The Canadian to be reviewed nuclear power safety

The Canada has five nuclear power plants in different States of operation.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has established a working group to assess the impact of operational, technical and regulatory of the nuclear disaster at the Japan for the Canadian plants.

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex was severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake and the tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of the Japan and continues to release radiation into the environment as officers work desperately to get the reactors under control.

The geese of the standing Canada near Pickering Ontario Hydro nuclear power station. Ontario Hydro is the most important power in North America. Andy Clark/Reuters.

The Canadian commission has decided to implement the Working Group at its meeting of March 30.

"The members of the Working Group will examine the responses of the licensees at the request of CNSC information under subsection 12 (2) the General nuclear safety and regulation of review to review the respective cases of the safety of their nuclear installations."", underlying in-depth defence against externesscénarios of serious accidents and guidelines and emergency procedures," said a press release of the CNSC.

The Canada has seven nuclear power plants located at five locations in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.

Employment of the Working Group will be recommending short and long term measures to address Canadian nuclear Central significant deficiencies and determine if design changes are necessary.

The Fukushima Daiichi crippled nuclear plant sees this picture Tokyo Electric Power Co., exit on April 14. The utility giant still works on a plan to end the nuclear crisis a month after the start. Tokyo Electric Power Co./Reuters

The Working Group recommends that, if appropriate, potential changes in regulatory requirements, for inspection and programs policies for CANDU reactors and for potential new nuclear power plants, according to the release of the commission.

Members will also determine priorities for the implementation of corrective actions based on lessons learned and the need, if any, for further examination. The Working Group will present its findings to the commission at a public forum, even if the date has not yet been decided.

The Working Group will be chaired by Greg Rzentkowski, the Director-General of regulation of nuclear power, and members will consist of senior experts in the design of the reactor, security assessment and the emergency preparedness and response.

The most recent accident at a Canadian nuclear power plant was in mid-March when 73 000 litres of water demineralized leak in Lake Ontario of the Pickering a nuclear power plant.

Ontario Power Generation, which operates the plant, located 35 kilometres east of Toronto, told the CNSC that seal of pump failure was the cause.

Ontario Power Generation, said that the risk was minimal, but that these leaks are not supposed to happen.

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Waves of multi-year high Canadian dollar

TSX rises to 1.2% at 13, 897 48Dow rises 1.5 per cent at the stage of the North American market 12,453.54 their largest gathering of a day of the yearBack links to accessibility

The Canadian dollar hit a Wednesday top 3? years and North American markets held their largest gathering of a day of the year.

Gold reached another record as the U.S. dollar weakened.

Closed loons of cent 104.90 0.35 cents after touching a high of 105.29 cents US, its the highest level since November 2007.

Some economists said that the rally was propelled by a move products investors seeking safe haven, tangible investment.

The Canadian dollar hit a new multi-year high in prices of raw materials and concerns about the health of the US economy. (Canadian Press)

Markets responded to concerns about possible inflation, as the reserve Federal American expands the money by $ 600 billion supply and effects on recovery as this stimulus ends this summer.

Traders are also concerned by the possibility of a downgrade of the U.S. government debt after that the rating agency Standard and prevents Monday Poor one in three chance that he would lower the rating over the next two years.

"It is a history of US dollar as the combination of loose monetary policy and a compromise budget post weigh heavily against the [ticket]," said Camilla Sutton Scotia Capital Chief currency strategist.

The weaker greenback has helped push the price of oil above US $111 a barrel. Oil also rose after a report showed U.S. supplies gasoline fell for a second week, suggesting higher fuel have not slowed demand.

June crude closed with a gain of $3.17 or 2.9% to $111.45 per barrel.

In Toronto, the S & P/TSX Composite Index finished the day at 160.65 points, or 1.2%, to 13,897.48, supported by solid materials and oil issues.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average rose to 186.79 points, or 1.5%, to 12,453.54, its highest level since June 2008.

