Raising the Whale

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The Canadian Coast Guard intends to salvage the Irving Whale, which sank in Sep 1970, and relocate the vessel to Halifax, Nova Scotia, but critics charge that the relocation effort is a threat to public health. The Irving Whale is leaking not only oil, but also polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Environmental policy, Marine pollution, Oil pollution of the sea, Oil pollution, Salvage, Marine salvage, Canada. Coast Guard

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Debating the CANDU option: should Canada process plutonium?

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Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is trying to secure contracts from the US and Russia to burn surplus plutonium at Ontario Hydro's CANDU nuclear plant. The facility is equipped with an efficient on-line fueling capacity. Environmentalists says the safety and security risks are too great.

Energy policy, Contracts, Production processes, Nuclear power plants, Plutonium, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Fuel reprocessing (Nuclear reactors), Ontario Hydro Energy Inc.

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Touch the sky

Article Abstract:

Canadian astronaut/physicist Steven MacLean will join the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in Sept 1992 to head seven scientific programs funded by the Canadian government.

Behavior, Science and technology policy, Astronauts

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