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Dec 11/98 - House Committee urges NATO to trim its nuclear role. - Washington Post
Dec 11/98 - Why Canada must break with The Bomb -- (Editorial). - Toronto Star
Dec 11/98 - Ottawa backs off using weapons plutonium for CANDUs. - Globe and Mail
Dec 10/98 - Canada irks US officials, questioning NATO nuke strategy. - Associated Press
Dec 10/98 - Chrétien's plutonium-based "Warhead-to-Fuel" idea bombs. - Globe and Mail
Dec 10/98 - Atomic Energy of Canada warned : no bribes to sell reactors. - Ottawa Citizen
Dec 10/98 - Ottawa approves nuclear loan to Turkey despite concerns. - Globe and Mail
Dec 9/98 - House Committee should have said "Yes" to No-First-Use. - World Federalists
Dec 8/98 - Canada & other NATO allies reject first-use of nuclear weapons. - National Post
Dec 7/98 - House Committee made to soften stance on nuclear arms. - Southam News
Nov 2/98 - In Belarus, wolves prowl around Chernobyl contaminated zone. - Reuters
Oct 30/98 - Australian Park will be less radioactive after mining -- Company. - Reuters
Oct 30/98 - New Mexico regulators approve funding for solar plant. - Reuters
Oct 30/98 - Chirac says nuclear power will stay France's prime energy source. - Reuters
Oct 30/98 - Nuclear Power Needed to Reduce Greenhouse Gas -- US Official. - Reuters
Oct 29/98 - UN is told Uranium Tailings Threaten Australian Park. - Reuters
Oct 29/98 - German nuclear waste in Britain goes back to Germany -- BNFL. - Reuters
Oct 29/98 - French Nuclear Industry Uses Green Themes to Win Support. - Reuters
Oct 28/98 - German Utilities will Fight Bonn over Nuclear Plant Closures. - Reuters
Oct 28/98 - Failure to shut nukes will cost Ontario taxpayers billions. - National Post
Oct 27/98 - German Government Determined to Scrap Nuclear Power Plants. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - European Pro-Nuke Lobby Slams German Phase-out Plan. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - France Fears Being Stuck with German Nuclear Waste. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - Texas Board Unanimously Votes Against Nuclear Waste Dump. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - Ukraine Nuclear Official Calls for Chernobyl Funds from G7. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - Nuclear Dump Riles Mexico, But Might Help Texas Town. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - British Nuclear Fuels Gets Go-Ahead for Plutonium Fuel Plant. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - Terms for Privatizing Argentina's Nukes Ready in November. - Reuters
Oct 26/98 - Danish Windmill Makers See Strong Market Growth Worldwide. - Reuters
Oct 24/98 - Canada Seeks Shift in NATO's Nuclear Weapons Policy. - Washington Post
Oct 23/98 - UK Nuclear Experts Tell Gov't It Needs a Nuclear Waste Policy. - Reuters
Oct 23/98 - Swiss Extend Deadline for Closing Nuclear Plants. - Reuters
Oct 23/98 - US Nuclear Licence Extensions Cheaper than Building New Plants. - Reuters
Oct 23/98 - EU Concerned About Chernobyl Closure Conditions. - Reuters
Oct 21/98 - UK Says Cost of "Green Electricity" is Set to Fall. - Reuters
Oct 19/98 - German Government Agrees on a Nuclear Phaseout. - Reuters
Oct 16/98 - German Company Says Shutdown Demands Are a Hindrance. - Reuters
Oct 16/98 - US Launches New Initiative to Clean Hanford Nuclear Site. - Reuters
Oct 15/98 - EU's Papoutsis Says Greener Energy is the Only Option. - Reuters
Oct 13/98 - French Nuclear Health Study Contradicts Earlier Study. - Reuters
