Saskatchewan Taxpayers involved in nuclear military research

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Saskatchewan Taxpayers now involved in nuclear military research!

It would appear that the Saskatchewan government has entered into an agreement with a USA research centre that conducts military research. Indeed, nuclear military research!

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Idaho National Laboratory - Nuclear Energy

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Provincial gov’t signs agreement with nuclear energy research laboratory (below)

Idaho National Laboratory is the Department of Energy's lead nuclear energy research and development facility. Building upon its legacy responsibilities, infrastructure and expertise, INL's nuclear energy mission is to develop advanced nuclear technologies that provide clean, abundant, affordable and reliable energy to the United States and the world. We support our government's role in leading the revitalization of the nation's nuclear power industry and re-establishing U.S. world leadership in nuclear science and technology.

The INL has the history, infrastructure, expertise and commitment to fulfill our assigned role as the nation's center for nuclear energy research and development.

We also have the expertise, infrastructure and strategic partnerships necessary to advance the state of the art in:

Nuclear safety analysis;

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Management of spent nuclear fuel; and

Biocorrosion of fuels.

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Provincial gov’t signs agreement with nuclear energy research laboratory

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/ ... ar+energy+
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Saskatoon Star Phoenix March18, 2009, C7

REGINA (SNN) — The provincial government has signed an agreement with the leading nuclear research aboratory in the U.S. that could lead to the development of a nuclear research "centre of excellence" at the University of Saskatchewan and other value-added opportunities.

Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd and Enterprise and Innovation Minister Lyle Stewart signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday with

Bill Rogers, associate laboratory director at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

INL, located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is considered the U.S.'s top national laboratory for nuclear energy research. The MOU allows the province and INL to collaborate on research and demonstration projects on a variety of energy sources including uranium, nuclear energy, heavy oil, oil shale and oilsands. The agreement also provides for potential collaboration on carbon dioxide capture and storage projects.

"We are the world's largest producer of uranium,"Boyd said, prior to the signing ceremony at Government House in Regina.

As the province moves into "other areas of value-added energy development, it just makes good sense to form partnerships with energy research leaders, like INL and benefit from their expertise and analysis," Boyd said.

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Business park in the works

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Regina Leader Post (also in the S’toon Star Phoenix)

By Cassandra Kyle, Saskatchewan News Network; Canwest News Service April 10, 2010

The Whitecap Dakota First Nation could see construction start within a year on an industrial business park housing aerospace and defence companies on its land south of Saskatoon.

Darrell Balkwill, chief economic officer with the Whitecap Development Corp. (WDC), said Friday 40 acres of land have been set aside at the intersection of Chief Whitecap Trail and Dakota Dunes Way for the development of the first phase of the Whitecap Trail Business Park. The initial stages of the project could create 50 jobs and 10 new businesses on the First Nation, but first, the WDC wants an assessment done on the feasibility of the project.

"There's a number of companies out there doing research on technology but then need to move to the commercialization stage and we think we can offer them that type of thing," Balkwill said.

Lynne Yelich, Blackstrap MP and minister of state for Western Economic Diversification, announced $92,000 in federal funding toward the assessment of the business park at a news conference Friday at the Dakota Dunes Casino.

The WDC is putting $58,000 toward the assessment.

Balkwill said a third-party consultant will likely be in place within two weeks. The study's recommendations will be in the WDC's hands two to three months later, he added.

The CEO hopes the proposed industrial park will be able to build off the relationships in place between the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology and aerospace and defence companies including Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

"We're thinking that now that those companies have a presence here maybe we can piggy-back on that for manufacturing and production," he said.

The WDC, Balkwill added, has already been in discussions with Lockheed Martin, a United States-based global security and information technology business that reported 2009 sales of $45.2 billion US.

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