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• Bruce Power seeks new site for tar sands project

  Alberta energy project is moving to avoid environmental conflicts According to a report in the Calgary Herald, Bruce Power has sent a letter to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission withdrawing its application for a dual reactor, 2,200 MW, $6.2 billion nuclear power complex that it planned to build int he tars sands region near the Peace River in northern Alberta. The company said environmental considerations... Posted Jan 09 2009, 11:24 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Bruce Power, New Nuclear Plants

• GE-Hitachi pulls out of Ontario bidding

  Company still has a long-term relationship with AECL The Toronto Star reports that GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy told the Ontario government it will not bid on construction of a new nuclear power plant in the province. There are still a lot of decisions to be made. It isn't over until the fat lady sings. The decision shortens the list of qualified bidders to three - Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., France's... Posted Apr 09 2008, 03:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, Bruce Power, Ontario, GE-Hitachi

• Bruce files for new reactor in Alberta

  It is the Lac Cardinal nuclear power plant The Daily Construction News in Ottawa reports the wheels have been set in motion to build Western Canada’s first nuclear power plant. After purchasing Energy Albrerta, Bruce Power Alberta has filed an application with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for the construction of Alberta's first nuclear power plant. The proposed plant would be built on... Posted Apr 08 2008, 11:11 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Energy Alberta, Bruce Power

• Bruce Power doubles its bet in Alberta

  New customers and limits on natural gas for tar sands region may make the difference Bloomberg wire service reports that Bruce Power , the only non- government owner of a Canadian nuclear plant, filed an application to prepare a site for the first nuclear power plant in Alberta. The wire service reported that the plant would have as many as four reactors and generation capacity of up to 4,000 megawatts... Posted Mar 14 2008, 06:49 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, Energy Alberta, ACR-1000, Bruce Power

• Bruce Power to acquire Energy Alberta

  Yet another try to supply nuclear energy to the tar sands region Bruce Power has signed a letter of intent to purchase the nuclear assets of Energy Alberta , which has already begun preliminary work on a proposal to construct a nuclear power plant in Alberta. Bruce Power owns and operates the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario and is itself owned by a group of partners including TransCanada and Cameco... Posted Nov 30 2007, 11:07 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Energy Alberta, Bruce Power