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May 13, 2010 - SPEA makes the 6PM news on Radio Canada (French CBC) TV and Radio

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/National/2010/05/13/003-eacl-craintes-vente.shtml

 Énergie atomique du Canada

La fin de l'aventure nucléaire canadienne?

Mise à jour le jeudi 13 mai 2010 à 22 h 52

Le syndicat des ingénieurs d'Énergie atomique du Canada (EACL) craint la vente complète de la société d'État à des intérêts privés.

February 27 2010 - Telegraph Journal - AECL sale might result in "brain-drain"

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/967797

Sector: Saint John's centre of excellence for nuclear training could be negatively impacted, union head says

The head of the union that represents engineers and scientists at Canada's nuclear Crown corporation - including about 100 at Point Lepreau - says the pending sale of Atomic Energy of Canada could trigger a "brain drain" of Canada's skilled nuclear workforce.

February 25 2010 - CBC News - AECL head hopes for quick CANDU decision

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/02/25/nat-aecl-paradis.html

The head of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. says he would like a restructuring plan put in place that strengthens the Crown corporation and allows its Candu division to stand on its own internationally.

AECL chief executive Hugh MacDiarmid said Thursday that the company wants to compete in the global market and is hoping planned changes to the company's Candu reactor division come quickly to reassure foreign clients.

October 15 2009 - AECL Engineers Urge Ottawa to Protect CANDU Technology

July 6, 2009 - Hamilton Spectator - Opinion - Atomic Energy Worth Saving

http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/594836

 July 6, 2009

Robert Howard (THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR)

Canada's nuclear industry, employing more than 30,000 highly skilled workers, is in a state of unprecedented turmoil as the federal and Ontario governments separately cast doubt upon its future.

May 2009 - Canadian Nuclear Workers Council Newsletter

Attached is the May 2009 edition of the Canadian Nuclear Workers Council Newsletter.

May 29, 2009 - The Star - Ottawa Sanctions Atomic Energy Overhaul

Toronto Star
29 May 2009
Tyler Hamilton

It was anything but business-as-usual at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s headquarters yesterday after Ottawa announced it would go ahead with a long-studied restructuring of the troubled Crown corporation, including a partial privatization of its commercial Candu business.

Hundreds of employees at its Sheridan Park head office in Mississauga were pondering their future - and the future of the Canadian nuclear industry - knowing that a private-sector rival could be calling the shots within the next year.

Toronto Star - May 23 2009 - Reactor Contract Likely Delayed

Reactor contract likely delayed

Toronto Star
23 May 2009
Robert Benzie

Next month's deadline for selecting the company to build Ontario's new nuclear reactors will likely be delayed, admits Energy Minister George Smitherman.

The Liberal government had promised to announce by June 21 which firm, federally owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., France's Areva SA, or U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co., would be awarded a contract expected to exceed $20 billion.

May 15 2009 - Globe & Mail - AECL favoured to build Ontario reactors: sources; Risk-sharing deal with Ottawa sought

Globe and Mail
NUCLEAR ENERGY
National News
15 May 2009
KAREN HOWLETT AND SHAWN McCARTHY

TORONTO and OTTAWA -- The Ontario government has selected Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. as the leading bidder to build the province's first new reactors in a generation, but wants assurances Ottawa will share the risks on the multibillion-dollar project, sources say.

National Post - 5 May 2009 - Privatize Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.

Here is an article that created a lot of noise at the general meeting of the Building and Construction Trades Department, in Ottawa.

Privatize Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.

National Post
5 May 2009
Jan Carr
Financial Post

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