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| Canada sacks nuclear watchdog over reactor closure |
| 2008-01-17 |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #8 "Omar Alghabra of the Liberals..." there you have it in a nutshell.... |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Slort7648 2008-01-17 12:50 |
| #7 Canada is the US's sole supplier of these isotopes, delaying local heart scans and other crucial medical tests because the supply ran dry. The environmentalists are probably responsible for this as they have allowed no new nuclear plants to be built, whether for power or not. I think we are being very short-sighted by being so dependent upon foreign suppliers and investment and need to rebuild America so we can be independent and self-sufficient regardless of how the wind changes direction around the world. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-01-17 09:54 |
| #6 Sounds like a "Good" Firing. (Dumbass) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-17 09:50 |
| #5 Wow. PIMF is my friend. Sorry for the wretched grammar, etc. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-17 09:33 |
| #4 While the snark is appreciated, Rantburgers should understand Chalk River is a research reactor, not a reactor generating nuclear power (we have a number of this at Pickering just outside Toronto). The closure was mishandled because not because "radioactivity is dangerous" but because closing the reactor without thinking through the consequences meant cancer patients risked doing without the medical isotopes Chalk River was producing. Closing the reactor caused risk to life and hence the firing. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-17 09:32 |
| #3 Hard to tell what is really going on here. Sounds to me like the reactor had seen its day and was rightly shut down. Who knows. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-01-17 09:28 |
| #2 Like solar radiation. How many people die every year from skin cancer created by sun exposure? Government needs to get a control on that too. I'm sure someone can gen up some numbers on the cost and work days lost to society and government caused by ignoring this danger. Just need to motivate |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-17 07:13 |
| #1 But - radiation! It's bad! How could anyone be against de-radiating our environment? A real government would shut down all radioactivity, and ban it from ever entering the country. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-01-17 01:52 |