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UPDATED: Nuclear (and Anti-Nuclear) Family Jamboree - Liveblogging the Natural Resources hearings on nuclear liability (C-20)

by Kady O'Malley Posted: November 16, 2009 2:45 PM Last Updated: November 17, 2009 6:17 AM
Bruce Power? Greenpeace? The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission? How can any camp follower of committee drama miss today's installment over at Natural Resources? 

Check back at 3:30 for full coverage! 

MICRO-NANO-RECAP UPDATE: Hey everybody, guess who says the whole idea of a terrorist-wielded dirty bomb is based on junk science? Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission chair Michael Binder, that's who. Doesn't that make you feel safer? 

The unexpected reassurance came in the midst of a heated debate over the government's proposal to modernize the existing regime for corporate liability in the event of a nuclear "incident"  -- I'm sorry, I just feel the need to put "incident" in antiscare quotes every time I employ the phrase in this context, although it is a direct quote from the committee mandate, and thus not technically grammatically incorrect -- and you can relive the entire surreal experience by clicking on the replay button below. 

Tags: blackberry jungle, c-20, committee liveblogging, nobody mention 'china syndrome', nuclear liability