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The mayor of Saint John says the State of the Province address earlier this week included a number of positive...

Former U.S. regulator questions small nuclear reactor technology,    Business case for small reactors ‘doesn’t fly,’ says expert on nuclear waste, Jacques Poitras · CBC News Jan 15, 2021   A former head of the United States’ nuclear regulator is raising questions about the molten-salt technology that would be used in one model of proposed New Brunswick-made nuclear reactors. The technology pitched by Saint John’s Moltex Energy is key to its business case because, the company argues, it would reuse some of the nuclear waste from Point Lepreau and lower the long-term cost and ...

Posted: Jan 15, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 15 Allison Macfarlane, director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, says she has a lot of unanswered questions about molten-salt technology.(University of British Columbia)

  SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Many New Brunswickers watched Thursday's provincial COVID-19 briefing with the unmet expectation some areas would transition to red -- the government's highest level of pandemic restrictions. "There's a lot of comments and chatter on social media about red and it hasn't come from government," said New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard. "This situation will be assessed every single day." All areas of New Brunswick went from the yellow phase (the province's lowest level of COVID-19 restrictions) to orange (the middle level of restrictions) on Jan. 6. "We nee...

Many New Brunswickers watched Thursday's provincial COVID-19 briefing with the unmet expectation some areas would transition to red -- the government's highest level of pandemic restrictions.