Oct 9/98 - Increased Deformities in Belarus Since the Chernobyl Accident. - Reuters
Oct 8/98 - Support Grows Among States to Suspend $6.5 Billion Waste Fees. - Reuters
Oct 7/98 - Sweden Draws Closer to Implementing its Nuclear Phasout Policy. - Reuters
Oct 7/98 - Is the UK Becoming the World's Plutonium Storehouse? - Reuters
Oct 6/98 - Australian Greens Bare All to Protest the Jabiluka Uranium Mine. - Reuters
Oct 6/98 - Competition Shines Light on Solar Electrical Power Market. - Reuters
Oct 6/98 - New Germany Strives to Adopt a Nuclear-Free Policy. - Reuters
Oct 2/98 - Finnish Opposition Leader Opposes Any More Nuclear Power. - Reuters
Oct 1/98 - Finnish Prime Minister Wants Public Debate on Nuclear Power . - Reuters
Sept 30/98 - Unpaid Ukrainian Nuclear Workers Demand Their Wages. - Reuters
Sept 28/98 - Private Quebec Consortium Plans a Major Wind Energy Project. - Reuters
Sept 28/98 - EU Says Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming. - Reuters
Sept 28/98 - UK Considers Privatizing its Nuclear Fuels Company. - Reuters
Sept 24/98 - Japan's State-Owned, Scandal Ridden Nuclear Firm Starts Afresh. - Reuters
Sept 24/98 - India and Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Potential is Huge. - Reuters
Sept 24/98 - Ten Arrested Trying to Enter Israeli Nuclear Plant. - Reuters
Sept 24/98 - Ukraine to build two more Russian reactors to replace Chernobyl. - Reuters
Sept 23/98 - European Union Offers Lithuania Aid to Close its Nuclear Plant. - Reuters
Sept 22/98 - China Begins Construction of a Pilot Fast Neutron Reactor. - Reuters
Sept 22/98 - US and Russia Discuss Disposition of Strategic Nuclear Materials. - Reuters
Sept 22/98 - French Nuclear Shutdowns Push Up UK Power Prices. - Star-Phoenix
Sept 18/98 - UK Company AEA Wins Contract for Chenobyl Clean-Up. - Reuters
Sept 17/98 - Veterans of US Atomic Testing Program Still Fight for Benefits. - Reuters
Sept 16/98 - Indian PM Slams Curbs on Nuclear Technology Transfer. - Reuters
Sept 16/98 - Swedish Phaseout of Nuclear Power Will Likely be Delayed. - Reuters
Sept 16/98 - Bulgaria to Close Down Four Nuclear Reactors by 2012. - Reuters
Sept 15/98 - Should Canada Sell Nuclear Reactors to Turkey? Yes & No. - Toronto Star
Sept 10/98 - Japan Says it Will Not Halt its Fast Breeder Reactor Program. - Reuters
Sept 10/98 - India Approves New Nuclear Power Pact With Russia. - Reuters
Sept 10/98 - States Ask DOE to Suspend $6.5 Billion in Nuclear Waste Fees. - Reuters
Sept 9/98 - Sweden Faces Post-Election Tussle Over Nuclear Power Policy. - Reuters
Sept 4/98 - New Nuclear Plants Unlikely in Next Decade - OECD. - Reuters
Sept 4/98 - If Elected, Labor Govt Would Stop Australia's Jabiluka Mine. - Reuters
Aug 30/98 - Americans oppose shipping weapons plutonium to Canada. - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 26/98 - German utilities refuse to ship nuclear waste for plutonium recycle. - Reuters
Aug 25/98 - High levels of radioactive cesium are found in the French Alps. - Reuters
Aug 21/98 - Cogema closes Cluff Lake mine, puts 400 out of work. - Star-Phoenix
Aug 17/98 - Toronto seeks to use cold Lake Ontario water for air conditioning. - Reuters
Aug 13/98 - AECL wants hard-up Romania to buy another CANDU. - Globe & Mail
Aug 12/98 - Greenpeace Activists Climb Up German Nuclear Power Plant. - Reuters
Aug 11/98 - Denmark Government to Reconsider Windmill Proposal. - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 10/98 - Radium Contamination Found in New Jersey Wells -- Paper. - Reuters
Aug 10/98 - 76-Mile Trek to Block Nuclear Waste Dump Ends in Texas. - Reuters
