Quebec to shut down its only nuclear reactor

Source: CBC

Quebec's new government has confirmed it won't proceed with the multibillion-dollar refurbishment of the province's lone nuclear reactor and will instead shut it down.

A spokesman for incoming premier Pauline Marois gave the confirmation Tuesday, one day after the first public screening of a new film on the reactor that raises questions about its safety for people living nearby.

The government of outgoing Premier Jean Charest decided in 2008 to rebuild the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant at a cost of about $2 billion, but stopped work after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/09/11/montreal-gentilly-nuclear-reactor-shut-down.html

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Quebec to shut down its only nuclear reactor (Original post)	alp227	Sep 2012	OP
K&R	DeSwiss	Sep 2012	#1
good. nt	bananas	Sep 2012	#2
How different the world would be	bucolic_frolic	Sep 2012	#3
Parochial and Catholic, most likely.	Heywood J	Sep 2012	#4
The battle of the Restigouche	EvilAL	Sep 2012	#5
smart	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#6
Pauline Marois	EvilAL	Sep 2012	#7
there are bigots on both sides...	marions ghost	Sep 2012	#10
hydro	greymattermom	Sep 2012	#8
Yeah, the electric company is called Hydro Quebec. nt	EvilAL	Sep 2012	#9

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 03:42 AM

DeSwiss (17,213 posts)

1. K&R

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:57 AM

bananas (20,163 posts)

2. good. nt

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:12 AM

bucolic_frolic (708 posts)

3. How different the world would be

if the Plains of Abraham had gone the other way

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 07:38 AM

Heywood J (2,216 posts)

4. Parochial and Catholic, most likely.

Three hundred years after the Plains of Abraham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 08:12 AM

EvilAL (818 posts)

5. The battle of the Restigouche

in July of 1760 (the last Naval battle of the Seven Years War) is what really sealed the fate of New France. I live about 2 miles from where the battle took place and find artifacts and stuff with my metal detector. If the French had won that battle they would have been able to supply the troops in Quebec City where they were at a standstill and waiting. With both sides looking east down the St. Lawrence River for troops and supplies, they waited and since the English defeated the French here, they were able to supply their troops win. Montreal fell after that and the rest is history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Restigouche

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 08:31 AM

marions ghost (13,924 posts)