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  • Ontario reactor bid deadline extended

    [The Canadian Press, 26 July] Ontario's energy minister, George Smitherman, has announced that the deadline for reactor vendors to submit bids for two new reactors at the existing Darlington site has been extended. In June, the provincial government asked Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), Westinghouse...
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008

  • AECL sued over reactor cancellation

    Global life sciences company MDS has launched proceedings including a $1.6 billion compensation claim against Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd over the abandonment of work on two isotope production reactors.
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-10-2008

  • Jordan links up with AECL

    Jordan has signed an agreement with Canadian reactor vendor AECL, while a domestic phosphate company is studying the production of uranium. Desalination of seawater is seen as a likely application for nuclear power in Jordan.
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008

  • 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...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-09-2008

  • 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...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-05-2008

  • AECL bows out of UK race

    Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) has withdrawn its ACR-1000 nuclear reactor design from the UK's current design assessment program, saying it wanted to address "major nuclear new build opportunities in the Canadian utility market" where 22 of its Candu pressurized heavy water reactors...
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-04-2008

  • 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...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-14-2008

  • 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...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-01-2008

  • Chalk River nuclear chief to step down

    Brian McGee will step down in May from his position as senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL). The change comes in the wake of the medical isotope supply crisis which has already cost Linda Keen her position as president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission...
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-21-2008

  • 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...
    Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-10-2008
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