The Core Business Blog
with Neil Alexander CNS Communications Director
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Core Business Blog Launch
Welcome to the Core Business Blog, the Canadian Nuclear Society’s new approach to letting you know about the issues facing the Canadian nuclear industry. Nuclear power’s potential role in achieving […]
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Conspiracy Theories, How to Spot them and some Techniques for Dealing with them
In the last part of 2022 and at the start of 2023, organizations in the Canadian nuclear industry have been accused of being involved in two conspiracies. The first, that […]
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Is Canada supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy
A very small group of anti-nuclear campaigners are trying to suggest that the plans to re-use used nuclear fuel, which are being developed in New Brunswick, give rise to a […]
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Pressure Tubes and Dispositioning Emergent Issues
This week the Globe and Mail published an article suggesting that CANDU pressure tubes “are deteriorating faster than expected” and that “Critics warn regulators are ‘breaking their own rules’”. You […]
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Shining a light on the isotope “crisis”
The isotope crisis has once again reared its ugly head. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/09/sudden-shortage-of-vital-isotope-hitting-canadian-hospitals.html This time it will be short-lived and likely there will likely be no real consequence, but as can be […]
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Who cares if SMRs make more or less, or different used fuel than large reactors, none of its a problem anyway.
Sometime ago CNS members may have seen articles about the publication of the report on wastes from Small Modular Reactors. Nuclear waste from small modular reactors | PNAS. As we […]