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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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AECL Engineers Urge Ottawa to Protect CANDU Technology |
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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. |
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Attached is the May 2009 edition of the Canadian Nuclear Workers Council Newsletter. |
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Toronto Star 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. |
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Reactor contract likely delayedToronto Star 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. |
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Globe and Mail 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. |
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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 |
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