Aug 8/98 - US-Mexican Protest Aimed at Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump. - Reuters
Aug 2/98 - Australian Uranium Ship Will be Met with Protests in Belgium. - Reuters
July 31/98 - One Dead After Accident at Idaho Nuclear Lab and Waste Site. - Reuters
July 30/98 - Japan Prefecture Approves High-Level Radwaste Shipments. - Globe & Mail
July 29/98 - US Dept of Energy Proposes Alternative Fuels to Gasoline. - Reuters
July 24/98 - European Ministers to cut radioactive ocean discharges to near-zero. - Reuters
July 22/98 - Californians protest atomic waste arriving from Korea. - Reuters
July 14/98 - German experts cast doubt on 'safety' of public radiation exposures. - Reuters
July 13/98 - Ottawa should reconsider overseas sales of CANDU reactors. - Gazette
July 13/98 - Turkey to proceed with nuclear power plant despite earthquake risk. - Reuters
July 11/98 - Canadian nuclear manufacturers can thrive without CANDU sales. - Gazette
July 9/98 - Nuclear waste from Asia en route to Idaho via California. - Reuters
June 15, 1998 - Bending Canada's ban on cooperation with India/Pakistan. - Globe & Mail
June 7, 1998 - Canada sells "seeds" for future nuclear weapons programs. - Reuters
June 4, 1998 - Budget cuts threaten safety of US nuclear power plants. - Reuters
June 4, 1998 - S. African nuclear plant is cautiously approved by Canadians. - Reuters
June 3, 1998 - Radioactivity from French N-tests not a health risk, says IAEA. - Reuters
June 3, 1998 - German nuclear industry fails to reassure gov't on radwaste. - Reuters
June 3, 1998 - Tony Blair denies that weapons-grade uranium is missing. - Reuters
June 1, 1998 - Bonn is rocked by reports of new leaks from radwaste shipments. - Reuters
May 27, 1998 - Australian police raid uranium mining protestors at Jabiluka. - Reuters
May 27, 1998 - Governments blame nuclear companies for radwaste leaks. - Reuters
May 24, 1998 - New leak threatens future of U.K. plutonium factory. - Greenpeace
May 22, 1998 - Germany suspends all shipments of high level radioactive waste. - Reuters
May 20, 1998 - Microbes corrode nuclear waste containers at Savannah River. - Reuters
May 18, 1998 - Pakistan pledges to match Indian nuclear test. - Associated Press
May 17, 1998 - Indian villagers experience radiation health effects after bomb tests. - Reuters
May 12, 1998 - on the recent Indian N-tests - Various Sources
May 11, 1998 - India conducted three underground nuclear weapons tests today - Reuters
May 11, 1998 - India tests three different nuclear weapons in one day - Associated Press
May 11, 1998 - Dene cite radiation damage, seek meeting with Ministers - Band Council
May 10, 1998 - Canada searches junkyards for lost radioactive material - Canadian Press
May 5, 1998 - AECL must fight misconceptions about CANDU exports. - Calgary Herald
April 16, 1998 - Deline Uranium Committee visits New Mexico. - CBC Special Report
May 10, 1998 - Future competitors fear debt-ridden Ontario Hydro - Ottawa Citizen
May 9, 1998 - No more borrowing for Ontario Hydro, energy minister says - Ottawa Citizen
May 8, 1998 - Hydro's debt may be passed to Ontario taxpayers - Kingston Whig-Standard
May 7, 1998 - French railways stop carrying nuclear waste to La Hague - Reuters
May 7, 1998 - Wailing sirens advocated for Pickering emergencies - Toronto Star
May 7, 1998 - Debt-ridden Ontario Hydro borrows $10 billion more - Ottawa Citizen
May 4, 1998 - Chernobyl radiation still found in Swiss Alps - Kingston Whig-Standard
