On October 19th, 2009, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources announced that the Government had received and begun to review a financial analysis on the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). The outcome of this process will clearly seal the fate of Canada’s nuclear industry.
The report is intended to help the Government decide how to best strengthen and better position Canada’s nuclear industry for both global and domestic opportunities. This means creating the conditions that put AECL on a commercial footing and that provides the company with better access to capital and innovation…