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Friday, April 29, 2011

Election ignores nuclear issues, former watchdog says (in the Toronto Star)

"Canada’s energy future is being ignored in the current federal election campaign, says the nuclear watchdog who was fired over her refusal to bend safety standards at the Chalk River reactor.

"Among them, Canada’s supply of nuclear isotopes for medical treatment remains fragile, says Linda Keen, former president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

"Keen also questioned the wisdom of building large, multiple-reactor nuclear stations near growing population centres such as Clarington, next door to the Darlington nuclear site."

Full article: Election ignores nuclear issues, former watchdog says.

One wonders if the Tories are having second thoughts after the debacle in Japan - but then they have a long record of firing people who were trying to look after the public's welfare because their views differed from Tory dogma.

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