactors in Canada. These small reactors can be found on university campuses across country.     Alarmingly, the Canadian Nuclear...

Another Warning for Ontario

Blog entry by Shawn Patrick Stensil | May 6, 2009

Another warning today from across the pond that the Ontario government should dump its plans to buy a new prototype reactor.  A leaked memo from the Finnish nuclear regulator reveals that it may halt the construction of AREVA’s...

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