Privatize AECL?

I wonder if there is any truth to the rumour floating around that Minister of Woodworking, Gary Lunn, is shopping AECL around to General Electric or even France's Areva Group? It could explain why Lunn recently jumped all over Linda Keen at CNSC and protected the asses over at AECL.

GE are biggies in the nuclear world. It makes sense that they would want AECL, considering that AECL has 22 installations around the world and all their research is paid for by the Canadian people.

It would not look too good to the GE folks if AECL was blamed for the isotope fiasco. Keen was a opportune target.

By the way, this sell off idea first surfaced in the Toronto Star back in May, 2007, well before the isotope misunderstanding.

But GE folks are not stupid. I wonder if they have used the isotope misunderstanding to get the price down or even walk away from the rotting mess.

You can be sure that Lunn and Harper will find a way to blame it on the Liberals.