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Reactor Safety (1990)
| Auteur | Energy Probe |
| Datum | 1990 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.3.30/03 (VEILIGHEID - REACTOREN - CANDU) |
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Uit de publicatie:
REACTOR SAFETY AECB attacks its record in quest for money, staff BY BRIAN MILNER The Globe and Mail The Atomic Energy Control Board, the federal watchdog over Canada's nuclear industry, has attacked its own safety record in making a successful pitch for more money and staff. In an internal report in November, the board concluded that its review of nuclear safety procedures was "too simplistic" and that it lacked the resources to do much about it. "Spot checks of a fairly small number of the key areas were thought to be sufficient," the board said in a confidential report that accompanied its request that month to the Treasury Board for more money. "These spot checks have uncovered enough safety problems to demonstrate that more thorough review is essential, since the risk posed by nuclear power plants may be higher than once believed. Shortly after making its submission, the AECB won 93 extra staff and an additional $25.4-million over the next two fiscal years. Before the increase, it had a staff of 267 and a budget of about $26-million annually. Previous to its submission, AECB president Rene Levesque had issued dire warnings of nuclear flaws going undetected if the board did not get increased money and manpower from the government. The board told the Treasury Board it does not have the resources to regulate major sections of the nuclear industry with the thoroughness and effectiveness that is needed to ensure industry is meeting its safety obligations, and that the Canadian public would expect."
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