Advance of the dollar followed a period prior to more than 8 tenths of one cent Tuesday after figures of higher inflation more convinced traders the Bank of the Canada can pass to the increase in the rate of interest in July.

Statistical Canada said Tuesday that country's inflation rate increased by 3.3% in the 12 months ending in March, the highest since before the recession.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected the figure to come more close to 2.8%.

Also supported metal prices into account in the rising Canadian dollar.

Gold rising above US $1,500 an ounce Wednesday for the first time as concerns over the health of the economy sent U.S. investors flocking to a shelter.

Future of gold for June delivery settled at $3.80 to $1,498.90 an ounce.

In its warning, Standard & Poor cited a "material risk" that the politicians could not agree on how reduce the budget deficit in the medium term, say to the United States a "very large budget deficits and rising government debt and the path to the solution of these is not clear for us."

This issue could continue to have an impact on the U.S. greenback, said Sutton.

"The dollar should weaken further that the combination of fiscal policy and monetary us weighs heavily on the prospects", she said.

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Canadian photographer wins the Pulitzer

Los Angeles Times Barbara Davidson photographer won the Pulitzer for a series of images which it Erica Miranda, 10, who was shot three times while playing basketball outside his home in Compton, California (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times / Associated Press)

A native of Montreal Barbara Davidson, a photographer working for the Los Angeles Times, is among the winners of the Pulitzer Prize, announced Monday.

She won the prize of photography of functionality for a series of images on victims of violence in the street in Los Angeles. Davidson spent almost two years to win the confidence of island communities such as South Los Angeles, Compton and Watts before striking images of those which have been slaughtered, many of them innocent victims.

This is Davidson a second Pulitzer - she won for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, when she worked for the Dallas News.

There are seven awards Pulitzer for drama, music and letters and 14 for journalism while the price for the latest news did not this year. The prize is administered by Columbia University and is equipped with 10 000 US dollars.

One visit Jennifer Egan team Goon, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (Associated Press)

In fiction and drama, filled Chicago writers a blow, for Jennifer Egan taking a Pulitzer Prize for his novel a visit from the Goon Squad and Bruce Norris winner for Clybourne Park.

Egan novel is "the inventive investigation grow and old growth in the digital age, displaying a curiosity big-hearted on cultural change at the speed of light", the Pulitzer Board said in its citation. A visit from the Goon team also experimented with format, with a long section structured as a PowerPoint presentation.

Clybourne Park examines race relations and the effects of modern gentrification in a fictional neighborhood of Chicago. The play created at Playwrights Horizons, in New York in February before moving to London.

Other winners in writing and music:

History: The Fiery trial: Abraham Lincoln and slavery to the United States by Eric Foner.Biography: Washington: a life by Ron Chernow.Poetry: the best: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan. non-fiction: the Emperor of all the ills: a biography of Siddhartha Mukherjee.Music Cancer: by Zhou long Madam White Snake

In journalism, the New York Times took two Pulitzer – for international reporting and commentary.

Clifford j. Levy and Ellen Barry won the prize in international reporting for their examination of the failing justice in Russia system, while David Leonhardt won the award for his economic commentary on topics ranging from the deficit of the US federal budget to health care reform.

The price of production of investigative reports went to Paige St. John's Herald Tribune Sarasota, Florida for a survey of the State blurred property insurance system which has finished stirring regulatory measures.

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Not more Canadian jets to the mission of the Libya: Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ruled we had sent more to participate in the NATO mission on the Libya, saying at one such a commitment requires consultation in Parliament.

His comment Friday came that NATO has failed for a second day find new aircraft to attack the ground for the fight against the forces of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya, but Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expected soon additional aircraft.

Harper, speaking Friday on the campaign trail, said Canada performs a "significant contribution" and believes that the leadership of Gaddafi must "end" to fully protect the civilian population.

But Harper reiterated that his Government has been clear that it will not put the troops on the ground in Libya.

