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• 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

• AECL takes a bow

  A four way competition in the UK is down to three Atomic Energy of Canada announced that it is pulling out of the four way competition for sales of new reactors in the UK's massive new build of nuclear energy power stations.  According to wire service reports , the Canadian state-owned firm informed U.K. nuclear regulators it will withdraw its Advanced CANDU Reactor, the ACR-1000 , from the... Posted Apr 05 2008, 01:36 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL

• 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

• Canada posts the "for sale" sign at AECL

  Is the reactor group a marketable item? The future of Atomic Energy Canada Limited ( AECL ), a crown corporation, is in a state of flux according to a series of terrific news reports by the Globe & Mail. The newspaper reports that the government of Canada has put a "for sale" sign out on the nuclear energy organization which has been in business as a state-owned entity since 1952. Before... Posted Mar 01 2008, 01:09 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, Chalk River, ACR1000

• ACR1000 slated for New Brunswick province

  Go ahead for reactor depends on the financial future of AECL The Toronto Globle & Mail reports that a consortium of private sector companies is teaming up with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) to finance and build an ACR1000 reactor in New Brunswick. It will be a test of a new ownership model for Canadian nuclear plants. It also would involve first-of-a-kind construction of a reactor which is... Posted Feb 10 2008, 12:00 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, Port Lepreau, New Brunswick, ACR1000

• Isotope maker restarts after controversy

  CEO resigns following a global medical meltdown Hat tip to Ruth Sponsler at We Support Lee Users of nuclear isotopes worldwide can breathe easier this week following action by the Canadian parliament to re-start AECL's 50-year old Chalk River , Ontario, reactor. It is the source of more than half of the medical isotopes used in North America. The plant had been shut down by the Canadian Nuclear... Posted Dec 16 2007, 07:39 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, medical isotopes, Chalk River

• Abstract - Reactors Set for Alberta Tar Sands

  Energy Alberta Reaches for the Brass Ring By Dan Yurman, Contributing Reporter Fuel Cycle Week V6 N245 September 11, 2007 Energy Alberta, an entrepreneurial merchant utility, said in late August that it had filed an application with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to build a nuclear power plant in Alberta that would be fully operational in 10 years. The firm, which is based in Calgary, Alberta... Posted Sep 12 2007, 09:36 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AECL, Energy Alberta, tar sands, ACR-1000

• AECL Plans Eight New Reactors by 2020

  Atomic Energy of Canada to Build More Than Eight Reactors by 2020 Bloomberg wire service reports Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the only maker of power plants that don't need enriched uranium, plans to build more than eight reactors by 2020 as orders pick up after two-decades of suspended animation. The Canadian builder aims to expand in countries where it has already completed plants, including China... Posted Sep 08 2007, 11:42 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: CANDU, AECL