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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: A naval presence in the arctic
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Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 20:42:17 EDT
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> Our nuclear industry doesn't seem to be doing so well these days; perhaps
> getting them to work on a project to produce a reactor for propulsion might
> help the industry *and* make a useful contribution to the Arctic sovereignty
> problem.

I think we could do it -- dammit, we've been in this business longer than
the British, they built their first A-bomb with Canadian plutonium! --
but it's not so clear that it is worthwhile.  It would make sense only if
it was to lead to a substantial production order for nuclear submarines,
which we probably cannot afford.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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