Will "of any request for additional participation, we not make this kind of commitments during an election campaign." To make any any additional commitment would require the Parliament of the Canada to be seated and to discuss these issues, "he told reporters in Richmond Hill, have."

Top commander NATO military, U.S. navy Admiral James Stavridis, said there is a growing need for attack aircraft of precision to avoid civilian as casualties Gaddafi forces camouflage themselves and hide in populated areas to avoid the Western air strikes.

US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss the details, said that the Commander is looking for approximately 8 to 10 additional aircraft.

The alliance is struggling to overcome differences over the mission of the Libya, with Britain and the France seek several strikes by other nations of NATO, particularly from United States.

In the United States, said he sees no need to change what he called an important role in the campaign - even if she still fly one-third of missions - and many other NATO countries have developed rules to prevent substitution of Gaddafi force except in self-defence.

Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that Berlin meetings had ended with no specific commitments of the allies for additional aircraft, but he received the "indications that the nations will be what is necessary."

"I hope that we will have the necessary assets, in the very near future," he said.

NATO air strikes began three weeks ago, aimed at protecting Libyan civilians attacks by forces loyal to Qadhafi.

Friday, a letter stating that there can be no peace in Libya as long as Qadhafi remains in power was published by the leaders of in United States, Britain and the France.

The letter appeared in three major newspapers such as the battle for the control of major cities Libyan grinds on with little progress seen by opposition rebels and forces loyal to the dictator.

Said Derek Stoffel CBC journalist, the stronghold of the rebels in Benghazi, which is regarded the letter as good news. Libyan, that he has spoken in recent days many want to see NATO to move simply to protect civilians to help remove them Gaddafi to power.

About 10,000 people rallied after the Friday prayer in Benghazi. They thanked France for his part in the NATO strikes, asked the Americans to do more, and said that they stand in solidarity with the people of Tripoli and Misrata. Tripoli is the capital and a stronghold of the Government, while Misrata was fiercely fought by the two parties.

Neil Macdonald the CBC, also in Libya, tweeted Friday, "the General message people here has for the anti-war left to the Canada and the United States: you have another solution?" Would you like that rather we die? ?

Letter leaders - published in the International Herald Tribune, the Times of London and Le Figaro the France - attempts to show a United front, even as members of NATO as the Germany are openly critical of the mission.

"Our duty and our mandate under 1973 of the UN Security Council resolution United is to protect civilians, and what we do," the US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron British and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in the letter. "It is not step to remove Gaddafi by force." "But it is impossible to imagine a future for the Libya with Gaddafi in power."

Members of the Alliance agreed Thursday that Gaddafi must leave power, but he insisted on the military mission remain focused on its goals declared to apply an arms embargo, for the protection of civilians and to force the withdrawal of the forces of the dictator of citiesthey are entered.

The field Friday, Government unleashed intense shelling on Misrata, pushing forces and troops of tanks on rebel held city. A helicopter circled overhead for several hours, apparently spots targets of artillery in the third largest city of the Libya, despite the no-fly zone applied to NATO. Forces bombarded the city with tanks, artillery and rocket fire.

Gaddafi forces are drawing of cluster munitions on the ground - ground rockets in the residential neighbourhoods of Misrata, according to witnesses cited in a report by the New York Times. Weapons cannot be targeted precisely and put civilians in danger.

It is the heaviest assault in the seat of aged 50 days of Misrata.

Meanwhile, NATO planes hit hometown of Sirte Qaddafi in the East, said the Libyan TV. Explosions were heard also of what appeared to be that NATO strikes against the forces of the Gadhafi near the coastal town of Brega.

In Tripoli, reported increased security measures in the apparent attempt to prevent anti-Government protests.

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Canadian forest deal at risk

Pact to preserve a large swath of wilderness is dislike from industry and resistance by native groups.

For conservationists, the pledge seems almost too good to be true - and some worry that it is. The Canadian boreal forest agreement, an agreement between the forestry and environmental groups, aims, aside nearly 30 million acres of northern wilderness and topic more 42 million strict tree harvesting standards set.

