Secret papers left at news office (about nuke stuff)

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/secret-papers-left-at-news-office/article1166035/


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CTV reported last night that Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt or a member of her staff left a binder of sensitive material about the troubled nuclear industry with many pages marked “secret” at the network's offices in downtown Ottawa.

The binder was left almost a week ago, the network said, but no one has called to look for it.

According to the CTV report, the document reveals much about the money that has been pumped into the Chalk River and into Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the Crown corporation that owns it.

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In addition, says the document, the Conservative government has spent $1.7-billion at Chalk River since taking office in 2006.

The government announced last week that it would seek buyers for AECL's nuclear reactor business, and bring in private-sector management for the problem-plagued Chalk River facility.

But Ms. Raitt will now have more than the reactor problem on her hands.

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“The fact of the matter is the reactor had to be shut down for safety reasons, and those safety reasons must be paramount.”
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interesting - secret nuke papers being left here and there. (re: US putting nuke stuff on line by accident)

[havocmom]

1. one might wonder

why sensitive papers, some marked 'secret' were being carried around at all.

[SidDithers]

2. Chalk River is a producer of medical isotopes...

Do you think Nuclear Medicine is bad too?

These were sensitive, financial records, not nuclear secrets. Canada doesn't really have nuclear secrets - except maybe the design of our ultra-safe CANDU reactors, which supply about half of our electricity in Ontario.

The Minister responsible has offered to resign, but our idiot-boy PM refused her resignation. Instead, a 26 year-old public affairs staffer fell on her sword.

I guess there were no dangerous fire alarms for your to post about today?

Sid

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3. no I don't think nuclear medicine is bad - where did you get that idea?

nt