May 4, 1998 - Do Computers Pose a Nuclear Weapons Threat? - Los Angeles Times
May 3, 1998 - Grey nun Dr. Rosalie Bertell is expert in the field of radiation - Toronto Star
May 2, 1998 - Premier attacked for closing nuclear plants - Kitchener-Waterloo Record
May 3, 1998 - Why the rush to sell Ontario Hydro's nuclear reactors? - Toronto Star
April 30, 1998 - Ontario Hydro union keen to buy Bruce nuclear plant - Toronto Star
April 30, 1998 - Mill option study for proposed Jabiluka uranium mine - Australian Gov't
April 20, 1998 - US N-waste dumped at Ontario mine site an eco-disaster - Toronto Star
April 28, 1998 - Ecological disaster from tailings in Spain is expected to worsen - Reuters
April 28, 1998 - Slovakia begins loading nuclear fuel into Mochovce nuclear plant - Reuters
April 28, 1998 - Farmers estimate the initial cost of the toxic tailings spill in Spain - Reuters
April 28, 1998 - Toshiba & BNFL team up on nuclear waste and decommissioning - Reuters
April 28, 1998 - Finland evaluates the impact of a new nuclear power plant - Reuters
April 27, 1998 - Strategic nuclear material from Georgia arrives in Scotland - Reuters
April 25, 1998 - NRC concludes safety check at Connecticut nuclear plant - Reuters
April 24, 1998 - Enriched uranium fuel from Georgian reactor is bound for Britain - Reuters
April 23, 1998 - Blair defends UK taking strategic nuclear materials from Georgia - Reuters
April 22, 1998 - Enriched uranium from Georgia may be used to produce isotopes - Reuters
April 22, 1998 - Protests mount in Scotland as Britain accepts nuclear materials - Reuters
April 20, 1998 - US Gov't fears that radioactive devices may be melted into steel - Reuters
April 19, 1998 - Tests of target missiles anger residents of the Florida Keys - Reuters
April 18, 1998 - Cogema is fined for radioactive spill at McLean Lake - Ottawa Citizen
April 18, 1998 - Cameco buys two German-owned uranium firms - Reuters
April 14, 1998 - Eathquake hits Eastern Turkey -- Eleven people are injured - Reuters
April 14, 1998 - Scientists say soviet N-tests will plague future Kazakh generations - Reuters
April 12, 1998 - Ottawa kept the deadly hazards of uranium mining secret - Calgary Herald
April 12, 1998 - Canada's first uranium mine left a deadly legacy of cancers - Calgary Herald
April 11, 1998 - Mexico accuses US of racism due to nuclear dump plan - Reuters
April 7, 1998 - River in Washington State "most endangered" from radioactivity - Reuters
April 6, 1998 - Thousands protest against Australian "Jabiluka" uranium mine - Reuters
April 4, 1998 - Cameco gets go-ahead on mines despite toxic waste concerns - Star-Phoenix
April 4, 1998 - New mines may yield most toxic waste dump in Canada - Star-Phoenix
April 4, 1998 - New uranium mines approved in North Saskatchewan - Star-Phoenix
April 3, 1998 - Both governments support Cameco's Cigar Lake mine - Reuters
April 3, 1998 - Limited license renewal for Cluff Lake uranium mine - Saskatchewan
April 3, 1998 - Bulgaria says it is opposed to closing its oldest nuclear reactors - Reuters
April 2, 1998 - Taiwan says North Korea's offer to accept nuclear waste is still on - Reuters
April 1, 1998 - Japan shuts down its first (and oldest) commercial nuclear reactor - Reuters
March 27, 1998 - Nevada nuclear waste dump site may be unstable, study finds. - Reuters
March 25, 1998 - Pacific Gas & Electric Services offering Green Power Options - Reuters
March 25, 1998 - Dene demand a gov't response to native radiation deaths - Calgary Herald
March 25, 1998 - Protesters arrested at Australian uranium mine site - Reuters
