Nathalie Gagnon, SPEA member-at-large, wrote a rebuttal to an article in "Le Nouvelliste" on the safety of CANDU reactors. The article was also published on Cyberpresse and in other major newspapers in Quebec. Her very well written rebuttal (in French) was published by "Le Nouvelliste" this week.

The PDF of the article can be found below.

 Good job Nathalie!

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Nukes+story+misleading/3105310/story.html

http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/EditorialOpinion/article/807398

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/11/13912806.html

OTTAWA — The federal government has slipped a clause into a budget bill that allows it to sell all or part of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. without public debate about the future of the Crown agency that developed the CANDU reactor, say AECL’s scientists.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/81661822.html?viewAllComments=y

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/755596

Neil MacLean's letter (Aug. 6) has helped to bring the real issue of the energy hub to the opinion page.

Electricity use will increase in the future, whether it be for batteries to power our cars or hydrogen production to power our planes.

I would like to elaborate on his points.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Society-Of-Professional-Engineers-And-Associates-Spea-1010581.html

http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

Toronto Star
22 June 2009
Michael Ivanco
Vice-president of the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates

Following World War II, scientists and engineers in Canada turned their minds to the development of nuclear power for peaceful purposes.

Forum - Op-ed errors deplorable

Saskatoon Star Phoenix
9 June 2009
Vincent Tume

Re: Half-truths on reactor deplorable (SP, June 4). Polarization seems to have rendered an open and honest debate about nuclear power virtually impossible, but let's at least get some facts straight.

I cannot comment on what Bruce Power has or hasn't said in Saskatchewan, but some of the mistakes in Jean-Pierre Ducasse's Op-ed are also deplorable.

Hamilton Spectator
2 June 2009
Dr. Michael Ivanco, Mississauga, vice-president, Society of Professional Engineers and Associates

Re: 'AECL reactor business to be spun off' (Letters, May 29)

It may be time for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to be restructured, but selling off majority control of the company is not the way to go.

Canada risks losing thousands of jobs; we could lose the technology as well.