tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8521615022980148666..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Ignatieff will talk isotopes during Nova Scotia visit todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-40953768516955077612009-08-11T14:29:05.068-04:002009-08-11T14:29:05.068-04:00Your painting this as if the Harper government cou...Your painting this as if the Harper government could have recognized the problems, redesigned and rebuilt these reactors in that 3 years when the replacements were going on 17 years and still a long and very expensive way away. Two years into their reign they finally dove a stake through that vampires heart:<br /><br />"The Government of Canada accepts the decision of the Board of Directors of Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) to terminate the MAPLE reactors project which was initiated in 1996 to produce medical isotopes. After 12 years, these reactors have never worked and never produced medical isotopes.<br /><br />That only left the 1957 Chalk reactor which was already well beyond it's lifespan. The alternative was already botched before Harper even took over.ridenrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238308195535796308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-17116572842702099872009-08-11T13:25:16.347-04:002009-08-11T13:25:16.347-04:00I said all was perfect in Liberal land? Who is spi...I said all was perfect in Liberal land? Who is spinning now, if you need to create straw men to light ablaze, unable to stick to the merits.<br /><br />BTW, if the project was beyond redemption, why'd the Cons keep it going a few more years?<br /><br />And, moreover, where is there alternative?<br /><br /><i>just as unlikely to have produced the isotopes that were promised</i><br /><br />But as for isotopes, who should I believe: the multiple experts and scientists who say it could produce isotopes, or random unnamed commenter?<br /><br />J...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-68114416396618676062009-08-11T13:20:32.607-04:002009-08-11T13:20:32.607-04:00You need to stop the spin that this was all perfec...You need to stop the spin that this was all perfect and under control when Martin lost the election. <br />Harper took over in 2006 and the replacements were already 650% over the original contract price and just as unlikely to have produced the isotopes that were promised. <br /><br />The Maple reactors were one of the biggest boondoggles the Libs had.ridenrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238308195535796308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-18022816576309011672009-08-11T12:06:36.105-04:002009-08-11T12:06:36.105-04:00How long have the Conservatives been in power now?...How long have the Conservatives been in power now? But really, yes, let's blame the Liberal for everything. <br /><br />Let's blame the Liberals for the Conservative decision to mothball the replacement reactors, which according to scientists could more than meet the need. Let's blame the Conservative decision to can Linda Keen. Let's blame the Liberals for the Conservative decision to do nothing after the last Chalk River shutdown. Let's blame the Liberals for Linda Keen's continued incompetence in finding credible alternative isotope plans. Heck, let's blame the Liberals too for leaving a binder of secret documents at a television studio.<br /><br />If there's anything that's criminal here it's the stupidity of that comment.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-40028578070302417892009-08-11T12:01:32.554-04:002009-08-11T12:01:32.554-04:00Maybe he can find some excuses where the replaceme...Maybe he can find some excuses where the replacement reactors are. A good investigation would find another Liberal boondoggle and criminal mismanagement of taxpayers funds.ridenrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238308195535796308noreply@blogger.com