Susan O'Donnell, 2 May 24 To clarify, there's currently no enrichment plant in the US that produces HALEU (fuel enriched between 5 and 20 percent), as far as I'm aware. Any nuclear fuel enrichment happening in the U.S. would be for the existing light-water reactors that use fuel enriched to less than 5 percent.My take: the…
A year after blaming artificially low power rates for N.B. Power’s dire finances, the utility’s CEO says she was relieved when the Higgs government pre-empted a major hike designed to tackle its massive debt.
New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party is applauding the possibility N.B. Power may not be able to raise electricity rates as planned on April 1 even though that may cost the utility $32.6 million in revenue it needs to reach financial targets set for it by the Progressive Conservative government.
The New Brunswick government laid out a 12-year strategy for how it plans to transition to using clean energy, but Premier Blaine Higgs warns it's going to be a "difficult" transition that requires help from Ottawa.