March 24, 1998 - Energy Australia plans to double its solar power - Reuters
March 24, 1998 - Bulgaria needs $3.3 million to fight uranium contamination - Reuters
March 22, 1998 - Germans debate nuclear energy after high level waste shipment - Reuters
March 22, 1998 - German anti-nuclear activists express anger at huge rally - Reuters
March 21, 1998 - White House plans to restructure the US electric industry -- Pena. - Reuters
March 21, 1998 - German nuclear waste train reaches storage dump site - Reuters
March 20, 1998 - Nowhere to go for Taiwan's nuclear reactor waste - Reuters
March 18, 1998 - Deline: new light on a dark chapter in Canadian history - CBC National
March 18, 1998 - Southern Cross gets OK for uranium field leach trials - Reuters
March 17, 1998 - Greens call on Turkey to scrap plans for nuclear power plant - Reuters
March 17, 1998 - Japanese industry study says its reactors can run safely for 60 years - Reuters
March 16, 1998 - Anti-nuclear activists rally in Germany - Reuters
March 15, 1998 - Japanese Governor reluctantly okays nuclear waste unloading - Reuters
March 14, 1998 - Radiation deaths at Great Bear Lake: cancer kills fourteen - Calgary Herald
March 14, 1998 - Echoes of the Atomic Age: uranium haunts Dene village - Calgary Herald
March 13, 1998 - Birds at reprocessing plant are flying nuclear waste: Greenpeace - Reuters
March 12, 1998 - Unloading of UK nuclear waste ship in Japan postponed again - Reuters
March 1, 1998 - Japanese Governor bars entry of ship carrying nuclear waste - Reuters
March 10, 1998 - Japanese wrangle over ship carrying nuclear waste from Cogema - Reuters
March 9, 1998 - Japanese Governor threatens to bar ship bringing nuclear waste - Reuters
March 8, 1998 - Dummy-bomb test using depleted uranium draws protests - Reuters
March 6, 1998 - Broad-based panel urges restructuring of the US electric industry - Reuters
March 5, 1998 - Yeltsin appoints new minister to promote N-power in Russia - Reuters
March 1, 1998 - Taiwan picks defence outpost to serve as nuclear waste dump - Reuters
Feb 28, 1998 - Nordic Ministers appeal to Britain to stop radioactive discharges - Reuters
Feb 21, 1998 - Radioactive pigeons found near Britain's reprocessing plant - Reuters
Feb 18, 1998 - French support nuclear power despite worries about waste -- poll - Reuters
Feb 17, 1998 - Nuclear power in Asia predicted to grow despite economic woes - Reuters
Feb 14, 1998 - Customers go for the Green Energy in U.S. power supply - Reuters
Feb 13, 1998 - India said planning to boost nuclear power and renewable energy - Reuters
Feb 13, 1998 - Radioactive birds have led to new British nuclear investigations - Reuters
Feb 12, 1998 - Seals may thwart plans to build a Turkish nuclear power plant - Reuters
Feb 7, 1998 - Greenpeace protests nuclear waste shipment through Panama Canal - Reuters
Feb 6, 1998 - Japanese firms take aim at phantom electric power losses - Reuters
Feb 5, 1998 - AECB scolds Cogema over inadequate uranium practices - Star-Phoenix
Feb 5, 1998 - European Union must back renewable energy sources -- Britain - Reuters
Feb 3, 1998 - France shuts one nuclear breeder reactor and restarts another one - Reuters
Feb 2, 1998 - French Minister confirms closure of Superphenix nuclear plant - Reuters
Feb 2, 1998 - Clinton seeks $6.3 billion to fight global warming - Reuters
Feb 1, 1998 - Caribbean countries urge an end to nuclear reprocessing contracts - Reuters
Jan 31, 1998 - Environmentalists slam British nuclear reprocessing plan - Reuters
