A formal report from a three-person panel on the review of NB Power says its largest power generator, Point Lepreau, should be separated from the Crown corporation, as well as forgiving a large part of the utility’s growing debt. Michael Bernstein, Duncan Hawthorne and Anne Bertrand have been working to provide recommendations to the government […]
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By John Chilibeck, The Daily Gleaner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Last year’s costly, prolonged shutdown at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in New Brunswick is just a piece of debilitatingly expensive repairs to come, warns an industry critic. The outage that lasted between April 6 and Dec. 11 could end up costing New Brunswick […]
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NB Power says the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating station could be offline for several weeks. Nearly seven months ago, the province’s major utility took the facility offline for a 100-day planned maintenance outage. However, in a release, the company said during the start-up protocol, “a critical issue was identified with the main generator which is […]
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