Chalk River was unsafe: Keen

Source: file from CP

Fired Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission president Linda Keen said the regulator was ensuring the safety of Canadians when it required a backup safety system be installed at the Chalk River reactor before it could be restarted.

“When it comes to nuclear facilities, ignoring safety requirements is simply not an option – not now, not ever,” Ms. Keen told the House of Commons natural resources committee Tuesday.

Ms. Keen said that without the backup system in place, the risk of a nuclear accident stood at one in a thousand –1,000 times higher than the international standard of one in a million, she said.

The Chalk River reactor, which is more than 50 years old, would not be licensed today by any nuclear regulator in the world, Ms. Keen added.



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