Jan 31, 1998 - U.S. gov't starts running up its nuclear waste tab this weekend - Reuters
Jan 31, 1998 - Ship carrying nuclear waste to use Panama Canal next week - Reuters
Jan 26, 1998 - Poland gives $10 million to secure Chernobyl reactor's tomb - Reuters
Jan 24/98 - Energy strategies of Hydro Quebec and Ontario Hydro were wrong. - Gazette
Dec 6, 1997 - European delegate doubts new nuclear plants are wanted to cut CO2 - Reuters
Dec 5, 1997 - France warns US that real CO2 cuts are needed. - Reuters
Dec 3, 1997 - Safety concern: Canadians export reactors they've shut down - NY Times
Dec 3, 1997 - Delays in Japanese radwaste storage raises safety concerns. - Reuters
Dec 2, 1997 - Greenhouse gases under review at Kyoto meeting. - Reuters
Dec 2, 1997 - Renewable Energy is set for a Global Boom - Worldwatch Institute
Dec 2, 1997 - Focus: US and EU trade barbs on global warming strategy. - Reuters
Dec 1, 1997 - Radioactive material (cesium-137) on broken ship in Atlantic. - Reuters
Nov 28, 1997 - Dutch Court bans Greenpeace from nuclear waste demos. - Reuters
Nov 23, 1997 - Ukraine's Kuchma gives go-ahead to fix Chernobyl sarcophagus. - Reuters
Nov 22, 1997 - Nations pledge $37 million for Chernobyl repair plan. - Reuters
Nov 22, 1997 - Asia 2020 - Renewables gaining, oil still king. - Reuters
Nov 19, 1997 - U.S. offers $78 million for Chernobyl repair work. - Reuters
Nov 18, 1997 - Ukraine accuses world bank of "games" over Chernobyl. - Reuters
Nov 15, 1997 - Cogema 'not competent' to develop Sask. uranium mines. - Financial Post
Nov 16, 1997 - US Court rules Dept of Energy must take nuclear waste. - Reuters
Nov 13, 1997 - Japan reactor to shut two years later than planned. - Reuters
Nov 13, 1997 - Greenpeace says cut carbon emissions or forget med holiday. - Reuters
Nov 13, 1997 - Canadian ministers set 2010 for carbon emission target. - Reuters
Nov 12, 1997 - Japan report calls for improved fuel-efficient vehicles - Reuters
Nov 12, 1997 - German wind farms under threat of losing their incentives. - Reuters
Nov 11, 1997 - UK nuclear waste clean-up to cost taxpayers 30 billion pounds. - Reuters
Nov 9, 1997 - Feature: China Dam spells apocalypse for over a million. - Reuters
Nov 8, 1997 - Danes say the future of wind power lies offshore. - Reuters
Nov 6, 1997 - CANDU sale to Turkey sparks demand for policy review. - Ottawa Citizen
Nov 6, 1997 - CANDU reactors' sale to Turkey spurs heavy criticism. - Windsor Star
Nov 5, 1997 - CANDU sale to Turkey would forego public assessment - Edmonton Journal
Nov 5, 1997 - Police detain anti-waste activists at German nuclear plant. - Reuters
Nov 4, 1997 - Hydro union willing to bend to save nuclear division - Globe and Mail
Nov 3, 1997 - Fuel efficiency : driving around the world on three gallons of gas? - Reuters
Nov 1, 1997 - US Congress okays interim nuclear waste dump in Nevada. - Reuters
Oct 31, 1997 - Chrétien wants to outdo Clinton in controlling greenhouse gases. - Reuters
Oct 29, 1997 - Protestors block entry to France's Superphénix breeder reactor. - Reuters
Oct 25, 1997 - US EPA says New Mexico Dump Site seems safe for nuclear waste - Reuters
Oct 25, 1997 - US Dept of Energy to check complaints on its nuclear "cleanup" - Reuters
Oct 25, 1997 - Clinton plan to fight global warming is attacked on all sides - Reuters
Oct 19, 1997 - Canada will export CO2 reducing technology, not cut emissions - Reuters
Oct 19, 1997 - Alarm cut off for Russian N-plant because of unpaid phone bill - Reuters
Oct 17, 1997 - Letter from Australia: Jabiluka mine plans protested - Friends of the Earth
