The Core Business Blog

The Core Business Blog

with Neil Alexander

CNS Head of Communications

  • Shining a light on the isotope “crisis”

    The isotope crisis has once again reared its ugly head.  https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/09/sudden-shortage-of-vital-isotope-hitting-canadian-hospitals.html This time it will be short-lived and likely there will likely be no real consequence, but as can be […]


  • Who cares if SMRs make more or less, or different used fuel than large reactors, none of its a problem anyway.

    Sometime ago CNS members may have seen articles about the publication of the report on wastes from Small Modular Reactors. Nuclear waste from small modular reactors | PNAS.   As we […]


  • Hardened Facilities?

    What can we say about Used Fuel storage in Canada in the light of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance’s claims that facilities should be hardened? Recently an anti-nuclear lobbying group […]