A year after it was introduced, a landmark is agreement on the protection of forests in Canada does not have the Berg.J. E. MARRIOTT / ALL CANADA PHOTOS/CORBIS

In May 2010 (nature see 465, 279; 2010), it would be the single largest forest protection deal at all, and was by the participants as a model of cooperation represented was. At a press conference, sponsored by the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC on 9 March, Avrim Lazar praised, President of the forest products Association of Canada in Ottawa, former antagonists for "working on together, as you throw away the needs of humanity without the UmgebungUnser own nest".

But the close to the negotiations say that the agreement can his bold vision. With timber company reluctant to give detailed log remain questions over how much forest are actually retained rights and environmentalists adamant that far-reaching protective measures must be enforced. In the meantime Canadian groups threaten the Aboriginal, who have been left out of the deal-making process, for it to fail.

"There are differences in expectations, which are agreed," says Lorne Johnson, co-Chair of the Secretariat of the Canadian boreal forest agreement in Ottawa, the body with implementation of the plan commissioned.

According to the agreement discuss ways to protect of large sections of the Canada's Northern Forest 21 forestry companies and environmental groups 9 - a large warehouse of carbon and crucial Habitat for the threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) - without timber and pulp production. The company, that the rights to log around a quarter of Canada's boreal forest keep have agreed to discuss in some areas not abandoning them. on the other hand the environmental groups have stopped pushing buyers of the companies to boycott products. The parties have left marks far a year significant progress to two decision.

Try working groups of the company in the first track officials and environmentalists in seven provinces, caribou habitat from logging to remove plans identified. Then, the negotiators of the aborigines and the provincial Government will have lobby, which make jurisdiction over the regions, to national or provincial parks. "We expect, conservation plan draft prepared and the provincial governments nation show first in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta probably until June have", says Johnson.

In the other lane, a three man Panel of forestry developed new harvest Auditors standards for the rest of the country. These standards, including better imitation of the natural cycles of forest regeneration by fire and insects, the wood would be produced make it "the most environmentally preferable" in the world, said Steven Kallick, Director of the international boreal conservation campaign of the Pew Environment Group in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, at the Washington briefing.

But disagreements have plagued both tracks. Richard Brooks, forests campaign coordinator for Greenpeace Canada in Toronto, who spoke at the Washington meeting, said that the agreement "means" to up from 20 million acres caribou habitat need to be preserved. Francois Dumoulin, forestry Director of AbitibiBowater in Montreal, one of Canada's largest wood products and an industry participant in the agreement rejects this interpretation but. He says "We never agreed,". "What we do is agreed, the protected areas in the caribou range increase in ways that will disrupt the work of our mills not." Dumoulin says that it is too early to predict how much land is set aside, "but it obviously not close to the total 29 million hectares of caribou habitat".

The original Treaty requires "the principles of ecosystem-based management", an approach which takes into account human needs also environmental concerns. This would include the needs of Aboriginal communities and others who are economically tied to the forest, such as trappers and tourist boards. But some forestry companies against this approach, say that it violates their flexibility, and whether people in the agreement to include standards no decision has been taken. Brooks says that the final plan must respect "all aspects including human" ecosystem-based management. "If not, the agreement will be unsuccessful," he says.

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Aboriginal groups are unhappy that they were involved in the dialogue. In December, a special Assembly of first nation chiefs voted "reject and call for the termination" of the agreement, signaling a major obstacle to the business in parts of the boreal forest for the Aboriginal communities are responsible. Russell Collier, that for the Convention secretariat works, says that it was a mistake, the first to leave the Nations of the talks, but adds to that "an overlap of the targets" could bring more native communities on board.

Others hope that the plan will survive, albeit in a reduced form. "This is a framework on the way to an agreement," says Todd Paglia, head of ForestEthics in San Francisco, California, another participating group. "What this objective as ends is still in the air."

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