Who’s really ‘dysfunctional’ in Canada?

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Anonymous

Sat, Jul 4 2009 4:53 PM

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Harper government and Ontario province dig themselves into holes with AECL as the shovel Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper may come to regret his blunt language reported in the Economist June 18 in which his spokesman called Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL) “dysfunctional.” The insulting language, which will undoubtedly affect at least 30,000 votes in Ontario for the next election ...read more

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asinclair

Mon, Jul 6 2009 11:47 AM

The CANDU reactor was designed to eliminate long fueling outages that were being incured by the US PWR. With the 10 year average @ 44 days, 39 days for the last 5 years and avg. US capacity factor (BWRs and PWRs) 5 percent higher than the Canadian average. Should the Canadian Nuclear Industry and the Federal Government continue to pour money into AECL?