Oct 18, 1997 - Coolant Leaks at Japanese Nuclear Power Reactor - Reuters
Oct 17, 1997 - Shell Oil bets on renewable energy boom in the near future - Reuters
Oct 17, 1997 - Japan delays launching nuclear reprocessing plant - Reuters
Oct 5, 1997 - E U : Energy Efficiency key to curbing greenhouse gasses - Reuters
Oct 16, 1997 - Soviet nuclear subs and N-waste haunt the eastern arctic - Reuters
Oct 7, 1997 - Toyota hybrid is Japan's latest effort to make a "Green Car" - Reuters
Oct 5, 1997 - Bishops visiting weapons lab say deterrence is ethically bankrupt - Reuters
Oct 6, 1997 - Weapons-grade plutonium fuel could come to Canada in 1998 - SpentFUEL
Sept 23, 1997 - Superpowers end production of weapons-grade plutonium - Reuters
Sept 25, 1997 - Russia offers to sell tritium to US for nuclear weapons - Nucleonics Week
Sept 30, 1997 - U.S. gov't warned Kodak but not public about nuclear fallout - NY Times
Oct 11, 1997 - Canadian Ministers discuss greenhouse gas emissions - Reuters
Oct 11, 1997 - Belgian N-Plant blocked; campaign against uranium starts - Reuters
Oct 5, 1997 - Plutonium in NASA Space Mission ("Cassini") Protested - Associated Press
Oct 8, 1997 - Geologic fault may endanger Ontario's nuclear reactors - Ottawa Citizen
Oct 7, 1997 - Canada, US pay to fix crumbling Chernobyl sarcophagus - Associated Press
Oct 5, 1997 - Nuclear problems known 4 months before public told: CTV - Ottawa Citizen
Oct 6, 1997 - Radiation sickness afflicts ten border guards in Georgia - Reuters
Oct 3, 1997 - Japanese utilities ask about safety of radioactive waste shipments. - Reuters
Oct 3, 1997 - US Energy Dept counting on New Mexico radioactive waste dump - Reuters
Sept 30, 1997 - Ex-Head of IAEA urges world to build more nuclear power plants. - Reuters
Sept 28, 1997 - Court pressures US Energy Dept to move high-level waste - Reuters
Sept 27, 1997 - White House says technology can offset costs of CO2 reduction. - Reuters
Sept 23, 1997 - German Auto Giant will sell electric vehicles using fuel cells - Reuters
Sept 23, 1997 - Energy efficient building practices can save Asian environment. - Reuters
Sept 23, 1997 - Chernobyl re-start delayed after poor welds are discovered - Reuters
Sept 23, 1997 - Radioactive particles found in sea off the shore of Scotland. - Reuters
Sept 22, 1997 - "Decommissioning Nuclear Plant is Safe": Northeast Utilities - Reuters
Sept 20, 1997 - Britain told it needs a policy to bury its nuclear waste. - Reuters
Sept 17, 1997 - French Minister brings accusations against reprocessing plant. - Reuters
Sept 15, 1997 - Two-thirds of France's Mururoa weapons test site dismantled. - Reuters
Sept 15, 1997 - Greenpeace says reprocessing plant is polluting French sea. - Reuters
Sept 13, 1997 - Finland Can Do Very Well Without More Nuclear Power. - Reuters
Sept 13, 1997 - UK Nuclear Waste Storage Put Under the Microscope. - Reuters
Sept 12, 1997 - Greenpeace Sues Over French Nuclear Waste Dumped in Channel. - Reuters
Sept 11, 1997 - Japan high level nuclear waste storage stalemate seen solved soon. - Reuters
Sept 11, 1997 - US Nuclear Regulatory Commission OKs flammable firestop seals. - Reuters
Sept 11, 1997 - Daimler Making Rapid Progress on Non-Polluting Fuel Cell Car. - Reuters
Sept 7, 1997 - Britain and France agree to stop dumping radioactive waste at sea. - Reuters
Sept 5, 1997 - Leak at Pickering plant proves it should close, councillor says. - Toronto Star
Sept 1, 1997 - Ministerial deception proves Jabiluka mine ill-advised. - Friends of the Earth.
