[ RadSafe ] An article from globeandmail.com

[John R Johnson]

Franz

Steven Harper is the political leader (Prime Minister) of Canada.

The Chalk River NRU reactor was considered old when I worked there decades 
ago. I thought AECL was going to replace it with "Maple" reactors but I 
don't know what happened to that plan.

John
***************
John R Johnson, PhD
CEO, IDIAS, Inc.
4535 West 9th Ave
Vancouver, B. C.
V6R 2E2, Canada
(604) 222-9840
idias at interchange.ubc.ca

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Franz Schönhofer" <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
To: "'Colette Tremblay'" <colette.tremblay at ssp.ulaval.ca>; 
<radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: AW: [ RadSafe ] An article from globeandmail.com


Colette,

Unfortunately I know nothing about the acting persons you and others
mentioned. What I extracted from the link you provided is, that the
government authorized Chalk River to run the nuclear reactor for some time
even before the requested upgrade has been done, because the isotopes were
needed desperately and human lives were at risk or even have already been
lost. I applaude your government!

If Mr. Harper was involved in this decision and is a politician I would also
applaude him, because a politician should hire knowing advisors, not people
like wannabe students working for Greenpeace or similar self-serving
organisations, and should follow their advices.

How many people have died already because of delayed or impossible
diagnostics?

Best regards,

Franz

Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von Colette Tremblay
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2007 17:37
An: radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: [ RadSafe ] An article from globeandmail.com



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/EmailT
PStory/TPNational>

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

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