The Core Business Blog
The Core Business Blog
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If you understand power generation, the Ford government’s decision on nuclear makes sense
Using the term renewable and notably including hydro has often been used to suggest that wind and solar based grids are possible. But the defining feature of wind and solar is not that they are renewable it is that the power they produce cannot be relied. We were pleased to point this out in our…
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The (highly predictable) crisis in Alberta, and the inadequate media response
Some years back I wrote an essay for LinkedIn entitled “What if I am wrong, What if they are wrong”, in which I considered the outcome of two different scenarios. It was written at a time when wind and solar were in the ascendant and nuclear was getting no attention and no money (it seems…
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Are SMR companies “the bad guys”?
A while ago the National Observer published “Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors” (https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/03/news/bad-guys-bombs-nuclear-risks-small-modular-reactors). It follows an earlier article they produced in September about an open letter sent to the government (https://www.ccnr.org/Trudeau_letter_Sept_22_2023.pdf) that suggested that the proposed Moltex WAste To Stable Salts (WATSS) process, being considered in New Brunswick, is…