Aug 30, 1997 - Radioactive leak in Manitoba 17 years ago still shows. - Winnipeg Free Press
Aug 29, 1997 - Indigo Girls Tour: "No Nuclear Waste on Native Land". - Press Release
Aug 23, 1997 - British licensing body gives go-ahead for nuclear reprocessing plant. - Reuters
Aug 29, 1997 - Government study clears Australia's Jabiluka Uranium Mine. - Reuters
Aug 31, 1997 - Japan firm raided over misuse of funds for nuclear cleanup. - Reuters
Aug 28, 1997 - Japan PM says nuclear waste leak 'unbelievable'. - Reuters
Aug 27, 1997 - Japan plant leaks nuke waste for 30 years - Reuters
Aug 20, 1997 - Japan to finish radioactive waste treatment plant for Russia - Reuters
Aug 20, 1997 - Drinking and Drug Use inside Ontario Nuclear Plant - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 20, 1997 - Stop selling CANDUs to Asia - Globe and Mail
Aug 19, 1997 - Taxpayers on the hook for Ontario Hydro's nuclear mess - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 18, 1997 - US Environmental assessment: Shipping plutonium to Canada. - US DOE
Aug 17, 1997 - Shut Quebec's Gentilly-2 Nuclear Reactor, Critics Say - [Montreal] Gazette
Aug 16, 1997 - Iran Sought Nuclear Weapons Deal from Pretoria - The [London] Times
Aug 15, 1997 - Closing reactors need not leave Ontario short of breath - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 15, 1997 - Hydro shutdown threatens plan to send plutonium to Canada - Toronto Star
Aug 14, 1997 - A 'Nuclear Cult' Ran Ontario's Hydro's Nuclear Reactors. - Toronto Star
Aug 14, 1997 - Lifting the lid on clandestine nuclear weapons programmes - The Guardian
Aug 14, 1997 - How Québec avoided the nuclear chaos of Ontario Hydro - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 14, 1997 - "Nuclear Option Dead": Expert sees end of atomic power - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 14, 1997 - Hydro fallout may hit CANDU exports; sales could suffer - Globe and Mail
Aug 14, 1997 - TITANIC Hydro Hit by Nuclear Iceberg - Globe and Mail Editorial
Aug 14, 1997 - Ontario's nuclear strategy bombed - Montreal Gazette (Southam News)
Aug 14, 1997 - Ontario Hydro Plan Could Kill Profit, Delay Debt Repayment - Financial Post
Aug 13, 1997 - Hydro shock: 7 reactors to shut, president quits - Toronto Star
Aug 13, 1997 - Ontario Hydro Plagued by Rash of Nuclear-Related Problems - Toronto Star
Aug 13, 1997 - Ontario Hydro CEO quits: utility to close seven reactors - Globe and Mail
Aug 12, 1997 - U.S. to tap civilian reactors to make tritium for bombs - Associated Press
Aug 11, 1997 - Ontario Hydro Awaits Cure for Nuclear Ills - Toronto Star via Ottawa Citizen
Aug 11, 1997 - Energy efficiency could save Poland $1.8 billion per year. - Reuters
Aug 11, 1997 - Ottawa Inores Advice in CANDU Sale to China. - Globe and Mail
Aug 2, 1997 - Japan to Expand Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Space - Reuters
Aug 2, 1997 - UK Promotes Cheaper, Cleaner Mini-Power Stations - Reuters
Aug 2, 1997 - Plutonium Found in British Childrens' Teeth - Reuters
July 11, 1997 - France Bans Fishing, Swimming Near Nuclear Plant - Reuters
July 1 1997 - U.K. Ministers admit secret dumping of radioactive waste - [London] Times
May 29, 1997 - Radioactivity leaks into Ottawa River from Chalk River Lab - Southam Press
May 23, 1997 - B.C. cancels U.S. military lease: presses Ottawa, U.S. on salmon - Peacewire
May 22, 1997 - Minister to investigate emissions from Ontario reactors - Canadian Press
May 20, 1997 - Curb sought on license of Pickering Nuclear Plant - Canadian Press
May 17, 1997 - Repressive regimes: the only clients for CANDU reactors - [Montreal] Gazette
May 16, 1997 - Obituary: Dr. Leo Yaffe, Canadian nuclear pioneer - [Montreal] Gazette
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