tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post3044628431351323747..comments2023-10-09T08:27:03.515-04:00Comments on Runesmith's Canadian Content: Reports to the Minister of Leaky ReactorsJennifer Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-38231904342581635812009-02-14T20:07:00.000-05:002009-02-14T20:07:00.000-05:00Ha ha. "Watchdog puppy". It made me think of how t...Ha ha. "Watchdog puppy". It made me think of how the CNSC describes itself. See <A HREF="http://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/pubs_catalogue/uploads/2008-11-28%20Opening%20Remarks%20Annual%20CNSC%20CNA%20Exec%20Meeting-e.pdf" REL="nofollow">page 14 of this presentation</A> by its president. (Sorry, I don't know how to only link to one page.) The priceless image there pretty much defines the "watchdog".Partisan Hobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04123756141745963312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-66039100656708427152009-02-12T12:06:00.000-05:002009-02-12T12:06:00.000-05:00Don't count on that proximity to Ottawa counting f...Don't count on that proximity to Ottawa counting for a lot with the House as presently constituted. Remember, there seems to be a cultural preference for punishing the city of Ottawa for being the nation's capital...and by extension, those of us who live here for living here. And working here.<BR/><BR/>Remember the Portrait Gallery? The refusal to intervene in the transit strike?<BR/><BR/>Why should Chalk River's side-effects upon the health of us Ottawa citizen/residents be any different?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-60124771302817250122009-02-06T17:39:00.000-05:002009-02-06T17:39:00.000-05:00Runesmith, I'm sure you saw that Budget 2009 gives...Runesmith, I'm sure you saw that Budget 2009 gives AECL $351 million in cash. Also on page 180, the Budget says the NRCan Minister is "reviewing AECL's structure ... [with a] consideration of options, including private sector participation in the commercial operations of the corporation...." How close is the government to selling AECL, do you think?Remembering Miles....https://www.blogger.com/profile/13290826579143258826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-33442907927352243192009-02-06T10:54:00.000-05:002009-02-06T10:54:00.000-05:00I think they actually just want to sell the salabl...I think they actually just want to sell the salable parts of AECL and leave the radioactive waste clean-up for the taxpayer. No private company will ever agree to purchase the contaminated site.<BR/><BR/>We don't keep NRU running for humanitarian reasons. The GoC has contractual agreements with MDS-Nordion. MDS was guaranteed a longterm supply of isotopes in a sweetheart deal. MDS profits handsomely by reselling the isotopes provided to them by the Canadian taxpayer. Most of the product goes to US for-profit treatments.<BR/><BR/>JBJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-11026433013900740712009-02-06T10:20:00.000-05:002009-02-06T10:20:00.000-05:00Yeah, but they don't want to decommission it. The...Yeah, but they don't want to decommission it. They want to SELL it, which means they have to hold the whole thing together with spit and baling twine until they can find a buyer.Jennifer Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610902519752808810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892827037183316611.post-43360212244139143542009-02-06T09:34:00.000-05:002009-02-06T09:34:00.000-05:00Whooee! I reckon the only hope for anything good t...Whooee! I reckon the only hope for anything good to happen here is on accounta Chalk River's proximity upstream of Ottawa. Hits MPs where they live and that makes it tough to put on the back burner.<BR/><BR/>NRU <I>must</I> be shut down and decommissioned ASAP. Not only is it ancient and falling apart at the seams, it i sone of the few (if not the only) reactor design that requires the use of Highly Enriched Uranium for its primary fuel source. HEU = bomb grade uranium. There are special signed agreements in place with the US allowing Canada to import bomb grade uranium for NRU.<BR/><BR/>Medical isotopes can be created using a particle accelerator and no reactor, at all. Yield is much lower than from a reactor (5%) but accelerators are not as risky or expensive as reactors. One problem with medical isotopes is short shelf life. Numerous accelerators, distributed across North America would make a lot of sense. At least a lot more sense than continuing to run NRU.<BR/><BR/>Cryptic crossword clue: Reactor run wrong. (3)<BR/><BR/>JBJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.com