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• Assessments continue at Bruce

  Bruce Power is conducting checks on 192 staff that could have been affected by a contamination incident in November last year. Chalk River Laboratory has so far carried out 39 large volume bioassays with the results that ten people have shown less than detectable activity (MDA); 20 have more than MDA but less than 10 mSv; six are between 10 and 20 mSv and three are between 20 and 30 mSv. None of these results has taken a worker beyond annual or five-year dose limits. An American lab will soon begin contributing to the work, following approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which expects the move "to double the rate of bioassay testing within a few weeks." Bruce Power is complementing the survey with 'extent-of-condition' tests for workers that may have previously encountered alpha contamination. Alpha contamination was present in corrosion products dislodged during grinding work. Posted Mar 12 2010, 07:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Bruce Power, Canada, Chalk River, workers, safety, incident, contamination, staff

• Canada's uranium production recovers

  The world's second biggest uranium-exporting country has overcome a period of low ore grades and operation problems to reach production levels last seen in 2005. Posted Mar 10 2010, 09:47 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Canada, production, exports, nuclear, ore

• Funds for legacy waste facility

  The government of Canada has awarded C$20 million ($19.4 million) for the design and construction oversight for a long-term facility to manage historic low-level radioactive waste at Port Hope in Ontario. Posted Mar 04 2010, 11:05 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Spent Fuel, Canada, nuclear waste, funding, nuclear, low level

• Khan agrees CNNC bid but ARMZ holds out

  Canada-based Khan Resources has chosen a takeover bid from Chinese company CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Ltd (CNNC) over a rival offer from Russia's AtomRedMetzoloto (ARMZ). In response, ARMZ is extending its offer. Posted Feb 02 2010, 11:11 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: China, Russia, Canada, ARMZ, China National Nuclear Corporation, AtomRedMetZoloto, cnnc, bid, khan, ownership, take over

• NRU repair hold-ups

  Welding repairs to the NRU reactor at Chalk River are taking longer than expected and the unit is now slated to return in April. Posted Jan 29 2010, 09:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, NRU, Chalk River, repairs, isotopes, welding, april

• Quebec-New Brunswick reach energy conclusion

  The Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick have concluded negotiations on an energy agreement that will see Hydro-Quebec acquire most of NB Power's generation assets including the Point Lepreau nuclear power station. Posted Jan 21 2010, 10:42 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, reactor, nuclear, negotiations, power, New Brunswick, Quebec

• Nuclear power? Not yet, says Saskatchewan

  The government of Saskatchewan has said it will continue to support and enhance uranium mining and nuclear research but will not support plans for a nuclear power plant in the Canadian province for the time being. Posted Dec 18 2009, 11:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Canada, Saskatchewan, opinion, mining, urnaium

• Reactor business for sale

  Investors have been asked to propose a new future for Canada's state nuclear reactor technology business outside of state hands. Existing project partners are thought the most likely buyers. Posted Dec 18 2009, 10:34 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, acquisition, reactor, technology, sale, nuclear, business, state

• Don't give up Dornod, Khan tells shareholders

  Canadian company Khan Resources has urged its shareholders to reject a takeover bid as it strives to find a way forward over disputed mining licences with the Mongolian government. Posted Dec 17 2009, 11:46 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Canada, license, mining, mongolia, shareholders, khan, dornod

• Remote-control welding starts at NRU

  The first weld build-up repair has taken place at Canada's stricken National Research Unit (NRU) reactor, keeping the vital isotope-producing plant on schedule for restart. Posted Dec 17 2009, 10:37 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, NRU, reactor, nuclear, welding, National Research Unit

• Canadian mill to be idled in mid-2010

  The McClean Lake uranium mill in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, is to be put on stand-by in mid-2010 until market conditions improve, the partners in the project have announced. Posted Dec 16 2009, 10:39 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Canada, Saskatchewan, 2010, McClean Lake, uranium mill

• Uranium One buys Kazakh mine stake

  Canada-based Uranium One has completed its purchase of a 50% stake in the Karatau uranium project in Kazakhstan from Russia's Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), following receipt of all necessary governmental and regulatory approvals. Posted Dec 16 2009, 10:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Uranium One, AtomRedMetZoloto, stake, Mergers, mergers and acquisitions, Karatau, acquisitions

• Contract for second Koeberg simulator

  Canada's L3-MAPPS is to supply a second simulator for South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power plant. The order follows a contract earlier this year from utility Eskom to refurbish the existing simulator at the plant's operator training centre. Posted Dec 11 2009, 06:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, South Africa, simulator, contract, koeberg, L3-MAPPS, operationation

• Chalk River workers propose own future

  Workers at Canada's Chalk River Laboratories are awaiting a response from the country's natural resources minister on their own proposal for the future of the facility in the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Posted Dec 02 2009, 10:12 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: AECL, Canada, Chalk River, labor, atomic energy of canada limited, natural resources, ministry

• Canada and India secure nuclear deal

  Two weeks after Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper visited India, he and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh have announced that they have struck a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. Posted Dec 01 2009, 09:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Canada, India, technology, cooperation, growth, nuclear, deal, singh, outlook