[ RadSafe ] An article from globeandmail.com

[Colette Tremblay]

Colette Tremblay (colette.tremblay at ssp.ulaval.ca) thought you would be interested in the following article from globeandmail.com, Canada's leading source for online news: 

"Ottawa thwarts nuclear watchdog" 
A Three-Mile-Island-type of nuclear accident could occur at Canada's Chalk River reactor unless a backup power supply system, capable of withstanding natural disasters such as earthquakes, is installed, according to an assessment by the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. 
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071212.REACTORS12/EmailTPStory/TPNational> 

Note from  Colette Tremblay: I didn't know that Steven Harper was a nuclear scientist :-) 
 
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